The Moth: Feeding The Hand That Bites You
I'm doing The Moth for the first time next week: storytelling on a bill that includes Adam Gopnick from The New Yorker! I'm sure he's really psyched to be doing a gig with me. I'll be attempting to adapt one of my BabyLove stories into a more storytelling-friendly-format. It's in one of those old clubs on Gramercy Park that I've always wanted to at least set foot in, so it won't be a complete disaster.
“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.” -- Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC)
“Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.” -- P.J. O'Rourke
The Moth invites you to
Feeding the Hand that Bites You: Stories about Parenthood
Come hear stories about what it means to be a parent (or have a parent). Behold your child and consider that you were the source material for the magical, mischievous and occasionally monstrous human before you; behold your parents and count the gifts and flaws that are now your heirlooms. From bringing up baby to parenting parents, the EPT to the PTA, we'll explore the job that is often far easier to get than to navigate.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Sponsored by TNT
Stories told by:
Christen Clifford
Martin Dockery
Ophira Eisenberg
Adam Gopnik
Steve Osborne
Host:
Jonathan Ames
Violin:
Mazz Swift
7:00pm Doors Open
8:00pm Stories Start on Stage
at The Players
16 Gramercy Park South
Tickets available now at www.smarttix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.
Tables are $150 for non-moth members and $135 for members.
Please call the Moth office at 212-742-0551 to reserve.
Artistic Director: Catherine Burns
Senior Producer: Sarah Austin Jenness
Curator and Producer: Jenifer Hixson
Assistant Producer: Katie Miller
Executive and Creative Director: Lea Thau
Jonathan Ames (Host) is the author of I Love You More Than You Know, I Pass like Night, The Extra Man, What’s Not to Love?, My Less than Secret Life, and Wake Up, Sir!. He is the editor of Sexual Metamorphosis: Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs, and a new book of essays, I Love You More Than You Know, will be published in 2006. He is also the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a recurring guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. His comedic memoir What’s Not to Love? has been filmed as a TV pilot for the Showtime network. Mr. Ames wrote the script and plays himself, and the pilot will air sometime in 2005. His novels The Extra Man and Wake Up, Sir! are in development as films, with Mr. Ames having written the screenplays.
Christen Clifford is a performer and writer. Her most recent solo show, BabyLove, had it's world premiere in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2005 and won "Best of Fringe" at the 2006 San Francisco Fringe Festival. Her previous solo, 17 Guys I Fucked, was seen at The Culture Project, Women Center Stage, and the Oni Gallery. Her work has been published in Salon.com, Nerve.com, The New York Press, Blue, black and white magazine, and the anthology Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong (Disinfo press). As an actor, she has worked on, off and off-off Broadway at theatres like The Town Hall, The Public Theatre, Classic Stage Company, HERE, SoHo Rep, chashama, Joe's Pub and at all those now defunct Theatre Row theatres, as well as regionally and internationally. She has had recurring roles on As The World Turns and The Guiding Light. Radio work includes WBAI and NPR. She is getting an MFA in non fiction writing from The New School, and is a visiting scholar at NYU.
Martin Dockery is a frequent storyteller at the Moth slams, and has competed in the Moth Grandslam three times. He’s appeared at other such venues as Speakeasy, Talking Stick, The Liar Show, and Mouthpiece. He’s just returned from a few months in China, Mongolia, and Canada, much to the relief of his dog.
Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces of Comedy, VH-1's Best Week Ever and All Access, E! Channel's Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank, NY1’s The Call and Discovery Channel's Lost Treasures of the Deep. She was selected by BackStage as one of "10 Standout Stand Ups Worth Watching" in their Spotlight on Comedy Issue. Ophira performs regularly at renowned comedy clubs across the country. She also co-hosts and co-produces the acclaimed weekly show "Sweet Paprika," at the D-Lounge. Her acting credits include The Overlookers, Showtime's Queer As Folk, CBS's The Guardian, and the Oxygen Network. She is also a contributing writer for US Magazine's Fashion Police and msn.com. One of Ophira’s stories appears in I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America’s Top Comics, published by Random House, along with others by Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Joan Rivers.
Adam Gopnik has been writing for the New Yorker since 1986. He is the author of the recently released collection of essays, Through the Children's Gate:A Home in New York, and his Paris Journal from his years as the New Yorker Paris correspondent was collected and expanded in the book Paris to the Moon, a New York Times Bestseller. He is the recipient of many awards including the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism and the George Polk award for magazine reporting. Entertainment Weekly has called him “a Prose master” and Christian Century has called “the finest writer of English prose today.”
Steve Osborne spent 20 years in the NYPD. He retired a lieutenant in the detective bureau, where he was the commanding officer of the Manhattan Gang Squad. He was recently a storyteller on the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, and Seattle stops of The Moth Story Tour.
