No, YOU Tell It!

This episode we’re featuring a pair of stories from our LOCK & KEY show. In our first story, author Stella Kaufman has devised a coping mechanism for dealing with the sleights, pain, and humiliation life can deal out. It’s a story of how we negotiate memory, especially in our current internet age – who we share […]

Today’s “Two on Tuesday” stories were first read during our evening titled BUYER BEWARE. With the discovery of a lover’s secret sex blog, the only rational thing to do is turn away from the screen and run. But once that first thread pulled begins to unravel, the sweater of crazy that was his secret online […]

Our own Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons was interviewed about how our series might help a fiction writer. Read the interview on About.com here. Then give a listen to our special “Fiction Edition” show to hear firsthand how No, YOU Tell It! works across genres. These stories were recorded live on June 17th at Jimmy’s No. 43 and feature two alums […]

For this special episode, you can LISTEN to these switched-up stories from our live show and READ Molly’s story at The Literary Review via TLR SHARE. In “Song Lines,” a singer/songwriter has an adventure in Ireland and finds all sorts of new doors opening for her. The remarkable Rebecca Hart will be appearing in The Civilians’ “Rimbaud […]

At first Vicki Cabrera said to us, I’ll take the class, but I’ll never do the show. She was in our very first No, YOU Tell It! workshop and with a little coaching by director Erika Iverson, she gave one of the most moving performances we’ve seen. Here she is performing “Say Hi to Ellie,” […]

It’s our first Tri-flip! And our first “Three on Tuesday” episode featuring switched-up stories from Gloria Beth Amadeo, Morgan Pielli, and Elizabeth Jaeger. Click here to meet our storytellers. Plus, special guest Colby Black started our show off strong with some stand-up. Here is our full ‘Temper, Temper’ show recorded live at Jimmy’s No. 43 […]

Today’s “Two on Tuesday” stories are from our show UPROAR. Peter Tinaglia is a graduate of the master’s program in voice at Manhattan School of Music. In this story, he reflects on a horrifying undergraduate experience where a mere slip of the tongue led to unintended consequences. Merritt Minnemeyer performs “Ms. Lorimer… If You’re Nasty.” […]

Today’s “Two on Tuesday” story swap is from our ‘Fear Itself’ show – Edward Campbell finds himself across the globe on the search for the perfect symbol to ink on his body, only to return home with something more meaningful. First up is “Tattoo” written by Ed Campbell and performed by Dana Klinek. Meanwhile, Dana Klinek’s “Eddie […]

Today’s “Two on Tuesday” stories are from our ‘Revival’ show recorded live at Jimmy’s No. 43. How much should we reveal about ourselves? And what exactly do we leave behind?  Jessica Cannon contemplates these questions for the digital era in her story “Internets is Forever,” performed here by Matthew Trumbull. How often have you found yourself in the midst […]

This episode features a pair of stories from our first No, YOU Tell It! alumni reading at The Astoria Bookshop, written and performed by returning participants Marcos Stafne and Jeff Wills (pictured left to right). We’ve all had to deal with erratic, uncooperative co-workers. But when that co-worker is Fantasia, a 20-foot, 300-pound albino Burmese […]