Meta Moth Moments

When worlds collide… sounds like the title to a Moth show, no?

Well, worlds are really colliding here tonight. PRX’s Lead Software Developer, Rebecca Nesson, will be telling a story at the Moth Mainstage at the Somerville Theatre, just a couple T stops up from our office. Mainstages are The Moth’s flagship shows with hand-picked storytellers.

By day Becca works on PRX’s mobile apps, including those for This American Life, Radiolab, and The Moth (forthcoming). We didn’t know she had a talent for telling stories as well.

At a Boston open mic Moth StorySLAM in February, Becca put her name in the hat and was called up to tell her story. The audience reception was fantastic, the story was beautiful, and the Moth asked her to tell it at tonight’s sold-out Mainstage. The theme tonight is Learning Curves and will include five storytellers. We’ll be there rooting her on.

In other news…

Moth StorySLAMS are expanding to more cities throughout the U.S. PRXer Audrey Mardavich has been producing sold-out SLAMS in Boston for six months, so another one has been added by audience demand. The new SLAM is produced by yours truly (Genevieve Sponsler).

As mentioned, SLAMS are open mic, so you never know who will get up on stage… come put your name in the hat!

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—— Photo by Allison Evans.