Dana Norris is the founder and host of Story Club.  She once went on a lot of internet dates and she writes about those mistakes for the website Role Reboot.  She blogs at dananorris.net, has been published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency,  The Rumpus, the Tampa Review, and her stories have been featured on WBEZ (91.5 FM) and Vocalo.org (89.5 FM).   She performs around Chicago with Mortified, The Paper Machete, The Kates, Essay Fiesta, This Much is True, Write Club, Guts and Glory, and many others. 

Dana is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Northwestern University. She loves hosting Story Club and she especially loves it when someone reads for the very first time.

Ian Hookway has been co-producing Story Club since 2010.  He is passionate about storytelling and he loves being part of an event that allows artists to connect with a wider audience.  Ian claims that one day he'll get up and tell a story himself, but he's probably lying.

Will Hindmarch is a writer, designer, and producer in Chicago. He produces and co-hosts Story Club South Side. Will’s writing has appeared in Atlanta magazine, Geek Monthly, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, as well as in games and books like The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosity. He's a co-founder of Gameplaywright Press and an instructor and speaker at the Shared Worlds writing camps.

Andrew Marikis is a co-host of Story Club South Side, a writer and Chicago-based actor. Onstage he's worked with Seanachai, Lifeline, BoHo, Sideshow and many other theatres, online you can read him at In Our Words Blog and in more intimate environs you'll hear him storytelling at Story Clubs North and South among others. He loves hearing a story that's totally true, and way too crazy to be true; and he harbors a not-so-secret obsession with dinosaurs.

Elle Kammerer is the official intern for Story Club's Summer 2013 season. She attends DePaul University where she is working on a Masters in Writing and Publishing and hopes to finally finish her novel. She spends her free time engulfed in her expansive imagination and eating awesome stories for lunch.

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Previous Featured Performers...

Kelly Anchors
Lilly Be
Caryn Berman
Ian Belknap
JT Berg
Caitlin Bergh
Chad the Bird
Mary Pat Bohan
Jen Bosworth
Shannon Cason
Mary Dean Cason
Kristin Clifford
Evan Clossin
Jen Companick
Beth Cummings
Julie Danis
Reagan Davis
Stephanie Douglass
Gayle Duberchin
Keith Ecker
Gisella Faggi
Dennis Frymire

Kevin Gladish
Adam Guerino
Don Hall
Aubrey Henretty
Julie Hill
Kenneth Hite
Nellie Huggins
Kelsie Huff
Samantha Irby
Maggie Jenkins
Len Joy
Erin Kahoa
Suzy Krueckeberg
Andrew Kudla
Nico Lang
Lara Levitan
Joan Lipschutz
Mary Lorenz
Alyson Lyon
Andrew Marikis
Deanna Moffit
Monte
Amanda Morris

Michael McColly
Cheryl McPhilimy
Mimi Nguyen
JH Palmer
Jennifer Peepas
Anne Purkey
Fred Reuland
Dmitry Samarov
Sarah Shockey
Lauren Sivak
Janna Sobel
Harz Sondericker
Valentine Soposky
Johanna Stein
Kendra Stevens
Jill Summers
Amy Sumpter
Ray Teresi
Claire Tibble
Michael Van Kerkhove
Scott Whitehair
Tom Wolferman
Claire Zulkey