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Visit Us & TLR at the Brooklyn Book Festival!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our special team-up show with The Literary Review on Wednesday at Jimmy’s No. 43.

TLR greats Kahle Alford (Associate Prose Editor) and Tim Waldron (Online Fiction Editor) ended up hitting it out of the park when they swapped their ‘3 Strikes’ stories.

3 Strikes Kahle and Tim

Sad you missed the show and the chance to win some literary swag?

Good news. Subscribe to our NEW NYTI Weekly PODCAST and you can hear Kahle and Tim’s stories when their episode airs this week. You can also visit us at The Literary Review’s booth at the Brooklyn Book Festival today – Sunday, September 20th. #246!

Preparing for our Team Up with The Literary Review

Preparations are underway for our special team-up with The Literary Review show! Don’t miss NYTI “3 Strikes” on September 16th. More info and RSVP here

Writing Residency at Fairleigh Dickinson Show

Last week, we were honored to do a No, YOU Tell It! show as part of the summer writing residency for Fairleigh Dickinson’s low-residency MFA program in Creative Writing.

No, YOU Tell It! “Stargazing” featured four alums of the program: Kahle Alford, Christopher Brown, Becky Fine-Firesheets, and Cory Johnston. They brought down the house with switched-up stories about an unexpected encounter at Comic Con, the limits of love, porcupines vs. wild turkeys, and an unfortunate ‘poop dance.’ Select audio from the evening will be available as part of our new NYTI podcast launching this fall!

Speaking of the Fall, SAVE THE DATE for NYTI “3 Strikes” on Sept 16th, 7 p.m. at Jimmy’s No. 43.

For this special edition, we are joining forces with The Literary Review, an international journal of contemporary writing published quarterly by FDU, to celebrate TLR’s new issue and the Brooklyn Book Festival. I am happy to announce that two of our switched-up storytellers are TLR greats:

Tim Waldron, the Online Fiction Editor of The Literary Review and author of the short-story collection WORLD TAKES published by Word Riot Press.

Kahle Alford, Associate Prose Editor of TLR who is back by popular demand after her amazing work both writing & performing in NYTI “Stargazing.”

They will swap nonfiction stories inspired by the theme “3 Strikes” with:

Jenn Wehrung, stand-up comedian and host of Laugh It Up, Astoria! 

Daniel Mahler, actor& co-founder of The Harborside Shakespeare Company

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Thanks for coming to Fiction Edition


Thank you to everyone who came out to our very first NYTI Fiction Edition. Click to listen to the full show, or cue up the individual stories as listed below:

The Sleeping Season (6:00)
written by: Jim Cairl
performed by: Raquel I. Penzo

Breakfast with Nana in the Small Visitor’s Room (21:54)
written by: Raquel I. Penzo
performed by: Jim Cairl

Back to the Beach (43:50)
written by: Katie Johnston
performed by: Todd Faulkner

Clowning Around (59:00)
written by: Todd Faulkner
performed by: Katie Johnston

Thank you to everyone who came out to our very first NYTI Fiction Edition last week. Especially, our four fabulous switched-up storytellers who rocked the house:

Raquel I. Penzo

Jim Cairl 

Todd Faulkner

Katie Johnston

Audio of the night will be available soon. Also, a hearty clap for Larry Auerbach who took these stellar photos! 

We are getting ready to take a break and reboot for the fall. BUT, good news, you have one last chance to catch a NYTI show this summer!!

This Monday, 6/29, at Q.E.D. in Astoria the ladies from our “Tongue-Tied” workshop Lily Abra Burd,Vivian M. Chabrier, and Katie Johnston will take the stage to swap the true-life tales they’ve spent the last month developing on the page. PLUS special storytelling guest Mark Pagán!

Click here for more info and to RVSP.

Three Year Anniversary Show

Jun 17 2015 @ 7:00PM

MEET OUR SWITCHED-UP STORYTELLERS

Next week, June 17th!, is our three-year anniversary show and very first FICTION EDITION. Click here for additional info and to RVSP.

Now let’s get to know the four fabulous NYTI alums who switched-up their true-life tales with us previously and are now busy taking on this new genre.

Jim Cairl is an actor, writer, and does a mean karaoke of It’s
The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). 
Some of the more
recent shows he’s appeared in are Richard III, Death of a
Salesman, Flowers of Uptown
and Himmelreich. Jim
also penned a (very) short film that will be shot in July.

Jim won on the
television quiz show Jeopardy!, which is a story that he will tell
to anyone who listens until the day he dies. Lastly, he’d like to thank
Madeline, Ava, and Finn (his three lovely children) and Victoria (his very
patient wife) for putting up with his odd schedules and needing to be alone in
a quiet room for a while.

