Here are some of my favorite live performances. They're all between 5 and 9 minutes long and I just noticed that I'm wearing a different cardigan in each of them.

Stories On Stage

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This is a story about a trip to Italy that goes spectacularly badly, and the ways we see ourselves.

Time: 6 minutes

"Altered"

This is a teaching story about a crime that I really didn’t want to solve.

Time: 7:30 minutes

“Lego Crimes”

NYC Moth StorySLAM

This is a teaching story about a crime that I really didn’t want to solve.

Time: 7:30 minutes

"Lego Crimes"

This is a story about a trip to Italy that goes spectacularly badly, and the ways we see ourselves.

Time: 6 minutes

“Altered"

NYC Moth StorySLAM

This is a teaching story about a boy who couldn’t sit still, and the most surreal school assembly in history. 

Time: 7 minutes

“Laszlo and the Wolf”

This is another third-grade-teaching story: about a social studies project that goes horribly wrong, and how help can come from the most unexpected places when you’re trying to survive the Rockies.

Time: 8:25 minutes

“Life and Death on the Oregon Trail”

NYC Moth GrandSLAM

This is another third-grade-teaching story: about a social studies project that goes horribly wrong, and how help can come from the most unexpected places when you’re trying to survive the Rockies.

Time: 8:25 minutes

“Life and Death on the Oregon Trail”

This is a teaching story about a boy who couldn’t sit still, and the most surreal school assembly in history. 

Time: 7 minutes

“Laszlo and the Wolf"

NYC Moth StorySLAM

This is a high school story about a secret crush on a teacher and an audacious (and inappropriately expensive) goodbye gift. It has a happy ending.

Time: 8 minutes

“Mr. L and the Books”

This is a story about high school clubs, what we owe our ancestors, and Dirty Dancing.

Time: 7 minutes

“GFD”

NYC Moth StorySLAM

This is a story about high school clubs, what we owe our ancestors, and Dirty Dancing.

Time: 7 minutes

“GFD”

This is a high school story about a secret crush on a teacher and an audacious (and inappropriately expensive) goodbye gift. It has a happy ending.

Time: 8 minutes

“Mr. L and the Books"

NYC Moth StorySLAM

This is a story about being a teddy bear teacher with a class full of mercenaries, and how we do what we need to do when there’s a war on.

Time: 8 minutes

“War Games”

This is a story about my first love, and the illusions we sign up for when we care about someone.

Time: 6:30 minutes

“Grand Illusion”

NYC Moth StorySLAM

This is a story about the magic (literally) of first love, and the illusions we sign up for when we care about someone.

Time: 6:30 minutes

“Grand Illusion”

This is a story about being a teddy bear teacher with a class full of mercenaries, and how we do what we need to do when there’s a war on.

Time: 8 minutes

“War Games"

NYC Moth GrandSLAM

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