Past Stoop Shows
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Storytellers
Janet Stephens hairstyle archaeologist
Tim Kuhn post-production scheduler
Howard Levin dad and granddad
Karen Brocklebank Noah's mom www.facebook.com/LettersForNoah
Richard Huganir neuroscientist
Andrew Hazlett writer, dad
Laurie Norris attorney
Doors open at 7:30
Put your name in the hat to tell a three-minute story.
Show starts at 8:00
$10
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Doors open at 7:30
Show starts at 8:00
$10
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The Stoop returns to Hopkins medical campus one night only for a show that offers an inside look at life at a world-renowned medical institution. Seven people will tell seven-minute, true, personal tales about close calls, humbling experiences, great victories and crushing defeats, memorable moments—anything that shines a light on what life is truly like at Hopkins, both in the present and past.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JHMI OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Storytellers
Dr. Albert Chi trauma surgeon
Cheryl Connors patient safety specialist
Dr. Graham Redgrave assistant director, Eating Disorders Program
Ravi Pandit medical student
Dr. Patrick Byrne plastic surgeon
Sean Hahn poet
Monday March 18
Justice Talking: Stories about crime, punishment, and life (and death) in the legal system.
In partnership with Open Society Institute-Baltimore
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Storytellers
David Storey pipe organ builder
Stephen Janis investigative producer at FOX 45 and co-author of "Why We Kill: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore"
Jeff Dugan filmmaker
Monica Scott substance abuse outreach referral counselor
Carol Dee Huneke public defender
Fred Bealefeld former Baltimore Police commissioner
Mark Farley Grant meat cutter
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Storytellers
Debbie Page co-president of the Autism Society of Baltimore-Chesapeake
Brooke Thomas otherwise known as Mommy
Joe Sugarman editor, Style Magazine baltimorestyle.com
Terri and Grace Core Pre-K Education Manager at Baltimore City Public schools; and 9-year-old mathematician, pianist, artist, and Lego enthusiast, respectively
Michael Dalto disability consultant
Eric Beatty Director of Homewood Arts Programs at Johns Hopkins University
K. Darrow Brown social worker and former DJ
January 15, 2013
Second Stoop: The All-Audience Show at The Wind Up Space: Order Up! Restaurant stories
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November 08, 2012
Second Stoop: The All-Audience Show at The Wind Up Space: "My Secret Weapon: Talents, flairs, and skills no one knows about"
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Friday/June 8 and Saturday/June 9
Postcards from The Stoop: A Live Radio Show about cross-country jaunts, Chevy Chase-style family vacations, and two weeks in paradise (or hell!).
The Stoop is back with another live radio show featuring comedy sketches from The Stoop Radio Players, music from The Egg Babies Orchestra, and lots of stories!
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Storytellers
Jim Everett Audience storyteller
Jeff Dugan Audience storyteller
Martin Coddrington Audience storyteller
Jane Sartwell Audience storyteller
Brian Gilbert Audience storyteller
Dan Cole Audience storyteller
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Storytellers
Dan Rodricks Host of WYPR's Midday
Tamara Keith NPR Reporter
Shelia Kast Host of WYPR's Maryland Morning
Nathan Sterner WYPR Host
Maria Broom Dancer and actress
Ken Rudin NPR Political Junkie
The Stoop returns to Hopkins medical campus one night only for a show that offers an inside look at life at a world-renowned medical institution. Seven people will tell seven-minute, true, personal tales about close calls, humbling experiences, great victories and crushing defeats, memorable moments—anything that shines a light on what life is truly like at Hopkins, both in the present and past.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JHMI OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Storytellers
Jon Spelman storyteller
Naomi Cross Labor and delivery nurse
Susan Goodlaxon mom and medical manager
Dr. Robert Montgomery Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center
Jo Tyler educator
Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, a.k.a. "Dr. Q" Brain surgeon
April Kersey administrative assistant and former candy striper
Jason Cross Audience storyteller
Chris Kraft, Ph. D. psychologist and instructor, Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit
Monday, April 9, 2012
My Big Idea: Stories about ambitious missions, life-altering crusades, and things that don’t go quite according to plan.
