Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: May 09, 2023
by Jenna Ulizio
Lesson #58: PACING - “SHARED THOUGHTS” - Eddy Laughter
This month’s Storytelling School post was written by guest author and Teaching Intern, Jenna Ulizio! Jenna first joined The Moth through our All Country program in the Spring of 2022. Jenna is currently studying English at The University of Connecticut.
Eddy Laughter takes us on a journey to a punk show in this story, most recently featured on episode 3 of Grown, our new podcast all about that time between those awkward teenage yea...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Apr 11, 2023
by Syd Walter
Lesson #57: CONFLICT “R2 Where Are You?” - Tig Notaro
Hello and Happy April!
This month’s blog is guest-authored by one of our extraordinary EDU Teaching Interns- Syd Walter! All alumni from our program are invited to apply for one of our paid internships- either in production, program administration or facilitation of our workshops.
We met Syd as a part of our All Country program in the Spring of 2022, and she went on to tell her story at the EDU GrandSLAM. Syd is now in her firs...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Mar 14, 2023
by The Moth Staff
Lesson #56: STILL FIGURING IT OUT “Losing Games” - Esther Messe
Hello and Happy Spring!
We are very excited to highlight The Moth’s brand new, very first spinoff podcast! Hosted by alums of the Moth’s Education (EDU) Program and featuring many storytellers who first told their stories on the EDU stage, the podcast is called… Grown - Because we’re all still figuring it out.
Grown is about the in-between: the nebulous, the liminal, the just plain wei...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Feb 14, 2023
by The Moth Staff
Welcome back to Storytelling School and Happy New Year! We’re starting this year off with a story from our good friend, Devan Sandiford. Devan told his first Moth story in 2019 and has become a prolific storyteller who brings his skills and heart to our Community Engagement (CE) program on the regular. Our Community Engagement (CE) program partners with community organizations, cultural institutions and non-profits to host workshops that inspire confidence and self-reflection, and deepen connect...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Nov 08, 2022
by The Moth Staff
Storytelling School with The Moth: Monthly Lesson #54: TELLING ON YOURSELF: “Yu-Gi-Oh” - Andrew McGill
Storytelling School at The Moth is here to kick off the holiday season! This month we’re featuring “Yu-Gi-Oh” by teller Andrew McGill, which was featured on the Let It Go episode of The Moth Radio Hour in October 2018.
Andrew is a storyteller, SLAM host, instructor in our storytelling workshops, and this season, in his role as a public school teacher, he is partic...
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