STORY TELLERS who have told at Louder Than Words in past shows:

         Ken Galipeau   www.storynsong.com

Ken Galipeau, a storyteller for over 13 years, and has been the featured storyteller at numerous Tellabrations in NJ. He has presented a storytelling program at theNJ Storytelling Festival for the last 11 Years. Ken is also a favorite festival, coffeehouse and concert performer. Ken performs for people of all ages and accompanies himself on guitar, drum, and piano and sings a cappella. In addition to telling traditional tales, he tells personal stories. Some of these stories are tradition tales reworked as personal tales placing them in actual settings in his life. This will be his first appearance at Louder Than Words...

           Melvin George -

"The King of Smooth! tall, lean, bespectacled and armed with a brazen sense of "cool." A trained actor and director, Melvin used his theatrical training as a member of "The Kitchen Table Comedy Team" in New York, making appearances at Carnegie Hall, The Village Gate and on several local TV shows. Melvin has appeared in concert with such celebrated artists as Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle, The Commodores, The Temptations and The Four Tops. He has been seen in the films "Mo’ Better Blues" and "Meteor Man". Melvin also appeared on Fox’s "Comic Strip Live", A & E’s "An Evening at the Improv", "Caroline’s Comedy Hour" and HBO’s "Def Comedy Jam." This is his first appearance at "...Louder Than Words", and we are getting the best of the bargain.

Whipsuit is [are?]  Rick Horner and Cubby. They are fixtures of the Philadelphia Improv scene with a passion for doing great improv, and a habit of doing it together. They have performed together as members of Zombie Shark, Hypnotoad, andThe Cabal. It's a wonder that they can even stand each other, much less consistently deliver award-winning improv as Whipsuit. Fortunately, for grateful audiences everywhere, they do just that. This is their first time at …Louder Than Words, telling a real story about a real person. One will tell the story; the other will do monologues from characters in the story. Everything should work out real fine, as long as we leave them alone, let them do their jobs.

               Zoe Muntaner

The cover story in Our Town Downtown newspaper last April: "THE PLOT THICKENS, The Moth and its Offspring Have Stories to Tell" catches her eye and the omen is revelaed. Zoe reads the article, shows up at a Moth Slamat the Bitter End in NYC and begins telling her stories in January 2007. She recently founded DARE TO TELL, a not for profit organization whose mission is to encourage and assist young girls and women tell their stories about sexual assault, and help them activate their injured voice. Dare to tell... Care to listen!!! Zoe has been a regularly featured story teller at SpeakEasy Stories.

               Julia Miller

Julia Miller is a writer and performer who comes from a long line of eloquent Irish discontents who sleep too late and drink too often to ever achieve their full potential.  By day, she makes her living as a corporate trainer; by night, she watches “Project Runway” and thinks about getting out of the house more often.  She has studied with Second City in NYC, performed with an improv group called “The Mulligans” at Arlene’s Grocery, and has recently performed stories at Stripped Stories, SpeakEasy Stories and stand-up at Comix and The Duplex.  She has a novel in progress called, “Don’t Tell My Mother I Told You This. This is her first time at Louder Than Words, and is always proud to cross the Hudson River.

  Noah Harlan

Noah Harlan is a story teller, author, Emmy-award winning filmmaker, producer and sometime liar. Films he has produced have appeared in Cannes, Berlin, Venice and MoMA among other places. He is a frequent storyteller and teaches filmmaking to kids. He co-authored "Mind Your Manners, Dick & Jane", a post-modern exploration of truth and meaning in a society without borders... no, that was a different book, this is a children's manners guide... which is available everywhere from Penguin. Noah describes himself as "a large farm-raised Jew."  He has told stories on stage with groups including SpeakEasy, Heeb and the LIAR show and is a Moth GrandSlam finalist.

             Martin Dockery

MARTIN DOCKERY has recently completed a run of his extemporaneous monologue Wanderlust at the Barrow Group in New York. He is a frequent performer in New York City’s storytelling scene, appearing on the stages of Speakeasy, Talkingstick, Mouthpiece, The Liar Show, and is a seven-time finalist in The Moth’s bi-annual Grandslam Storytelling Championship. He received his B.A. in English from Kenyon College and his M.F.A. in playwriting from Columbia University.