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March 13, 2012
“Ch-ch-changes: Stories about reinventions, reincarnations and major rewrites.”: University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
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Storytellers
Jacqueline Miller Byrne Audience Storyteller
Jane Hirschberg Audience Storyteller
Monday, February 6
The Stoop Seven Deadly Sins Show : Stories about wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.
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Storytellers
Earl Crown writer and financier
Marye Isaacs health care consultant and attorney
Don Palmer post-career archivist, gardener, hot sauce maker and tagalong husband
Cheryl Vickniss audience storyteller
Jasmine Garner audience storyteller
Joshua Crown woodworker
Erik Hanson anthropologist of ambition
Tracy Hall Voice actor, mom
Sam Gallant radio personality, former bagel baron
Nancy Murray audience storyteller
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Storytellers
Tieasha Coleman Accounting supervisor
Tim Enders Audience storyteller
Beth Fredericks Audience Storyteller
Faye Houston Audience storyteller
Mike Lowry Drummer
Holly Morse-Ellington Writer and teacher
Julie Mendez Outreach coordinator
Joshua Feldman IT security consultant
Mike McClure Elephant manager, The Maryland Zoo
Lorenzo Daughtry-Chambers Student life counselor, The SEED School of Maryland
Monday, October 10
Under the Influence: Stories about the powerful effects of people, dogmas, and various substances.
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Storytellers
Regina Armenta yoga teacher extraordinaire www.yogaonwheels.org
Dave Troy Tech Guru
Baynard Woods writer, philosopher www.baynardwoods.com
Ryan Cole freelance writer
Andrea Seabrook NPR reporter
David Schwartz Human, father, amateur improviser
Josh Riley Audience Storyteller
David Chamberlin Salesman
October 04, 2011
The Stoop Storytelling Series: "Scaling the Mountain: Stories of resilience, determination, and battling the odds."
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Thursday June 9 through Saturday June 11
The Stoop Says "I do!": Stories of Holy and Unholy Matrimony
Host Aaron Henkin and The Stoop radio players are back with a show about walking down the aisle that will have you rolling in the aisle. We’ve got old-time sketch drama performed with live sound effects, live music from The Bellevederes, and true, personal wedding tales that will make the folks at The Wedding Channel salivate. The show will be broadcast on WYPR-FM on June 17 and 24.
PLUS: A performance from the fabulous 5th L
AND: Free wedding cake from Baltimore Cakery
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Storytellers
Michael Manolagas Information services director
Mark L. Miller musician, comedian, deliverer of wine
Vanessa Harnik marketing and sales VP
Davida Arnold pastoral counselor
Kevin Griffin Moreno foundation program officer
Gloria Brennan licensed aesthetician
Nicole Yeftich college coordinator
The Stoop is coming to Hopkins medical campus one night only for a show that will offer an inside look at life at a world-renowned medical institution. Seven people will tell seven-minute, true, personal tales about close calls, humbling experiences, great victories and crushing defeats, memorable moments—anything that shines a light on what life is truly like at Hopkins, both in the present and past.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JHMI OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Storytellers
Richard Chisolm documentary filmmaker
Ken Hoffman M.D. pediatrician
Lauri Reamer M.D. anesthesiologist
Courtland Robinson Ph.D. deputy director, Center for Refugee and and Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Amy Brown R.N. gynecology-oncology nurse
Melissa Daum patient re-enactor
Chinedu Onyedike MD, MPH medical resident
In partnership with Earl’s Place
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Storytellers
Faith Ward librarian
Tonier Cain mother and motivational speaker www.healingneen.com/about.html
Luke Wesby employee of Johns Hopkins
Julie Hackett wanderlust consultant
Meg Adams nurse practictioner-to be www.margaret-adams.com
Scott Dance reporter
Joe Challmes freelance writer www.lame-excuses.com
The Stoop rings in the ha-ha-holidays with its biggest live radio show extravaganza ever, featuring old time comedy sketches and true personal tales of holiday highs and lows from 40 different Baltimoreans. Musical guests for the first weekend’s shows include singer/songwriter ellen cherry, Nepalese folk singer Prem Raja Mahat and barbershop quartet BSQ from Dundalk’s Chorus of the Chesapeake. For the second weekend, onstage will be ellen cherry, Persian classical musician Ahmad Borhani, and Baltimore R & B a capella trio West Ave.
