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What is “switched-up” storytelling? Watch and see!

Ever wonder what No, YOU Tell It! is all about? Take a look:

Thank you to friend and alum Ellie Dvorkin for producing this lovely inside look at No, YOU Tell It! Check out more of Ellie’s brillance as an actor and artist at elliedvorkin.com.

Want to see us in action? Good news! We’ve got two great shows coming up:

Can’t wait? Never fear. SUBSCRIBE to our podcast on iTunes or GooglePlay and give a listen to switched-up stories from our live shows.

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February 7, 2017 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , , , , ,

Meet Our “Deleted Scenes” Storytellers

ONE WEEK until our special “Deleted Scenes” show at the 2017 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Washington, D.C. Going to #AWP17? Join us on Thur, 2/9, at 12 noon (Marquis Salon 9 & 10, Marriott Marquis, Meeting Level Two)

Our switched-up storytellers have been working collaboratively over the last month to develop their true-life tales on the page. Before they flip scripts to perform each other’s story on stage, we wanted you to meet them!

From top to bottom: Jessie Vail Aufiery, Minna Zallman Proctor, Heather Lang, Mike Dressel. Artwork by Letisia Cruz.

Bios:

Jessie Vail Aufiery is a fiction writer, poet, and translator. She is the World Literature Editor for The Literary Review, and has an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She lives with her husband and twin daughters in Miami. You can read some of her recent work in issue #2 of jai-alai magazine, Issue 31 of Petite Hound Press, and in the anthology Paris, Etc.: Writing and Illustrations. Find her online at www.jessievailaufiery.com

Minna Zallman Proctor is the author of Landslide: True Stories, out this fall, and Do You Hear What I Hear? Her translation from Italian of Fleur Jaeggy’s speculative essays These Possible Lives is out this spring. She on the creative writing faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Editor of The Literary Review. 

This month, Heather Lang was voted Best Local Writer or Poet by the readers of the Las Vegas-based Desert Companion magazine, Nevada’s NPR member radio station’s print publication. Heather teaches World Literature, Asian Literature, and English Composition at Nevada State College. Her poetry and prose have been published by or are forthcoming with December, The Normal School, Paper Darts, HOOT, Pleiades, and Whiskey Island, among others. Heather holds an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and she serves as Online Managing Editor of The Literary Review and Co-Editor of Petite Hound Press. Last year her writing process was on exhibit at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery. www.heatherlang.cassera.net

Mike Dressel is a writer and educator. His stories have appeared in Litbreak, The James Franco Review, Chelsea Station, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn, among others, as well as in the anthology Best Gay Stories 2016 published by Lethe Press. He was recently the recipient of an NEH Summer Seminar fellowship. He is a frequent guest judge at The Prose Bowl, a flash fiction reading series.

February 2, 2017 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , ,

“Deleted Scenes” show at AWP17

We live our lives in a trance, constantly spinning, focused on our never-ending list of chores. More and more, I’ve been forcing myself to stop and take notice.

As we spin, spin, spin toward our special show the 2017 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Washington, D.C., thank goodness we took a moment to reach out to artist Letisia Cruz — who along with storyteller Heather Lang is one-half of the power duo behind Petite Hound Press — and request she create original artwork inspired by our upcoming theme “Deleted Scenes.”

You can’t help but stop and take notice of the result.

Read more about Letisia’s inspiration for this pause-worthy piece:

I’ve been thinking a lot about being present. Sometimes I drive to work and have no recollection of how I arrived. Or I drive home, park my car and walk into the kitchen before realizing I meant to stop at the grocery store. Sometimes I wake up startled in the middle of the night and ask myself: where am I? We live our lives in a trance, constantly spinning, focused on our never-ending list of chores. More and more, I’ve been forcing myself to stop and take notice. To breathe. To admire the chaos that is day-to-day life and not allow the constant parade of thoughts that the restless mind serves up to keep me from finding peace in the present moment. More and more I’ve been tearing up my to-do list, turning off my phone, and focusing on the here and now. There is beauty in the world, overwhelming, awe-inspiring beauty, and we must force ourselves to be present in order to fully appreciate it. 

For more fantastic work from Letisia Cruz check out Petite Hound Press – a miniature press based out of Las Vegas and Miami run by two tattooed, poetry-writing, art-loving ladies. Visit petitehoundpress.com.

Going to #AWP17? Join us on Thursday, 2/9 at 12 noon (Marquis Salon 9 & 10, Marriott Marquis, Meeting Level Two) to hear switched-up stories inspired by the theme “Deleted Scenes” from Mike Dressel, Minna Proctor, Jessie Vail Aufiery, and Heather Lang.  Hosted by Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons.

Click here to RSVP via Facebook.

January 26, 2017 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , ,

Live Shows in 2017 including our AWP Event!

Looking forward to some “switched-up” storytelling in 2017?

FIRST UP, we are excited to bring No, YOU Tell It! to the 2017 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference & Bookfair in Washington D.C. in February!

