What an awesome show! I love working with professional storytellers, because they always deliver. And the food and service at Epicure Cafe was, once again, wonderful. We even had an impromptu story from one of the owners! Can’t beat that!
Jennifer Luu kicked the night off with a tale of her first ever trip to Vietnam, and a little too much information about getting a massage in a back room there. To think, not a year ago Len Kruger was just a First Time Teller. He killed it with a story of not quite having all his dreams come true at his first writing conference.
Marcella Jones, this month’s First Time Teller, followed with a story about several firsts in her life which lead her to the place she is today. We wrapped up the first half of “First Encounters” with Michael Zhuang’s story of the first time he met his son.
After a tasty intermission, where the audience restocked on food and drink, we launched the second half of the night with Anna Marie Trester’s story of her family’s move to Tucson, AZ, and the traumatic effect it had on the family’s pets.
Geraldine Buckley charmed the pants off everyone with her frolicking tale of hitchhiking to Canada. Derek Hills beamed us all off to a world in which he almost got to make it with his high school sweetheart, Lt. Uhura. Mojdeh Rezaeipour, a co-owner at Epicure Cafe, had just performed the story she shared with us at The Moth the night before, so was able to tell us all about her high school crush on the chess team captain. Desiree Lester told of a first date gone bad. Jessica Piscitelli Robinson closed the night on a high note, with a story which included lots and lots of vomit.
We had a great night of stories and a fantastic audience. Sharing stories is a two way stream and there was a great deal of giving and receiving at the best storytelling show in Northern Virginia. Thanks to all the listeners out there.
See you at our next storytelling show on June 2nd! For more information, click here.
