Join us for four true, personal stories about times when our perception shifted! From changing relationships to taking on unusual assignments for extra credit, come and hear how our storytellers have reimagined their worlds.
Hosted by Christine Gentry and Paula Croxson. Doors at 6:30pm.
Amy Segal works in finance by day but by night finds herself drawn to storytelling shows on the Lower East Side. She is a Moth Story Slam winner, has been featured on The Story Collider podcast and is the proud recipient of 200 one-dollar bills from a One Up! storytelling competition. She is developing a one-person show, the beginnings of which she performed at the MarshStream International SoloFest in 2020 and 2022.
Anunay Swaroop is a queer immigrant person of color rediscovering the beauty in world with intentional behavior changes.
Cansu Karabiyik is a neuroscientist at Columbia University. She was born in Denmark to Kurdish immigrants. In 2013, she moved to California for her studies in biomedical science and decided never to go back. Instead, she moved to Portugal to conduct her master thesis research on neuroprotection during stroke. In 2021, she completed her PhD at University of Cambridge, focusing on neurodegeneration. She now lives in NYC, where she spends her days in the lab researching molecular mechanisms of neuropsychiatric diseases and her evenings doing comedy across the city.
Leah Moore has been teaching English and theater for over 16 years. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and has a master’s in educational theater from NYU. She was the recipient of the prestigious Teacher of the Year award, presented to ten NYC teachers annually. She first premiered her writing on her parenting blog, Loving You Big, which has an audience in over 57 countries. Her family has been featured in a documentary about cri du chat, a rare chromosomal disability. She has been a guest on popular media outlets, such as Forbes and ESPN, working to create more stories centering around individuals with disabilities. She is the author of the memoir, Loving You Big: One Family Embracing the Unexpected. She lives in New York with her husband, three children, and her daughter’s collection of rainbow wigs.