StorySlams take place on the second Monday of each month at World Cafe Live and the fourth Tuesday of each month at L’Etage. World Cafe Live is located at 3025 Walnut Street. L’Etage is at 6th & Bainbridge Streets. Doors open at 7:30PM, and the slam begins at 8:30.
Click here for all StorySlam Dates and Themes.
How does a StorySlam work? Every month’s event has a theme and everyone in the audience is invited to share a personal story from their lives that relates to the theme. If you have a story you want to share, leave us your name at the sign-in table where you’ll pay admission. Every potential storyteller’s name goes into a bucket. Ten names are drawn from the bucket, and each contestant is given five minutes on the mic to tell a story and win the crowd. ‘Judges’ are audience members who score the performers on a ten-point scale. The highest-scoring participant wins a prize and the Golden Ticket – an invitation to November’s Grand Slam at the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Arts. At the Grand Slam, the monthly winners vie for the title of “Best Storyteller in Philadelphia.”
Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for members and are available only at the door. Six-pack bundles of tickets are $55, can be purchased at the door or HERE, and can be used for admission to Slams at either World Cafe Live or L’Etage. (Note: admission is on a first-come first-served basis; six-pack tickets do not guarantee entry to individual events). StorySlams at World Cafe Live are all-ages events; Slams at L’Etage are 21+.
If you have any further questions, email Karina at kkacala@firstpersonarts.org or call 267-402-2057.
