One girl’s brush with stardom is another’s volunteer sex ed class. This storyteller reflects on her 5th-grade role model, who discussed tampons and the menstrual cycle without making her students “scandalized.” Today’s story comes from our March 2014 show, “Starstruck.” About the storyteller In her day job as a therapist, Elizabeth Simone gets to listen to other people’s … Continue reading
You scream, I scream, this storyteller screams for some help! She was just floored to discover part of a Halloween haunted house that left her and her band of third graders in the in-between of an elevator shaft. This story was told live at our Oct. 2013 show, “Parents or Guardians.” Continue reading
A brash young climber meets his match up Shakespeare Glacier. Today’s story revisits a key moment of reflection — and its consequences — in this tale from our January 2014 show, “Scars.” Continue reading
Moving to Brooklyn is harder than it seems. In Yonkers, three lesbians trek from Uhaul to Uhaul in search of a truck and a joke. They’re still searching for the joke, so listen to the story and let us know if you think of one! This story comes from our December 2013 show, “What Could Go Wrong?” Continue reading
The next Spokespeople event is this Saturday, September 13th. Join us for Spokespimple: Stories of Adolescence. Sign up to tell a story, or just come to listen! New storytellers are welcome and encouraged. Interpret the theme as literally or figuratively as you like. Email Rebecca at stories@spokesppl.org to sign up. Stories must be true, told … Continue reading
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