Summer Story Slam - "Community"
At Oxbow Park
Wednesday, July 14th
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Free, Donations Appreciated!
Take time out of your busy world to connect with others interested in fostering a deeper sense of community through the art of first-person storytelling. Ten lucky storytellers will have their names picked out of a hat and get the chance to tell a story at this community collaboration between the Town of Morristown’s Wednesday Night Live Series and River Arts. With Music by The Brevity Thing and hosted by Moth StorySLAM expert, Suzanne Schmidt, this is an evening that you don’t want to miss!
Do you have a story to tell on the theme of ‘COMMUNITY’?
Storytellers of all levels are encouraged to come early and put their name in the hat to get the chance to tell a story! Stories should be around 5 minutes in length and should be rehearsed so that they can be remembered without the benefit of paper.
In the spirit of community, this Story Slam will not be a contest, as we hope this experience will help foster a greater sense of togetherness after a long year of isolation.
Want to participate, but think your story could use some editing?
Join us for a workshop with Suzanne Schmidt on Saturday June 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 to get your story ship-shape ahead of the big night!
The Brevity Thing is a labor of love for four very busy and talented musicians. Coming together for a special event in 2014, the band -- featuring Dave Ball (guitar, harp), Jom Hammack (mandolin), Sue Schmidt (drums) and Steve Goldman (upright bass) – realized they had an amazing mixture of immediate friendship and incredible music, and the Brevity Thing was born. Blending together a myriad of musical styles, featuring strong vocal harmonizing, musical spontaneity, choice “cover” songs, and a few wild originals, at a Brevity show you’re never quite certain what is going to happen next but it will be fun! Learn more at thebrevitything.com
Susanne Schmidt (she/her) tells funny stories. As a comedic storyteller and national speaker, her work has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, The Moth, National Public Radio, WGBH Stories from The Stage, and most recently, HBO’s Inspiration Room. Susanne has performed in The Boston Women in Comedy Festival and The Toronto SheDot Festival, and was named the “Best of the Valley Voices” by New England Public Radio and The Academy of Music Theater. Susanne is the founder of Say It Forward Productions, and a teaching artist at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. In her other life, Susanne Schmidt, MS, LCMHC, is a graduate professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Northern Vermont University and is the mother of two amazing young men, who would probably prefer that she stop talking about them on stage. Learn more about Suzanne at susanneschmidtstories.com