Upcoming Detroit SLAMCome join us on...
THURSDAY, February 4th
Theme: LOVE HURTS
"LOVE HURTS" on February 4th
Host: Alex Trajano
7:00 Sign up
7:30 Stories begin
$5 at the door
at Cliff Bell's
(opens at 4p for dinner! come early to eat and get a seat!)
2030 Park
Detroit, MI
Love Hurts: our annual celebration of heartbreak because what doesn’t break you, makes you eager to vent! (But please, make sure all venting is in story form!) Prepare a five-minute tale about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love! The misery of good love, gone bad! The anguish of one-way love! Bring stories of your heart, kicked to the curb by the people or places or things you love...or used to love. Love that "Hurts So Good" also welcome.
How it Works:
7:00*sign up to tell a story, volunteer to be on a judging team or just sit back and listen. 7:30* (SHARP), we'll pick the first name and the show will begin. Each teller will have 5 minutes to tell his or her tale. After each story, the judges confer, and give a score. The teller with the highest score becomes our StorySLAM winner. The winner will compete with the year's other winners in our next GrandSLAM Championship.
Be forewarned:
The Moth is for TRUE STORIES. OK, there won't be a fact-checker there, and the FBI probably won't dig into your files to verify the names and dates and places, but please know, emphatically, The Moth is not for fiction stories. The tiny fictions and lies we tell ourselves ARE part of our "true stories" but that one about you, Obama, Ghandi and Einstein up in a spaceship eating brownies... not so much.
The Moth is NOT a venue for readings; it is a venue for tellings. No notes, papers, or cheat sheets allowed. Contestants are judged on sticking to the five-minute time frame, sticking to the theme and having a story that sticks -- one that has a conflict and a resolution.
Story tips:
No standup routines please:
The Moth LOVES funny people but requires that all funny people tell funny STORIES.
Steer clear of meandering endings:
Your last line should be clear in your head.