“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.” -- Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC)
“Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.” -- P.J. O'Rourke
The Moth invites you to
Feeding the Hand that Bites You: Stories about Parenthood
Come hear stories about what it means to be a parent (or have a parent). Behold your child and consider that you were the source material for the magical, mischievous and occasionally monstrous human before you; behold your parents and count the gifts and flaws that are now your heirlooms. From bringing up baby to parenting parents, the EPT to the PTA, we'll explore the job that is often far easier to get than to navigate.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Sponsored by TNT
Stories told by:
Christen Clifford
Martin Dockery
Ophira Eisenberg
Adam Gopnik
Steve Osborne
Host:
Jonathan Ames
Violin:
Mazz Swift
7:00pm Doors Open
8:00pm Stories Start on Stage
at The Players
16 Gramercy Park South
Tickets available now at www.smarttix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.
Tables are $150 for non-moth members and $135 for members.
Please call the Moth office at 212-742-0551 to reserve.
Artistic Director: Catherine Burns
Senior Producer: Sarah Austin Jenness
Curator and Producer: Jenifer Hixson
Assistant Producer: Katie Miller
Executive and Creative Director: Lea Thau
Jonathan Ames (Host) is the author of I Love You More Than You Know, I Pass like Night, The Extra Man, What’s Not to Love?, My Less than Secret Life, and Wake Up, Sir!. He is the editor of Sexual Metamorphosis: Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs, and a new book of essays, I Love You More Than You Know, will be published in 2006. He is also the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a recurring guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. His comedic memoir What’s Not to Love? has been filmed as a TV pilot for the Showtime network. Mr. Ames wrote the script and plays himself, and the pilot will air sometime in 2005. His novels The Extra Man and Wake Up, Sir! are in development as films, with Mr. Ames having written the screenplays.
Christen Clifford is a performer and writer. Her most recent solo show, BabyLove, had it's world premiere in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2005 and won "Best of Fringe" at the 2006 San Francisco Fringe Festival. Her previous solo, 17 Guys I Fucked, was seen at The Culture Project, Women Center Stage, and the Oni Gallery. Her work has been published in Salon.com, Nerve.com, The New York Press, Blue, black and white magazine, and the anthology Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong (Disinfo press). As an actor, she has worked on, off and off-off Broadway at theatres like The Town Hall, The Public Theatre, Classic Stage Company, HERE, SoHo Rep, chashama, Joe's Pub and at all those now defunct Theatre Row theatres, as well as regionally and internationally. She has had recurring roles on As The World Turns and The Guiding Light. Radio work includes WBAI and NPR. She is getting an MFA in non fiction writing from The New School, and is a visiting scholar at NYU.
Martin Dockery is a frequent storyteller at the Moth slams, and has competed in the Moth Grandslam three times. He’s appeared at other such venues as Speakeasy, Talking Stick, The Liar Show, and Mouthpiece. He’s just returned from a few months in China, Mongolia, and Canada, much to the relief of his dog.
Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces of Comedy, VH-1's Best Week Ever and All Access, E! Channel's Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank, NY1’s The Call and Discovery Channel's Lost Treasures of the Deep. She was selected by BackStage as one of "10 Standout Stand Ups Worth Watching" in their Spotlight on Comedy Issue. Ophira performs regularly at renowned comedy clubs across the country. She also co-hosts and co-produces the acclaimed weekly show "Sweet Paprika," at the D-Lounge. Her acting credits include The Overlookers, Showtime's Queer As Folk, CBS's The Guardian, and the Oxygen Network. She is also a contributing writer for US Magazine's Fashion Police and msn.com. One of Ophira’s stories appears in I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America’s Top Comics, published by Random House, along with others by Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Joan Rivers.
Adam Gopnik has been writing for the New Yorker since 1986. He is the author of the recently released collection of essays, Through the Children's Gate:A Home in New York, and his Paris Journal from his years as the New Yorker Paris correspondent was collected and expanded in the book Paris to the Moon, a New York Times Bestseller. He is the recipient of many awards including the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism and the George Polk award for magazine reporting. Entertainment Weekly has called him “a Prose master” and Christian Century has called “the finest writer of English prose today.”
Steve Osborne spent 20 years in the NYPD. He retired a lieutenant in the detective bureau, where he was the commanding officer of the Manhattan Gang Squad. He was recently a storyteller on the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, and Seattle stops of The Moth Story Tour.
posted by Christen Clifford - BabyLove at 12:36 AM
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The Players Club is a beautiful building. I recently did a playwrights' workshop there. Try to get the guy to show you Edwin Booth's old room, which has been preserved. If you're into theater history (and who isn't?), it's a must-see.
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