This Saturday night, 8 storytellers and 1 host are gonna “Work It!” Get to know a little about each of the performers below and then, on March 27, at 8:00pm EDT, join host Calvin S. Cato, and storytellers Claire Castell, Silvana Clark, Chetter Galloway, Len Kruger, Nina Lesiga, Howard Lieberman, Victoria Rocha, and Anu Senan for “Work It: stories about jobs, bosses, and the hussle.”
Calvin S. Cato has performed all across the United States and has even crossed the border into Canada. His television appearances include the Game Show Network, Oxygen’s My Crazy Love, National Geographic’s Brain Games, and an unaired pilot for Vice Media called Emergency Black Meeting. His comedy has been featured in numerous festivals including San Francisco Sketchfest, Brooklyn Pride, Austin’s Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival and the Women in Comedy Festival. In addition, you may have heard him on Sirius XM or on the popular podcasts RISK! and Keith and the Girl. In 2017, Calvin was named one of Time Out New York’s Queer Comics of Color to Watch Out For. Read more here!
Claire Castell lived a life full of stories which she now crafts and tells for our entertainment. Her performance venues throughout the Bay Area include The Oakland Story Slam, Orinda Tale Spinners, Silk Road, Delta Word Weavers, the Frank Bette Center, The Marsh Theater, and The Moth at Berkeley Freight and Salvage.
The inspiration for Claire’s stories comes from the challenges of her own life, telling true tales of the struggles growing up in a single parent home, misadventures of dating and looking for love, all of which will come together in her forthcoming solo show “My Life of Debauchery.”
Silvana Clark is the author of 12 books. Silvana also appeared on the FOX reality show, Trading Spouses. As a corporate trainer, she’s told stories for the last 25 years. Silvana is proud to have trained her Springer Spaniel to star in commercials and print ads. As soon as travel restrictions lift, she’ll join her husband in housesitting unique homes around the world. www.silvanaclark.com
Chetter Galloway is a graduate of East Tennessee State University with a Master of Arts in Storytelling. Chetter has performed nationally at venues such as the National Black Arts Festival, National Association of Black Storytellers Festival, The National Storytelling Summit, The Art of the Story Festival, and the Smithsonian. He is also a contributing storyteller featured on Race Bridges Studio. Chetter also serves on the Board of Directors for Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia. For more information, check out: chettergalloway.com
Len Kruger has performed stories with DC-area storytelling groups such as Story District, the Moth DC, Perfect Liars Club, and Story Collider. He did his first-ever storytelling gig at Better Said Than Done’s inaugural show in 2011. Len also writes fiction and has had short stories published by magazines and journals including Zoetrope All Story, The Barcelona Review, and Gargoyle. He lives in Washington DC. Len has a flash fiction piece entitled, “I’m Not Sorry, America” in the anthology, This is What America Looks Like: Fiction and Poetry from DC, Maryland, and Virginia, published in February 2021 by The Washington Writers’ Publishing House. Copies on Sale HERE
Nina Lesiga’s favorite place to be is outside of her comfort zone. She tells stories of adventures from growing up in Brooklyn, NY to her present day life in Stratford, CT. NIna’s performed on PBS’s “Stories from the Stage”, “Generation Women” and “The Story Space. Nina is the host of the Bridgeport Art Trail Storytelling Exchange, an informal online story sharing gathering and one of the organizers of PechaKucha Night Bridgeport visual storytelling. Find more at www.gottatravelsolo.com
Howard Lieberman moved from NYC to rabidly Republican Stillwater, MN with a New York accent and a jaded sense of humor, and his unique blend of performance art, improv and storytelling has made him a fixture in the national performance art scene.
Victoria Rocha is based in L.A., but has performed in storytelling shows in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. This will be her first virtual storytelling show. You can hear Victoria on several podcast episodes of Mortified and Risk!
Anu Senan is a mom, storyteller and corporate leader. She is a two time Moth StorySLAM winner. Anu hosts the podcast Heroes of New York.
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