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Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from 2econd N8ture
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Storytellers
Kate Robinson theater and film producer www.SavingPhilanthropy.org
Molly Kelly tech consultant and part-time writer/actress/storyteller
Joseph Price business analyst
Catharine Deitch retired first sergeant, Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC)
Rich Blake former Marine, doctoral student in clinical psychology
Dorian Gray standup comic
John Rickard Union Ironworker/Poet/Artist/Freethinker
October 18, 2010
Haunted: Stories of ghosts, regrets, and things from the past that won’t stay in the past
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Storytellers
Maura Malone Taylor mother and educator
Edward Doyle-Gillespie Baltimore City Police officer
Kate Pratt certified eye bank technician
Bob Pelrine audience storyteller
April Rejman audience storyteller
Norman Prentiss horror writer normanprentiss.com
Lee Gardner editor, City Paper citypaper.com
Frank Batavick freelance TV writer/producer
Kim Yates owner of Kim's Krypt, drummer in Scarlet Angel kimskrypt.com
Trinisa Brown audience storyteller
Shortly after this show, storyteller Darren Goins passed away. We dedicate this show to his loved ones.
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The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: high school.
Live music from Baltimore’s own The Egg Babies Orchestra, Victoria Vox, and The 5th L.
THURSDAY, JUNE 3
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
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Storytellers
The 5th L hip-hop, spoken word duo
Chris Myers king of the Egg Babies
Aaron Henkin host
Mike Harris Radio player
Jessica Henkin and Laura Wexler Stoop co-founders and co-hosts
Ron Spencer and Laura Wexler Sound effects team
Victoria Vox ukelele diva www.victoriavox.com
It’s not “Behind the Music”—it’s “Behind the Muse.” Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the mixed-up and messy process involved in birthing new artistic life forms.
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Storytellers
Judith Pojda social justice advocate, mom, dog trainer
Matt Hayat healing artist martialsigning.com
Brian Higginson teacher and writer
Loring Cornish artist loringcornish.com
Merrilyn Ratliff lawyer
Breon Gilleran sculptor www.breongilleran.com
Will Carey standup comedian
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell how race has colored, shaped, and affected their lives. In partnership with Open Society Institute—Baltimore.
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Storytellers
Dana Moore Of Counsel at Venable LLP, Chair of the Baltimore City Board of Ethics
Charisse Nichols promotions director, Center Stage
Meshelle The Indie Mom of Comedy prettyandpolitical.meshelle.net
Congressman Elijah Cummings Representative for Maryland's 7th District www.house.gov/cummings/
Barbara Wilgus audience storyteller
Patchen Mortimer audience storyteller
Netta Gurari audience storyteller
David Ross writer, performance poet, retired Russian spy www.5thl.com/
David Schwartz instructional designer
Paulo Gregory Harris inventor, instigator www.PauloGregory.wordpress.com
December 14, 2009
The Stoop Extreme Holiday Show: Stories of the best, worst, and most memorable celebrations and conflagrations
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to spin stories of holiday heaven and hell.
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Storytellers
Jim V. teacher, cyclist
Susan Anthony marketing and PR maven sawmillmarketing.com/
Ana Goldseker nutritionist mindfulnutrition.net/intro.html
Tim Young comedian
Jessica N. teacher
Ba Barocca audience storyteller
Arty Hill singer/songwriter www.artyhill.com/v3/
ellen cherry singer/songwriter www.ellencherry.com/index.php
Burke Sampson musician
E. J. Shaull-Thompson musician
Dave Hadley musician
Jessica Henkin Stoop co-founder, badass
Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin Stoop co-founders and hosts
Caleb Stine singer/songwriter calebstine.com
Tracy Gosson audience storyteller sagesseinc.com/
Heather Moyer audience storyteller
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of “Big Night” style masterpieces, waiting tables, and unholy cases of heartburn at the family dinnertable.