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Our AWP event features a dynamic team-up with The Literary Review as our own Mike Dressel, Minna Zallman Proctor (Editor of The Literary Review and author of the forthcoming Landslide), Heather Lang (co-editor of Petite Hound Press: a port for poetry and art), and Jessie Vail Aufiery (World Literature Editor for The Literary Review) trade true-life tales inspired by the theme “Deleted Scenes.”

Can’t make it to D.C. on Feb, 9th? No worries, here are the dates for our 2017 shows at Jimmy’s No. 43:

  • March 22nd, 7 pm
  • May 17th, 7 pm
  • September 20th, 7 pm
  • November 15th, 7 pm

But why wait? Click here to give a listen to our No, YOU Tell It! podcast featuring switched-up stories from our live shows. You can also SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or GooglePlay Music.

New “Two on Tuesday” episode coming next week!

December 6, 2016 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , ,

Meet our “Elected” Storytellers!

Nov 09 2016 @ 7:00PM

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Chalk art version of our logo courtesy of alum & friend Marcos Stafne.

Our last live show for 2016 is one week away! We are meeting with our “Elected” storytellers tonight to workshop the second drafts of their stories.

Want to meet these brave souls who just met each other for the first time two weeks ago? Sure you do:

Susan Ferrara – WRITER: BUZZ (Dir, Carrie Preston; Winner, Reverie Next Generation Award; Atlantic Theater Company, NYTW readings; Finalist, Baltic Residency; WP Lab Semi-Finalist; Honorable Mention, Jane Chambers Award);  THE SILVER KITCHEN (Naked Angels, Tuesdays@9), THE WONDER (Writer/Actor, Directors – Julie Ann Emery/Kevin Earley, Best Production/International United Solo Festival, Doric Wilson Award (nom), William Saroyan Human Rights/Social Justice Award (nom), terraNova’s New Play Series), GERTRUDE (advanced to second round, Sundance MENA Lab; under consideration, Orlando Shakespeare PlayFest, DecadesOut workshop; semi-finalist, Bridge Playwriting Contest (pending)). ACTOR: Public Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Onion News Network; award‑nominated series regular,  THEN WE GOT HELP (Julie Ann Emery, writer/dir), AEA/SAG/AFTRA/DG/terraNova Groundbreakers alumna.

Christopher Green is a recent New York transplant from Cincinnati, currently residing in Brooklyn with two roommates and one slightly internet-famous cat. He holds both a BA and MA in English, helping him to reach his ultimate goal of raising underemployment to an art form. His stories have appeared in several journals and magazines such as Burner, The MacGuffin, and The Ampersand Review. He is currently working with his agent to publish two novels, one of which is sort of about vampires but not really and it’s kind of a whole big thing and maybe he just shouldn’t have brought it up. Christopher came up with the idea for The Prose Bowl watching crickets fight in his back yard.

Nick Martorelli moved to NYC five years ago. Before then, he worked as an actor, substitute teacher, window salesman, tour guide, carpenter, grant writer, janitor, administrative assistant, company manager, scarecrow mascot, and freelance writer. Since moving to NYC, he has performed with Accidental Shakespeare, Underling Productions, and he is one half of the writing duo MuMa, who are still looking for an agent. Are you an agent? Whether or not you are, you can follow along at @NickMartorelli and @BeamersBeerCo.

After tonight, they have one more chance to revise their true-life tales before they FLIP SCRIPTS and perform each other’s stories for YOU on November 9th. Join us! 7 pm! FREE.

Click here to RSVP via Facebook.

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Nov 09 2016 @ 7:00PM

Jimmy's No. 43 (43 East 7th btwn 2nd and 3rd)

November 2, 2016 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , , ,

No, YOU Tell It! “Elected” – Nov 9th!

Save the date for our next No, YOU Tell It! show at Jimmy’s No 43. – Nov 9th. That’s right our next live show is the DAY AFTER the election.

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So get out there, VOTE, and then come gather with us (in whatever world we wake up in…) for some switched-up stories inspired by the theme “Elected.”

Our first story meeting with Susan Ferrara, Christopher Green, Nick Martorelli, and Christopher Torres is tomorrow night and we can’t wait to hear their first drafts!

Bonus: Tonight at 6:30! Check out “Elected” storyteller Christopher Green as he co-hosts The Prose Bowl where emerging fiction stylists (you could be one of them) go at it in “Brooklyn’s only semi-competitive, flash fiction, open mic, reading series…that we know of.” Where: Pete’s Candy Store (Williamsburg)

Bonus, bonus: Our own Mike Dressel is on the panel of judges tonight!

October 18, 2016 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , , ,

Meet Our “Blanked” Storytellers!

Sep 14 2016 @ 7:00PM

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Galaxy Girl image by Letisia Cruz

Our “Blanked” show is in two days! After two rounds of revisions on their true-life tales, our storytellers have flipped scripts and are busy rehearsing their partner’s story with a member of the NYTI creative team.

