Events

A storytelling workshop and StorySLAM for CUNY students and alumni who are family or paid caregivers for the elderly, ill, or disabled.  In this day-long workshop, participants learned Moth storytelling principles and found the stories they wanted to tell about juggling work, family, school, and caregiving obligations.. At the end of the workshop, participants celebrated with a StorySLAM, sharing the stories they created with peers, friends, and The Moth fans.

An evening of short plays written and performed by PSC-CUNY members who are involved with the care of an elderly, ill, or disabled family member. The plays focus on the care relationship, the labor involved, and its impact on the life and work of CUNY faculty, staff and retirees. The featured plays were written in a playwriting workshop led by Working Theater’s resident teaching artist Joe White.  The plays were written and performed by PSC-CUNY members Susan Naomi Bernstein (Queens College and Baruch College), Miriam Gisolfi Daponte (Baruch College and the Graduate Center), Magda Azucena Doyle (Hunter College), Tami Gold (Hunter College),  Alyse Keller (Kingsborough Community College), Ellen Lewis (Borough of Manhattan Community College), Sarah Ann Standing (New York City College of Technology), and Pamela Stemberg (City College of New York and Hostos Community College). Guest Actors were Kit Flanagan*, Ray Iannicelli*, Lori Wilner*, Nick Velkov* (*members of Actors’ Equity Association).

A storytelling workshop for CUNY students and alumni who are family or paid caregivers for the elderly, ill, or disabled and who are looking to tell their stories of juggling work, family, school, and caregiving obligations. In this day-long workshop, participants will learn principles of Moth storytelling, brainstorm stories of their own, and share those stories with one another. They will learn the secrets of great storytelling, find the story they want to tell, and connect with peers. At the end of the workshop, participants will celebrate with a StorySLAM—a chance to share the stories they have been working on with peers, friends, and The Moth fans.