Katie Johnston has a BA in Theatre Arts from
Jacksonville University, and has had the pleasure of working for several years
in regional theatre.  After a LONG
hiatus, Katie made her way back to the stage for the first time in February
with No, YOU Tell It!’s “Revelation” showcase.
She was so thrilled to be invited back for the very first NYTI “Fiction
Edition.”  Katie is currently studying
Integrative Nutrition and is so grateful for the NYTI family for welcoming her
in and giving her an opportunity to continue to create and perform.

Raquel I.
Penzo
 is a Brooklyn, NY, native of Dominican
descent who has carved a career for herself as a writer, editor, and literary
event curator. She hosts the New Voices Reading Series each quarter in NYC and
works as a copywriter at Brooklyn Public Library. Raquel authored the
self-published My Ego Likes the Compliments…And Other Musings on
Writing, and the short stories, “Grey Matter” (Blue Lake Review),
“Perspective on a Murder” (Mason’s Road), “On a Blue Day” (You
Should Be Here), and “Enfermos” (Rose Red Review). An
anthology of works from participants of her reading series was released
on April 2014. Visit Raquel online at RaquelPenzo.com.

Todd Faulkner is the co-creator of the upcoming podcast Uncanny County (paranormal
tales in the form of modern radio plays, learn more on Twitter @UncannyCounty).
He also recently directed and co-wrote (with his wife, Nicole Greevy) the
independent pilot EXTREME
Parenting
, a comedy about hyper-competitive urban parents, and the
supernatural comedic webseries Exorcists
Local 667
 (Official
Selection: LA Independent TV Festival, SharpCuts (Ontario)) He appeared in No, YOU Tell It’s second
production, which was ironically titled “Firsts.”  Todd is
deep in revisions on his first novel, The
Big Wake
, and is gearing up to tackle the next one. Love to Nicole and
Griffin.

www.toddfaulkner.com

Event Information

Jun 17 2015 @ 7:00PM

Jimmy's No. 43, East 7th Street, New York, NY

Erika Iverson at City Harvest Benefit

Last night, our own director & dramaturg Erika Iverson eloquently told a story about losing her mother to cancer and the moments of “Grace in the World” where she finds her again.

Erika originally developed this story as part of our Religion show, where it was performed by her gallant partner Jorge Cordova.

The way Jorge embodied and honored Erika’s story at our first show was so powerful, but watching Erika bring everything full circle by stepping back into her shoes and sharing her deeply emotional experience was a true moment of grace.

The event was Bloom: Becoming Who You Are an evening of storytelling and song produced by OSNY Productions benefiting City Harvest.

The musician following Erika complimented her on her performance saying,

They say vulnerability is the new currency…

To which, Erika immediately threw her hands up in the air and shouted,

I’m rich!!

Thank you to all of the NYTI switched-up storytellers we have worked with over the last 3 years. Your stories, generosity, and vulnerability has made us rich!

You know, in a George Bailey kind of way. We’re still working on the other way. More soon…

NYTI: Fiction Edition Coming Soon!

Jun 17 2015 @ 7:00PM

In June, we like switching-up the switch-up to do something new! We had a blast last year with our LEGACY show at The Brick’s Comic Book Theater Festival.

On June 17th, we are thrilled to present our first ever Summer “Fiction Edition.”

We’ve assembled 4 fabulous NYTI alums who switched-up their true-life tales with us previously and are now busy taking on this new

genre. However, our motto still applies: What better way to inform your story than hearing someone else perform your story?

Raquel I. Penzo, author and producer of La Pluma y La Tinta. Upcoming event on 6/25: New Voices in the Boroughs: Queens at Q.E.D. Astoria

Jim Cairl, co-writer with our own Kelly Jean on the web series Intersection

Todd Faulkner, co-creator of the paranormal podcast Uncanny County – coming this fall to a dimension near you…

Katie Johnston, one of the amazing ladies from our “Revelation” workshop at Q.E.D. and who is joining us again this June for our next session. (starts 6/7, click here to grab a spot and switch-up your story!)

Come out for our Summer “Fiction Edition” and help us celebrate 3 years of switched-up storytelling!

Wednesday 6/17, 7 p.m. at Jimmy’s No. 43. RSVP here.

Event Information

Jun 17 2015 @ 7:00PM

Jimmy's No. 43, East 7th Street, New York, NY, United States

Upcoming Workshop at Q.E.D.

Write Your Story. Perform Someone Else’s. Register for our upcoming workshop at Q.E.D. A Place to Show & Tell.

Sundays in June (12-2) starting 6/7 + a show on the Q.E.D. stage: June 29th @ 8 p.m. $150

Take your true-life tale – inspired by the theme Tongue-Tied – from page to stage and improve your writing & performing skills all in one month.

Nothing informs your work like hearing someone else perform your work!

REGISTER TODAY

Last of the Metamoras by Matthew Trumbull

Closing out the evening, here is Jessica Cannon performing Matthew Trumbull’s story “Last Of the Metamoras.”

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