Who are our switched-up storytellers? I’m so glad you asked!

Tobias Carroll is the managing editor of Vol.1 Brooklyn. He is the author of two books: a short story collection, Transitory, and Reel, a novel.

Ryan Donovan grew up rootless, born outside of San Francisco to parents from other time zones. They moved north to Washington state for his high school years, and has roved restless ever since, spending time in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Seattle, and now New York City. He pays his bills by writing instructional and marketing materials for technology companies. But he writes stories secretly, revealing them for select readers.

Jennifer Harder first started acting with the Flint Youth Theatre in Michigan. She received a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at Lee Strasberg Institute and with faculty of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland and has worked with companies including chashama, 29th St. Rep, Target Margin, Les Freres Corbusier, and on tour to the Capital, Dublin, and Montréal Fringe Festivals as well as the Ibero-American Theater Festival. Jennifer was a founding member of theater company The Management and received a NY Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role. When not acting, she can be found playing trumpet with Hungry March Band and Balthrop, Alabama. She has toured and performed with pirate band Skull Buggery, clown band The Maestrosities, gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, and in her vaudeville act Bathtub Jen and the Henchmen. Jenny is also the host of radio show Blonde Thunder Presents, available as a podcast on iTunes. www.jenniferharder.com

Alex Rubin‘s plays and songs have been produced at The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Dramatists Guild, Theater for the New City, Primary Stages, NYU’s Steinhardt School, 54 Below, The Samuel French OOB Festival, and more. She is the recipient of the Francis Ford Coppola Award, a SPACE on Ryder Resident, a finalist for the 2015 Davenport Songwriting Competition, a semi-finalist for The O’Neill Summer Conference, a semi-finalist for Red Women’s Theatre Award, the 2013/14 Big Vision Empty Wallet Playwriting Fellow, and the winner of The 85th Annual Writers Digest Award in Playwriting. www.AlexRubinWrites.com

See you this Wed! FREE. The back room opens up right at 7, but feel free to come early and enjoy some food or drinks in the bar area.

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Sep 14 2016 @ 7:00PM

Jimmy's No. 43 (43 East 7th btwn 2nd and 3rd)

September 12, 2016 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , ,

Who’s Ready To Get BLANKED?

Sep 14 2016 @ 7:00PM

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Our next live show is coming up fast! But what does No, YOU Tell It! “Blanked” mean exactly?

For those of you who haven’t been – which you can soon remedy! – the way we work is: Each NYTI installment features true-life tales written specifically for that live show and inspired by a different theme. Such as “Three Strikes” or “Temper, Temper.”

Part of the excitement is seeing how four people from varied backgrounds interpret that idea in unique and personal ways.

How will Tobias Carroll (managing editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn and author of Transitory), Ryan Donovan (writer of instructional and marketing materials by day/secret story spinner at night), Jennifer Harder (featured actress in I’ll Say She Is and pro trumpet player with Hungry March Band) and Alex Rubin (playwright, lyricist, librettist, and storyteller to name a few…) interpret the theme Blanked??

We had a sneak peek at our recent story meeting when this fab four met to workshop their first drafts with the NYTI creative team. And the answer is: In four delightfully damaged stories about memory ear-worms, travel blank-ups, awkward mind-blanks, and near black-out running.

Intrigued? Join us on Sept 14th!  Responsibility shifts as our storytellers swap the true-life tales they’ve been working together to develop on the page and present each other’s story live on stage.

FREE. Plus, the chance to win some fun literary swag!

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Sep 14 2016 @ 7:00PM

Jimmy's No. 43

August 28, 2016 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , ,

Save The Date for No, YOU Tell It! “BLANKED”

Sep 14 2016 @ 7:00PM

Have you missed us? Never fear, our next live show fast approaching! Save the date!

As you read this, the storytellers are busy writing their first drafts of a true-tale inspired by the theme “Blanked.”

We wish them well…

Need some switched-up storytelling in your life before then? Give a listen to our podcast – new episodes coming soon. Subscribe on iTunes and GooglePlay.

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Sep 14 2016 @ 7:00PM

Jimmy's No. 43 (43 East 7th btwn 2nd & 3rd Aves)

August 6, 2016 Post Comment Live Shows Tags: , ,

True-Life Tales with a Twist

We’ve had a busy 2016 with shows at QED: A Place To Show & Tell, Jimmy’s No. 43, and the recent Q-Boro Literary Crawls!

nyti-itunes-logoSave the date(s) for our upcoming shows at Jimmy’s No. 43:

  • Sept 14th
  • Nov 9th

What? No more switched-up storytelling until September? Not true! You can listen to the No, YOU Tell It! Podcast. Each episode features one pair of switched-up stories from our live shows.

Click here to listen and SUBSCRIBE on iTunes. New episodes launching all summer long. If you like what you hear, please rate us and leave a review!

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