Previous Shows

February 11th, 2010
Our second themed show was on the topic "Valentine's Day and Why It May Suck."

Shannon Cason, recent Moth StorySLAM winner, told us a story of he-said, she-said. You can find more of his stories at www.shannoncason.com.


Featured Performer Caryn Berman shared a story of love on Lincoln Ave.


Featured Performer Jennifer Peepas told us what it's like to make out with a mummy in a haunted house.


Dana Norris told us about what it's like to be 14 years old and a perpetual third wheel.



January 7th, 2010
We started the New Year with our first theme show: all of the featured performances dealt with the post-holiday blues
.
Dana Norris posited her theory that Christmas is really about lying to children.


Evan Clossin told us a story from the point-of-view of a Christmas tree.  A lonely, vengeful Chrimstas tree.


Jennifer Peepas explained why she'd rather spend Christmas at the movies than with her family.


November 1st, 2009

Fred Reuland shared a fictional short story about a boy dealing with his family during a summer vacation.


Harz Sondericker told us the true story of the
coolest person he ever met.


Dana Norris warned us about what happens when you sit in the last row of a movie theater.


October 4th, 2009

Tom Reilly told us about how he once disposed of a glow-in-the-dark sacred of heart of Jesus.


JC Aevolitis told us a story about spending his Sunday mornings working at a small, southern radio station.


September 13th, 2009

Gisella Faggi told us about game of doctor
that didn't go so well.


Jennifer Peepas told us a true story about what happens when you lie in your diary.


August 2nd, 2009

Evan Clossin related the scariest tale ever told. It involved a man with a rubber arm.


Fred Reuland shared a story about how difficult it can be to be a folk singer.


Dana Norris told a story about the time she interviewed to be a Mary Kay lady.  Accidentally.


July 5th, 2009

Harz Sondericker told us what it felt like
to be shot with an arrow.



Sarah Shockey shared a story about exactly how odd her family can be.


June 21st, 2009

Lara Ehlrich became internationally famous by being our first open mic participant. She read her story, "Baby Got Stock" about the lengths people will go to for their friends.


Caryn Berman offered an appropriate and moving Father's Day selection in her story, "Daddy's Lap."



Julie Danis told a harrowing story of the time she fell out of her mother's Buick and onto the middle of Salem Ave in Dayton, OH in her tale, "The Big Red Buick."



Dana Norris performed her essay "Storyville" about a trip to the Preservation Hall jazz club in New Orleans.



We also found out that Uncommon Ground has $5.00 bloody marys on Sundays.  Success!