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Storytellers
Ba Barocca audience storyteller
Gregory Hartzler-Miller lifestyle experimenter
Erica Chung school psychologist
John Shields Chef, Author, Restaurant Spiritual Director
Mary Rose Madden Public Radio Producer
Tony Geraci Director of Food and Nutrition for Baltimore City Public Schools
Chrissy Ferrera artist, Starbucks diarist
Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin Stoop founders and hosts
Boister band boister.net
Theresa Columbus audience storyteller
Cait Hanlon audience storyteller
Jessica Henkin host
Scooter Holt the Hunter S. Thompson of Baltimore's bar scene
Laura Wexler host
De'Von Brown student, motivational speaker, up-and-coming film director, talk show host, musician, one of the "Boys of Baraka"
Anne Watts Boister boister.net
September 14, 2009
First Times: Stories of holding your nose, taking the plunge, and living to tell about it
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of first jobs, first time away from home, and first time….er…well….you know!
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Storytellers
Joe Mooney aerospace engineer
Shindana Cooper poet and storyteller
Audrey Kay staff accountant, Agora Publishing
Ab Logan English Teacher, Boy's Latin
Ed Norris host of the "Ed Norris Show" ednorris.com/mainsite/
Mimi Dietrich Quilter
Carmen Brock audience storyteller
Dawn Douglas audience storyteller
The Motorettes band
Ethel Weld resident physician, University of Maryland Medical Center
Rebecca Quinn advancement assistant, Society of St. Sulpice
On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group, performances from Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, along with local musicians ellen cherry, The 5th L, and Arty Hill, and, of course, the true, personal tales The Stoop is famous for. Storytellers include “The Wire’s” Clarke Peters, First Lady Katie O’Malley, actress Rain Pryor, former “The Simpsons” writer Larry Doyle, and more!
LISTEN TO THE LIVE SHOWS IN THEIR ENTIRETY:
Thursday, Act I
Thursday, Act II
Friday, Act I
Friday, Act II
Saturday, Act I
Saturday, Act II
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Storytellers
JULY 9: Larry Doyle Author of "I Love You, Beth Cooper"; former "Simpsons" writer larrydoyle.com
JULY 9: Harriet Lynn producer, Heritage Theater Artists' Consortium www.h-tac.com/
JULY 9: Brian Wendell Morton City Paper political columnist and sleight of hand artist www.brianwendellmorton.com/Site/About_Me.html
JULY 9: Lauren Bender assistant teacher, artist, twin, and co-director of Narrow House, a publisher of avant-garde poetry, literature, and literary recordings narrow-house.blogspot.com
JULY 10: Katie O'Malley First Lady of Maryland www.governor.maryland.gov/firstlady/
JULY 10: Sheri Booker poet, ex-funeral home lady www.sheribooker.com/
JULY 10: Amanda Krotki content editor, The Baltimore Sun www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/
JULY 11: Rain Pryor actress
JULY 11: Clarke Peters actor on "The Wire" www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/characters/lester_freamon.shtml
JULY 11: Pamela White Circuit Court judge
JULY 11: Michael Ziccardi law clerk
July 11: Kelly Meekins genetic epidemiologist
JULY 10: Jon Aaron teacher
JULY 10: Wayne Larrivey teacher and theater director
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in team.
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Storytellers
Josh Fruhlinger Blogger and editor joshreads.com
Kelly Keenan writer
Dave Zang professor of sports history
Joe Challmes freelance sports writer wordsmithjoe.com
Michael Ziccardi audience storyteller
Virginia Knowlton audience storyteller
Shodekeh professional beatboxer and musician
Kevin Van Valkenburg audience storyteller
Lionel Foster Family and Community Engagement Assistant, Baltimore City Public School
Molly O'Donnell editor and writer baltimore.metromix.com/mobtownmolly
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of McJobs, office politics and working 9 to 5.
