Storytelling shows combine comedy, emotional power and social connection for a unique and increasingly popular form of entertainment that boosts local business.

SELDEN, NY NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, April 1, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Newspaper reporter Stacey Altherr, professional comic and "world's funniest accountant" Stevie GB, entrepreneur/inventor Aaron Foss and artist/steamfitter Charlie Pellegrino are the line-up of storytellers for the next installment of (mostly) TRUE THINGS - which features true stories, with a twist told live, without notes - at Performing Arts Studio of New York, 224 E. Main St., Port Jefferson, NY on Sunday April 26, 2015 at 4 pm. Each storyteller tells a true story, but all except one are told with some details changed or carefully-crafted deceptions woven into them. The audience then interacts with the storytellers to try and determine who told the straight story. The whole truth about each of the stories comes out by the end of the show, also with the help of the audience.Tickets are $10, avaialable online at Eventbrite. Make reservations by calling Lifestage, Inc at 631-366-4265 and pay at the door.

Staecy Altherr is a New York Newsday reporter who covers the East End. She was a principal researcher for many years, and worked on team projects such as investigative series into fire districts, pollution at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the rise of special education. Altherr won the Silurian Award in 2010 as part of a team covering the heroin epidemic, and was also part of the Newsday team that won the Pulitzer Award for coverage of the TWA Flight 800 crash in 1996.

Stevie GB is a regular on the Long Island Comedy Festival and award winning comedian, Stevie has performed at The Borgata, Catch a Rising Star, The Paramount, and countless other venues. He's performed with comedy legends like Louie Anderson, Kevin Meaney, Rob Schneider, Kevin Pollak, Bobby Collins and others. His performances range from squeaky clean to risque and focuses on the typical suburban life.

Charlie Pellegrino is an Outsider artist, poet, actor and all around bohemian bon vivant. He works as a union Steamfitter in Local 638. He is raising two awesome sons and is always up for a road trip.

Aaron Foss is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, software developer whose company Nomorobo was listed in New York Newsday's list of Long Island's hottest start-ups -- and co-founder and lead developer of SmartChemo. He is also a Toastmaster.

Host and the show's creator Jude Treder-Wolff is a writer/performer and singer/songwriter who co-wrote songs that set up the game in (mostly) TRUE THINGS with musical director Wells Hanley. Her solo storytelling show with original songs "Crazytown: my first psychopath" was selected for the 2013 Midtown International Theater Festival, the 2012 Chicago and San Francisco Fringe Festivals and was performed at Actors Theatre Workshop, Broadway Comedy Club and The Pit-The Peoples Improv in New York, at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stonybrook University on Long Island and The Conservatory NJ in Trenton, NJ. She is a trainer and consultant specializing in creative methods, including applied improvisation, storytelling and writing for wellness and personal and professional growth.

Storytelling shows combine comedy, emotional power and social connection to produce a unique and increasingly popular entertainment. “We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories," states Jimmy Neil Smith, Director of the International Storytelling Center. "There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.” Shows like this have the added benefit of featuring real-life adventures of local people from all walks of life. Combined with dinner at one of the many restaurants within walking distance from the theater, this is an event that builds community and boosts local business. This show is produced by Lifestage, a training and consulting company providing workshops, classes and groups for personal and professional group that also partners with arts organizations to produce arts-based events in the community.

Jude Treder-Wolff
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