I'm Hosting The Moth at Bell House August 6!

This just in from the truly-amazing-news department- I've been asked to host the legendary Moth StorySlam Wednesday, August 6th at The Bell House in Brooklyn. I cannot express how honored, thrilled, and truly freaking terrified I am to do this. And, as if it isn't enough pressure to be taking the mic at the mother of all storytelling slams, I'm filling in for resident badass Peter Aguero. And those are some big shoes to fill. Literally! The guy's like 9 feet tall or something. So expect to look downright Lilliputian on the massive Bell House stage.

The theme is "Sunny." And if you've seen, heard, or read my tales of high school drug parties and X-rated Goth escapades, you know this theme is an AMAZING fit for my sensibilities.

Seriously.

Tickets go fast at the door for 8 bucks a pop. In order to ensure entry, soon you'll be able to buy advance tickets HERE for 16 dollars.

I hope you can make it out. This is some high-falutin' hostery right here. I think I'm going to keep a Cuss jar onstage just to keep myself in line. At one dollar per profanity, this gig is gonna put me in the poor house.

Hope to see you there!

More info HERE

Ask Me: PARTY! Our 2-year Askiversary Show

We are so excited to present an amazing line-up for our big anniversary show!

Sara Benincasa, Comedian, author of Agorafabulous
Britt Genelin, Actress, storyteller
Dave Hill, Comedian, author of Tasteful Nudes
Adam Wade, Storyteller, Moth GrandSLAM winner, host of Tales from the Cosmos and The Adam Wade from NH Show
Aaron Wolfe, Storyteller, Moth GrandSLAM winner
with a special performance from pianist, Jack Perry

These stories are gonna blow your face off when you're not lost in a Cirque de Soliel haze of high-wire artists and midget contortionists! (Okay, not really. But there might be a juggler and some card tricks.)

David is going to take hand-fulls of pill at this party! (Okay, they're all probiotics, but still... his stomach is gonna be NUTS!)
Cammi is so psyched that she's agreed to wear panties! FINALLY! You can look at her dead-on without the fear that she's going to "show her world to you" like that tramp in the Dave Matthews song!
Jack Perry will be tickling the ivories for a big musical number! He is so pumped that he's gonna... well, he's just gonna look even MORE handsome than usual. (Seriously, he's also agreed to wear panties.)

Guys, we're TWO YEARS OLD!!! Come eat cake with us! And to prep your palette, check out our all-new Ask Me podcast on ITunes HERE.

Ask Me: PARTY! Our 2-year Askiversary Show
Wednesday August 1st

Doors at 7:45 pm
Show at 8:00 pm

Axis Theatre
1 Sheridan Square
NYC

*FREE
BYOB (as usual. Seriously. BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE!)

More info at www.askmestories.com

"Bad Kid" in the San Antonio Current

 
The San Antonio Current has run an article in their new issue about my storytelling and solo show, "Bad Kid." It's a sassy piece entitled "David Crabb dishes queer Saytown goth to the rest of the world." Get a load of that gay-with-a-capital-G bidness!

Many thanks to journalist Gregg Barrios, who let me blather on for about half an hour about how deeply I love The Smiths when all he probably wanted to know was what my show was about. Talking to him about the good old days in SA was great- getting high at The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Northwest Theatre, making out on the dirty sofas suspended from the ceiling at Changez, breaking into the grounds of the McNay Museum on acid. What an unsullied youth! And what a nice article.


So hang on San Antonio. I might be a few steps closer to performing my solo show "Bad Kid" in the actual place it happened. It would certainly be a rush to talk about drag queens fist-fighting at the Alamo in a theatre NEAR the Alamo! 

"Shhhh... you can almost hear them voguing."

READ THE ARTICLE HERE

My advanced storytelling class at The Story Studio

I'm so excited to be teaching an advanced class at The Story Studio.

This class will meet on Mondays and Thursdays 7-10pm starting on Monday July 9th, with seven sessions followed by a class show for friends and family during the eighth and final session on Thursday, August 2nd. Class sessions will meet at CAP 21, 18 West 18th Street, 5th Floor, room 507, NYC. The class show will take place at 3 of Cups downstairs lounge at 83 1st Avenue, NYC.

The Story Studio’s 4-week storytelling workshop provides students who have some previous storytelling experience with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to develop new pieces for the stage and receive feedback from their instructor and peers. Exercises in class focus on complex story structuring, mining your life for content, developing the character of “you,” using your voice and body to inhabit characters, and developing concise and meaningful endings. Each student will leave this class with at least 3 fully-developed stories.

This class is open to students with some storytelling experience. Sign up with a friend, and once you’ve both registered, email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name and receive a 15% rebate on the cost of the course.

SIGN UP HERE