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Storytellers
Adriana Kroeller Stylist, colorist
Terry Sapp Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Baltimore County Department of Health
Jim Meyer Stand up comic www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56415635809
Meghann Shutt holder of every job under the sun
Mark Carter interim executive director, Kids on the Hill www.kidsonthehill.org/
Alonzo Lamont Jr. playwright and information specialist, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Kevin Hoffman CFO of Roots Market and the rest of the Conscious Corner www.rootsmkt.com
Kim Box audience storyteller
Melinda Walker audience storyteller
Beth Bugnaski audience storyteller
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of romantic woes small and large.
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Storytellers
Marc Unger comedian
LaDawn Black 92Q relationship expert ladawnblack.com
Janet Gilbert humor columnist janetgilbert.net
Michael Cook and Angela Shaeffer freelance writer and traveler extraordinaire
Vicki Bringman audience storyteller
Esther Coffin Miller audience storyteller
Gail Rosen audience storyteller
Katherine Gorman producer, WYPR's "Maryland Morning"
Ann Loar Brooks celebrant
Fernando Quijano III writer
It’s The Stoop….Supersized! Seven storytellers will tell tales of holiday hi-jinx. Local musicians Abby Mott, Salim, and Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack of Wye Oak will join the Stoop House Band, Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, onstage. Baltimore’s famed Westsiders Marching Band will be making a ruckus. Plus karaoke caroling and more!
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Storytellers
Rafael Alvarez writer and raconteur www.alvarezfiction.com
Violet Glaze writer and film critic www.violetglaze.com
Arthur Magida writer arthurjmagida.com
Sheila Dixon Mayor of Baltimore www.ci.baltimore.md.us/mayor/
Kevin KAL Kallaugher editorial cartoonist www.kaltoons.com
Mary Alice Yeskey "Ace of Cakes" star and manager of Charm City Cakes www.charmcitycakes.com
Maria Broom actress on HBO's "The Wire" and "The Corner", dancer, teacher mariabroom.com
November 10, 2008
Money Changes Everything: Stories about striking it rich, getting by, and going broke
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell how the abundance or absence of cold hard cash can cause change and conflict.
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Storytellers
Aaron Henkin radio producer signalradio.org
Denis Nash transportation broker
Jennifer Stevens owner, Clean Bee Cleaning
Joe Challmes audience storyteller
Janet Gilbert audience storyteller
Damian Jones audience storyteller
Brent Halliburton head of new product development for Platform-A
Nancy Murray realtor, director, celebrity impersonator
Shaun Adamec spokesperson for Governor Martin O'Malley
Lilia Rissman ringbearer
Peter Schmader owner of El Rancho Grande www.myspace.com/itsabigranch
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to talk about the pleasures and pain of life among creatures.
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Storytellers
Alan Rosenberg high school teacher and drama club director
Chuck Ochlech tournament director, Baltimore Association of Rat Fisherman
Patrick Smithwick horse trainer, teacher and writer
Beth Manning dolphin trainer, National Aquarium
Anne Mannix audience storyteller
Beth Bugnaski audience storyteller
Stephanie Moss ringmaster
Mark Miazga audience storyteller
John Woestendiek writer www.ohmidog.com
Terri Diener animal communicator petspeak.com/
Corinne Parks animal rehabilitator
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of camp pranks, camp romances, and very scary ghost stories.
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Storytellers
Timmy Reed trolley enthusiast
Sarah Richards writer and radio journalist
Gary Godbey Red Tree professional
Luke Clippinger Assistant State's Attorney
Michael Paulson high school English teacher/amateur gadfly
Fred Lohr attorney
Scott Carberry restaurant professional
Jay Graham audience storyteller
Roy Taff audience storyteller
Julie Scharper audience storyteller
Donna DeLorenzo Ring Master
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales about leaving, arriving, and struggling to make a new home in this strange place called Baltimore.
