The Moth

A man’s life is changed by the loss of his mother. Roland Rocchiccioli started in the theatre in 1966. His childhood memoir, And Be Home Before Dark: A Childhood on the Edge of  Nowhere, was published in the US in March. Set in the 1950s Goldfields – it was a time a place the like of which Australia will never know again.

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An MCI Manager learns that white collar crime does not pay. Walter Pavlo founded Etika, LLC to promote ethical behavior in business.

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An artist reluctantly acknowledges that he is haunted. Craig Chester is an actor, writer and director.  His memoir, Why the Long Face? The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor, was published by St. Martin’s Press and is currently being developed as a series on Showtime.

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A three year old’s pink birthday wish makes a man consider the kind of father that he wants to be. Dixon Place presents James Braly performing his dark comedy, Asylum, in New York through May 22nd. Meredith Vieira Productions is developing his first monologue, Life in a Marital Institution, as a touring show and feature film. More at jamesbraly.com.

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A young woman’s worst fears become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Nancy Finton lives in Brooklyn, NY and works as a writer and editor.

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Scandal, vice and magnificent hypocrisy: the truth about the press in 1950s America, as seen by a wide-eyed cub reporter. Lewis Lapham is the editor of Lapham’s Quarterly a new journal of history and ideas which can be found at www.laphamsquarterly.org. He is a National Correspondent for Harper’s Magazine and the author of thirteen books.

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A visit to Washington Square Park makes a New York City police officer realize that there’s never a time when he isn’t walking and talking like a cop. Steve Osborne was a New York City police officer for twenty years and retired as a Lieutenant assigned to the Detective Bureau. He also works as a script consultant on movies and television.

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An accomplished sailor is shipwrecked and narrowly survives five days lost at sea. Deborah Scaling Kiley is the author of The Sinking and No Victims Only Survivors: Ten Lessons of Survival and a survivor of a near-death shipwreck and shark attack. She routinely speaks and writes about survival to a variety of audiences nationwide.

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When the heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune makes a highly acclaimed documentary about being rich, his father’s unexpected feedback is what sticks with him the most. Jamie Johnson is a documentary filmmaker and the great-grandson of the founder of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company. His HBO productions, Born Rich and The One Percent, examine wealth and social class in our culture.

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While doing research for a book on self help, a young writer finds herself getting sucked into a cult. Starlee Kine is a producer and writer whose work has been featured on public radio’s The American Life. She is currently working on a book about self-help titled, It IS Your Fault.

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