Join us for a beautiful night of diverse creative community, a giant free potluck dinner, and true stories told live by some of Chicago’s best human beings. We invite five featured storytellers who we believe will tell you excellent stories, along with five brave souls who volunteer to tell stories from the audience (that might be you!). After many years of sold-out events in beautiful theaters, Here Chicago continues to build friendships, ignite unlikely alliances, and fuse creative connections like the dickens. We feed you dinner, play you beautiful music, and help you remember that people are great and listening with an open heart is worth every bit of trouble.
If YOU would like to share a story at the show, or bring a dish for the potluck, see here for more information.
Here are some treasures we’re bringing you on May 20th:
Elizabeth Moriarty is an organizer for the Fox River Valley Initiative (FRVI), an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation. FRVI is a growing, broad-based group of non-partisan citizens dedicated to resolving pressing social problems that face all of our communities that believes people working together through their institutions have the power to change our communities and our country for the better. Prior to her role with FRVI, Elizabeth worked at the Archdiocese of Chicago as the Cardinal’s Director for Leadership Gifts and Chief of Staff to the Vicar General and Chief Operating Officer. Previous job titles include Innkeeper, Addictions Counselor, Catholic Worker, Paralegal, Caterer, Bureaucrat in Purgatory, Hospice Chaplain, Jail Chaplain, Consultant, Rector and Bartender. She currently lives in Chicago in Rogers Park, grew up in South Bend, IN and has lived in Orange County, Brooklyn, Washington. D.C., Guatemala and Jerusalem. Fun fact: she traded a meth dealer for her first tattoo.
Lily Be returns as our Audience Favorite storyteller from our last show. She is a momma, nanny, and storyteller. She is the creator and host of The Stoop, a monthly storytelling show at the legendary blues bar Rosa’s Lounge, now in its 5th year. Lily Be is an accidental artist now living a life of storytelling purpose. She lives to show people the importance of owning your story and telling your truth. Every performance she does, person she inspires and class she teaches is her way of paying storytelling back for saving her life in 2010. Lily Be is life and proof that there is no bad from which good cannot come..
Jack Bronis most recently finished performing the role of The Father in a tour of Andrew Hinderaker’s The Magic Play, which he did at The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Portland Center Stage at the Armory, and Syracuse Stage. He is proud to have been a founding member of The Noble Fool Theater, performing in various shows including Steve Martin’s adaptation of The Underpants, Roasting Chestnuts, Flanagan’s Wake, and The Baritones, among others. He wrote the book and lyrics for Vikings- A Musical in Two Axe for Noble Fool. He is a longtime faculty member of Acting Studio Chicago, and has also taught improvisation at The Second City for nearly two decades. He conceived and was the original director for the long-running Flanagan’s Wake, which he has directed at Chicago venues including The Noble Fool, The Royal George, The Improv Institute, and Chicago Theatreworks, and at venues in Rochester, New York, New Orleans, and Minneapolis. Film and television roles include Chicago Fire, Early Edition, The Playboy Club, Unsolved Mysteries, America’s Most Wanted, Chicago Overcoat, The Last Rites of Joe May, Dirty Work, Best if Used By, The Package, and Jeri’s Grill.
Carly Oishi is the LIFT Program Director at Ladder Up, a non-profit organization that provides hardworking people with the financial resources they need to move up the economic ladder. It provides free programs to help clients secure the tax refunds they deserve, gain knowledge to navigate complex financial systems, and obtain financial aid to make college dreams a reality. Carly is also a respected Chicago writer and blogger who has produced and performed for the better part of six years. She co-created and produced Solo in the 2nd City, and co-founded and hosted the women’s reading series Miss Spoken. Much of Carly’s spare time is spent watching her kid (who Janna warns that if you see him, you might be slain by his greatness), and doing super un-fun things like cleaning the house and riding on a stationary bike. You can read her random, sporadic musings at OhIsShe.com.
Lucky for all of us, Alizé Jireh will be opening and closing the show with a song. She’s a photographer and filmmaker who works with artists, entrepreneurs and kick ass humans (most of them female) to capture their passion and essence in a way that is authentic to who they are, so that the world doesn’t miss out on their magic. She’s grateful that this allows her to travel to different countries, as this keeps her sane and growing. She also likes writing and singing songs about that thing we all have and really need to fucking express. (Emotions.) She’s passionate about sustainable/conscious living, where no one is disrespecting or dumping trash on anyone, including our earth. Alize is grateful for the gift of creating and co-creating with others, as this is the only real purpose of life she can come up with. Visit alizejireh.com.
We can’t wait to be with you on May 20th. Join us for one of the most wonderful nights of creative, inclusive community that Chicago has to offer. There is a lot of talk lately about the wish for people to come together to listen. Here’s an opportunity to do that. This show is built for the intended purpose of gathering people to hear, honor, learn from and delight in each other. Let’s do it!
Here Chicago on May 20th
7:30 potluck | 8pm show
Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont
Chicago IL
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