Presented in partnership with The Jewish Museum of Maryland’s Second Annual Herbert H. & Irma B. Risch Memorial Program on Immigration
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Storytellers
William Wright artist, and therefore chauffeur www.williamwright.com
Jason Gerson public health researcher
Mario Rolando Diaz driver
Inge Weinberger former director, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Mamadou Sy program coordinator, Baltimore Resettlement Center
Peter Nobel catering director
Martha Weiman audience storyteller
Lisa O'Reilly audience storyteller
Maryrose Whelley audience storyteller
Sara Reilly ring thrower
Terrylynn Tyrell special education advocacy and policy consultant
February 11, 2008
Family Secrets: Stories about the Fibs, Tall Tales, and Outright Lies that Bind us Together--and keep us apart.
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to talk about the untruths woven into the DNA of every family.
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Storytellers
Barbara DeCesare reluctant paralegal
Keith Gayler policy wonk, pirate aficionado
Lisa Libowitz writer, storyteller, and woman of a thousand identities
Barbara Dale illustrator, taste expander and creative baker
Justin Credible Baltimore's Best Drag King 2007
Brenda Neuman-Sheldon audience storyteller
Joe Yingling ring master
Pamela White audience storyteller
Steve Luxenberg writer, Washington Post editor
Maggie Hadley audience storyteller
Sarah J crafty chick
Last year’s Holiday show featured tales of mass vomiting, robbed roles in the church pageant, and a Christmas morning in which one storyteller wore nothing but a Santa hat. What good tidings will this season bring?
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Storytellers
Elizabeth Adamec dog trainer www.sweetwag.com/
Michelle Mutert commercial sales director, Kitchens by Design
Linda Perlstein writer and former elf www.lindaperlstein.com/
Jon Harding grant writer and graduate student
Sara Hill instructional designer
David Ettlin longtime Baltimore journalist
Gary Godbey Audience storyteller
Ann Loar Brooks Audience storyteller
Kate Lupin Audience storyteller
Jonathan Scott Fuqua young adult author and novelist www.jonathonscottfuqua.com/
From Beethoven to Billie Holiday, Beck to Barney, seven storytellers offer stories about the soundtracks to their lives.
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Storytellers
Sandy Asirvatham singer, pianist, songwriter www.sandysmemoir.com
Dovile Mark stuntwoman
Ken Jackson host of WYPR's Big Band show, "In the Mood"
Jason Dove indie rocker, filmmaker, and skateboard company owner. www.jasondove.com
Laura Cappelli audience storyteller
Keith Gayler audience storyteller
Jeannette Machen audience storyteller
Jessica Henkin co-producer of The Stoop
Steve Haddad activist, baseball fanatic and budding Buddhist www.myspace.com/captainjacktheband
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson actress on HBO’s “The Wire” www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/characters/snoop.shtml
Rahne Alexander songwriter, performer and member of the Degenerettes www.rahne.com
Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell flesh and blood tales about the glories, guts, and gross-outs of the human form.
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Storytellers
Anna Ditkoff City Paper Murder Ink-er www.citypaper.com/archives/browse.asp?columntitle=Murder%20Ink
Walter Lomax man wrongfully convicted of murder, freed after 39 years
Phil Meeder Mercedes dealer
Hilary Hansen writer, mom and serial surgical patient
Stacey Barich pin-up girl photographer profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=119107065
Mike "The Persecutor" Paschall professional boxer www.baltimoreboxing.com/Fighters.htm
Dana Kollmann forensic scientist and former Baltimore County Police CSI danakollmann.com
Phoenix from the flames. Butterfly from the chrysalis. It’s a night of transformation at The Stoop when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of lives re-envisioned and re-made.
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Storytellers
Diane Finlayson WYPR host and yoga guru
Mick the Pirate Privateer and former stuntman
Asa Student and part-time electrician
Joanne Juskus Singer/songwriter
Hannah Feldman Baltimore Magazine senior editor
Andre Miller Co-creator and co-star of A&E series Random 1
It’s an evening of black eyes, wounded hearts, and long-held grudges when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of anger, resentment—and maybe forgiveness.
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Storytellers
Mike Hughes Writer, designer, and performer
Dale Marie Prenatt Volunteer coordinator and Appalachian poet
Shelly Blake Songwriter, teacher, and ex-wrestler
Niki Lee Performance artist
Richard Gorelick City Paper restaurant critic
Laurel Clark Graduate student
David Simon Creator of HBO's "The Wire"
It’s a night of extremes when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of devotion and delusion.
