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ShORT STORY THEATRE - AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING AND MORE! DEC. 18th

STORIES ABOUT A TEENAGE MARRIAGE,
BEING A "MASTER OF YOUR DOMAIN,"
A SIX-FOOT TALL GINGER POET ADONIS AND MORE
PLUS MUSIC & SONG.

Short Story Theatre presents an evening of storytelling and song with stories from Sahar Mustafah, Scott Woldman, Dav Yendler and Amy Sumpter, and songs performed by Rich Logan. The show, produced by Rick Leslie and Donna Lubow, begins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, at the Wilmette Theatre, 1122 Central Avenue in Wilmette. Tickets are $20 and are available for purchase on the theatre's website www.shortstorytheatre.com.

All four storytellers are making their debut performance with Short Story Theatre. Sahar Mustafah tells us what it was like to be married at 18 in her story "Prom Night." Scott Woldman teaches his younger brother something new in "The Calls to Teach." Dav Yendler opens his heart as he remembers a special buddy in "My Friend, Jimmy Gauntt." Amy Sumpter completes the foursome with her story "Troop 59's Big Adventure."

Musician Rich Logan not only shares his songs, but he accompanies the storytellers with original music, highlighting the mood in each story like a soundtrack in a film. Introductions by David Edler are excerpted from Mike Lubow's In a Chicago Minute.

Short Story Theatre was founded in 2012 by Donna Lubow of Riverwoods and Rick Leslie and Susan Block of Highland Park and is dedicated to promoting storytelling as a vibrant, contemporary art form. Co-founder Donna Lubow says, "Stories are creative non-fiction, based on personal experiences. Our troupe of more than twenty members from Chicago and the northern suburbs melds writing skills and performance skills to entertain and inspire audiences."

For story submissions, contact rick@shortstorytheatre.com. Guidelines for submission are on the website: www.shortstorytheatre.com. For other information: donna@shortstorytheatre.com.

BIOS OF PERFORMERS:

Rich Logan has been performing musically since vinyl was still popular. He has done sound design for theatre as well as live performance for improv and staged readings. He managed a theatre space called the School Street Cafe for 8 years in Chicago in the 90's, providing essentially free space for over 100 productions. He has graced many a Chicago stage over the years as an actor (Trap Door, Oracle, Famous Door, Victory Gardens, and Touchstone). He is excited to be invited to share "the sound track" to the stories that inspired them.

Sahar Mustafah is a writer, editor, and teacher from Chicago. Her work has appeared in Great Lakes Review, Word Riot, Flyleaf Journal, Hair Trigger, and elsewhere. She was named one of "25 Writers to Watch" by the Guild Literary Complex and recently returned from Norway where she served as a creative ambassador at the Kapittel International Festival of Freedom of Speech and Literature in Stavanger. She is the proud co-founder of Bird's Thumb, an online literary journal devoted to publishing new and emerging voiceswww.birdsthumb.org.

Amy Sumpter is a comedic actress who has been doing stand-up for a few years. She can tell you crazy stories about her jobs past and present. Amy has been a wench of the realm, a trolley driver/tour guide, a school photographer as well as a bartender and Avon lady. Amy is also in a Beastie Boy cover band called She's Crafty.

Scott Woldman has performed as an actor, performance poet, storyteller and comedian for over 15 years in venues across the United States. He is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, Redtwist Theatre, and the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. Most recently, Scott's drama Beaten was produced at The Artistic Home and several of his late-night comediesincluding Dates From Hell, Drunk and Ready, and Men Exposedwere produced at Redtwist Theatre as part of their Luv Cycle.

Dav Yendler is a director and illustrator based in Chicago. His work focuses mostly on the intersections of illustration and theatre, whenever he can cram the two together. Dav's work has ended up in places like Steppenwolf, Actors Theatre of Louisville, About Face Theatre, Collaboraction, and Redmoon, among others.