Having reached enlightenment at the age of 4, Mr. Patrick has been work to change the Cornerstone of Humanity towards Good, ever since.  He painted for 20 years communicating only through his paintings, reaching the highest levels of our civilizations thinkers.  He has been sought by World leaders, Religious Individuals and global humanitarian organizations for his advice, insight and comfort.  In 2002 the death of a dear friend brough out the storyteller waiting inside. His truth stories can be seen monthly in Talkingstick at the Rubin Museum of Art  along with his friend and co-founder of Talkingstick,Master Lee.  He is often on stage in Manhattan  clubs and underground theatres and television.

                 Jim Cyr

Jim Cyr has had a life-long fascination with the power of stories to change people’s lives. His passion for storytelling began when he heard a story that touched a deep hurt in his life and started him on an adventure toward wholeness.

Jim is a member of the National Storytelling Network, the Healing Storytelling Alliance, and the Network of Biblical Storytellers. He tells stories of healing, wisdom, and faith in performances and workshops for mental health organizations, churches, and community groups, to lead people on an adventure toward wholeness. He shares stories and reflections in a monthly newsletter and a two-time-per-week blog. His own story, The Cracked Pot: Finding Grace in the Cracks of Childhood Abuse, published by Aventine Press, is available on Amazon.com.

   Curtis Leeds

  H.R. Britton

H.R. Britton has been performing in NYC for nearly a decade.  As a storyteller, he gravitates towards the anxiously humorous.  His most recent monologue, “Jesus Rant” is a series of serio-comic ravings from his religious upbringing.   “From Madison to Madurai” is a wide-eyed, yet wry look at his pilgrimage to India. His adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is conversational, and emphasizes levity over fright. 

BackStage calls him “[a]n engaging storyteller ... one honest, likable guy telling his story with unaffected simplicity.”  H.R. regularly attends and performs at Speakeasy, the Moth, and the Liar Show, and he hosts "Lower East Side Stories" at the Tenement Museum.  He’ll be performing “Jesus Rant” at this year’s Philly Fringe. 

   Bernie Libster

          Lana Epstein

Lana is a sixteen year old high school student, who told a story for the very first time on June 12th at Louder Than Words, as a guest 'teller'.  She told of her experience taking her driving test in New Jersey---a daunting task for anyone, especially a sixteen year old. Professional story teller Martin Dockery said of Lana’s first attempt: “... Thanks for the invitation to Flemington. It was a good time. And I think you've got to give that 16yr old girl a slot of her own!” 

So,  we  took his professional advice, and invited her back to 'tell' yet again.

                MICHELE CARLO

Michele Carlo, (aka Carmen Mofongo) is a native New Yorker, a Nuyorican and a natural redhead. She performs her character-based comedy at venues too numerous and sometimes too torturous to mention. Michele has appeared in "It Came From New York", stories from native New Yorkers. She remembers when a slice of pizza cost 50 cents.

Ted Skolits

TED SKOLITS is a veteran of World War II, and has several great stories from more than a half century ago. He was in Joey Novick’s stand-comedy workshop through the Hunterdon Adult Ed program, and has a great sense of humor himself. This is his first time at Louder Than Words...

    RYAN BRITT

RYAN BRITT  has appeared at The Liar Show, The Moth Slam and at Speakeasy Stories. Since birth, Ryan Britt's best friend has been his imagination. Though she got him into a lot of trouble in grade school, Ryan' imagination remains the most loyal friend he has ever had...and this is his first time at Louder Than Words, too. Ryan has stories that have appeared on Nerve.com, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, and Really Small Talk.

Jay Nachman’s show “I’m Not Oedipus” was performed in May at during Emerging Artist Theatre’s One Man Talking series in New York.. The show premiered at the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the Philadelphia City Paper wrote, “A guy talking about the death of his mother may sound like a downer, however, Jay Nachman manages to find gentle humor in it all. … Nachman digs into his deepest feelings in lighthearted fashion.”  The online publication the Broad Street Review called the show a “highlight” of the Festival, with the reviewer writing “Some good new productions were … Triangle Theater’s ‘I’m Not Oedipus,’ a reflection on death and sex written and performed by Jay Nachman.”
His previous show, “SWM, 45 …” premiered at the 2004 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. He is currently working on a new show, “My Dad is Now Ready for His Sponge Bath.

 
                           Kathryn  Weidener