August 4th
A MOTH-INSPIRED STORY TELLING EVENT
MONDAY AUGUST 4TH 7:30PM
16+
True Life Stories (a Moth-inspired event) is a story-telling event for people who have stories to tell and other people who want to listen to them. Guests are invited to throw their name in the hat for the chance to tell a 5-minute story on the theme of “FIT.”
Do you have a story about:
Trying to fit in? Or being a misfit?
A space that was a tight fit?
A time where you felt unfit?
A memorable outfit?
A conniption fit?
Physical Fitness?
A Honda FIT?
All we ask is your attention, your enthusiastic support for our storytellers, and your support of the bar (alcohol, soda, juice, water.)
Storytelling Code: R-E-S-P-E-C-T. (Aretha gets it.) Please practice civility and respect. Don’t include racism, homophobia, misogyny, or any form of hate speech. Please tell true stories from your own experiences (no proselytizing or standup please) and don’t appropriate other people’s experiences, stories, or cultures.
MONDAY AUGUST 4TH 7:30PM
This is a FREE event but space MUST be reserved in advance.
Creative Team
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Suzanne Roush
Suzanne Roush believes that talking and listening with each other in person makes the world go ‘round. Hence, this event.
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David Thomas
David Timothy Thomas [he/him] (Founder, President, Artistic Director) David founded the ART Station Contemporary Arts Center and Theatre Company over 39 years ago. He has directed over 400 theatre productions for ART Station, led the Artistic Direction for hundreds of art exhibitions and has provided the direction for the award-winning summer arts camp and the summer performance programs. He is the founder of A TOUR OF SOUTHERN GHOSTS, a storytelling festival held at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park. David is a graduate of Leadership DeKalb, the IBM Leadership Institute and the Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta. He has served on the advisory panels of the DeKalb Council for the Arts, the Fulton County Arts Council, South Arts, the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts. David’s formal theatre training is from the North Carolina School of the Arts, a BA degree in theatre from Appalachian State University, two Master of Fine Arts degrees in theatre directing and arts administration from Virginia Tech School of Theatre and Cinema. David serves on the faculty of the theatre program at Georgia Military College, (Stone Mountain campus). davidt@artstation.org.
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Michael Hidalgo
Michael Hidalgo [he/him] (Co-Founder, Producing Director/Scenographer) is one of the original founders of ART Station and has served as the resident designer for the past 38 seasons. Michael oversees the marketing, development & general management of the organization. He is a graduate of Leadership DeKalb, the Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta and a Virginia Tech Alumni. michaelh@artstation.org.
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Jeanne Fore
Jeanne Cwiklik Fore [she/her] (Costume Designer) is happy to be back in the swing of things at ART Station. Her recent credits inlude The Savannah Sipping Society, Honky Tonk Angels, Pin Up Girls, Ann, and many more. Jeanne has designed for the Alliance Theater for the Very Young’s A Child’s Garden of Verses, The Tortoise and the Hare, and Waiting for Balloon. She also has many years wardrobe experience in ballet, opera and theater. She is very passionate about theater education and advocating for arts education in schools. When not at the theater, Jeanne is at home with her husband Howard, daughter Teagan and son Turner.
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Liza Jaine
Liza Jaine [she/her] (Marketing Director) has a professional theatre career that spans over 30 years including a dozen award winning productions, 3 national tours, and two world premieres. She graduated cum laude from Columbia University and summa cum laude from Johns Hopkins University. She holds a brown belt in Muay Thai, trained with SWAT instructors to master on screen police proce-dures, has a love of wire work, and one day wants to learn to be a stunt driver, though parallel parking continues to vex her. Liza is mother to an incredible child named Wyatt who challenges her every day to do the best she can.