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Storytellers
Richard Ford Operations manager, Andersen Windows
Rosalia Scalia Writer and mother
Allison Brown Teacher
Helen Shafer Izi Medical Products and Shafer Center CEO
Dave Wurzel Acupuncturist, interventionist, and engineer
Andrea Schanbacher Special Educator
Liz Richardson Blogger
Hear how the “other half” celebrates i.e. survives) “the most wonderful time of the year” when 7 storytellers get 7 minutes each to tell heart-warming (and blood-curdling) holiday yarns.
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Storytellers
Jim Magruder Writer
Prescott Gaylord Green builder
Therese Lynch Etch-a-sketch artist and Speech and Language Pathologist
Bridget Cavaiola Teacher
Sarah Achenbach Writer, mom, and wrapping paper addict
Trixie Little Burlesque artist www.trixielittle.com
Robert Pelrine Pastoral counselor
An all-male line-up share their scariest stories!
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Storytellers
Mike Subelsky Navy Lieutenant
Femi "the dri fish" Performance Poet www.5thl.com/
Brian Flanagan Baltimore City firefighter
Charlie Wilhelm Wiseguy-turned-FBI-informant www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786016221?v=glance
Tim Paggi Playwright and copywriter
Josh Granger Film and TV producer
It’s “Back to School Night” when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of class clowns, teachers’ pets, education-as-liberation and attending the school of hard knocks.
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Storytellers
Ellis Marsalis III Poet and photographer
Brenda Wolf Smith Restaurateur www.thechameleoncafe.com
Jael Freedman Manicurist
Avi Decter Director of The Jewish Museum of Maryland www.jhsm.org/
Cranston Dize Baltimore City teacher
Tracy Wahl National Public Radio producer
Herman Williams Former “Montel Williams” producer and sculptor
Planes, trains, and automobiles. Adventures and misadventures. Meeting strangers, making friends, parting ways. Missing connections, falling off the map. Discovering new worlds—and yourself. Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true tales about the power of traveling to disorient, amaze, reveal—and, most importantly, to transform.
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Storytellers
Emily Flake Lulu Eightball cartoonist www.eflakeagogo.com/
Lee Boot Filmmaker www.theeuphoriaproject.com/
Sunni Khalid WYPR news editor www.wypr.org
Catharine Robertson Information Architect
Heather Moyer Disaster News Network reporter
Jim Mancini Speech and Language Pathologist
Jill Blum Graphic Designer
A match made in heaven morphs into the marriage from hell. Grandma moves in with the fam—and nothing is ever the same. Your college roommate loves Black Sabbath; you prefer Enya. Your new cat keeps peeing on your pillow—until you give her Prozac. In “Under one Roof: Stories about Living Together (or trying to),” seven storytellers get seven minutes each to spin true tales about cohabitation’s tangled webs.
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Storytellers
Marc Steiner Radio Host www.wypr.org
Rupert Wondolowski Poet, painter, and bookstore owner www.normals.com/
Kat Hudson Freelance writer
Matt Fisher Dog walker
JaHipster Scientist and performance poet www.jahipster.com
Andrea Seabrook NPR Correspondent www.npr.org
Kristi Birch Cat lover and writer
It’s an evening of blood, tears, mishaps, screw-ups, and shattered dreams when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true tales of loserdom in The Stoop Storytelling Series premier, “Legends of the Fall: Stories about Failure.”
Stoop founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host a lineup that includes crime novelist Laura Lippman, WJZ-TV morning host Marty Bass, Walters Art Museum director Gary Vikan and Baltimore magazine senior editor Max Weiss.Check out photos and audio clips from the show
Storytellers
Gary Vikan Walter's Art Museum Director
Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine Editor
Valarie Perez-Schere Performance artist and mother of three
Laura Lippman Writer
Shannon Dunn Freelance writer
Marty Bass WJZ-TV morning host
Charles Cohen Freelance writer
Stoop Storytelling Podcast
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