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Grand Slam!

Don’t miss First Person Arts’ annual storytelling Grand Slam! For the first time, the Annenberg Center will host this beloved event as winners of First Person Arts’ monthly StorySlams go head to head for the title of “Best Storyteller in Philadelphia.” Get your tickets early—it’s always a sell-out!

Please note, at this time we are only selling tickets for a simulcast of the show that will be held in the Bruce Montgomery Theatre. To check on availability of seats for the live show in the Prince Theatre, please call the Box Office at 215.898.3900.

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• Saturday, May 19 @ 8:30 PM

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Storytelling in Hyperdrive with First Person Arts
7:30 PM

Join First Person Arts before the show to learn storytelling fundamentals in a flash with popular StorySlam winner, Martha Cooney. Martha's expertise and First Person Arts' StorySlam format will guide you in crafting a 2-minute micro story sparked by a theme suggested on the spot. Perform your story for the group or just sit back and enjoy. Don't miss this opportunity to learn or hone the skills that could take you to the next Grand Slam! This workshop is for storytellers at all levels, will take place in the Montgomery Theatre and is free to all ticket holders.

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This performance is part of the Annenberg Center’s By Local Series.

The By Local Series is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Wallace Foundation.

Please note, this performance may contain some mature content.

Photo credit: Erika Vonie