Writers Theatre
Show Your Stripes: An evening with some of Chicagoland’s best storytellers.
It’s all my parents’ fault! Join us at Writers Theatre as a group of talented storytellers show their (tiger) stripes with stories of family dynamics, double-edged stereotypes, the complexities of the immigrant experience, and more. This intimate evening of storytelling is curated by seventy plus-time Moth Story Slam winner Nestor Gomez and features Dr. Ada Cheng, Sonal Aggarwal, Franco Catalano, and Julia Tony Stoyanova. Tuesday, October 11th at 7pm in the WT Atrium. $15/adult and $5/student tickets.
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Oliver Burkeman
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