You guys, so much is going on for us: Victoria’s got a new job, Tell It’s got a new venue & I finally made it to level 92 on Candy Crush!

That’s me to the left of the arrow.

Better than that, while waiting for my lives to refresh on the Facebook app, I placed orders for brand new Tell It: Brooklyn stickers & notebooks.

That means, in addition to our beloved totes and the remarkable raffle prizes we hand out each month, each storyteller whose name gets picked from the can will get his or her own 60-page memo pad as a little memento of their time with us.

Pret-ty snazzy.

Who knows … if this weather keeps up, they might get a pen, too.

xo/S

Now that the weather’s warming up again (you know, periodically) Victoria and I have been getting out and about in the storytelling scene.

Networking.

And we’ve been scooping up storytellers for our show all along the way. But before I drop the names — and mention our 3rd surprise storyteller, here’s a peek at the kind of awesome fan mail we get here at Tell It: Brooklyn.

Hey, just want to say it was nice to meet you last night and hear your period stain story.

That’s right kids. Right there is a little glimpse into what it’s like being a storytelling star in the big city.

And from now on, everyone who saw one of the Tell It two at Oh, Hey Guys! last week (not this one), will forever associate her with pink toilet water blood shorts and marching band … including our guest, the brilliantly hysterical host of Oh, Hey Guys!, John Flynn.

John Flynn performs stand-up all over New York and is well known in the storytelling scene; He received a B.F.A. in Theater Arts from Hofstra University after transferring from Bard College where one of his final exams consisted of him smoking a joint and dancing with a tree. (He passed with honors.)

Internet sensation Damian Bellino let me share my story about the time I heard a cassette of my preacher having sex with a deacon’s wife at his incredible www.MyHSBoyfriendWasGay.com, and I fell in love with his Andy-Cohen-stalking ass. (Check him out on Twitter @DamianBellino to see what that’s all about.) I know you’ll love him, too.

Damian Bellino likes telling stories on stage and sometimes wearing wigs and acting like an idiot. He created the blog, My High School Boyfriend Was Gay, which Dan Savage called, “[his] new favorite blog” and TheFrisky called, “a lawsuit waiting to happen.” This is one of your last chances to see Damian before he migrates to the West Coast for a while. Take advantage.

Our third guest this month is an improv genius and fascinating storyteller … and not just because of her accent. (Which I will shamelessly swoon over as if I’ve never hung out wiv anyone from England before. Just watch me.)

Rita Chinyere is a comedian and storyteller from London, England and based in New York City. She performs all about town as a proud member of the improvised tandem, Cory & Topanga. She can be followed/stalked on Twitter/Tumblr via @britajames for upcoming shows!

Know what else? You also have the chance to tell your own true, real-life, 5-minute story on stage with these phenoms. 

Just drop your name in the hat and cross your fingers…

xo/S

March 25 – 8pm

Superfine | 126 Front Street | DUMBO

F to York, A/C to High, Car Service to Front Street between Jay & Pearl

Doors open at 7 & the show starts at 8. Your $6 cover gets you a raffle ticket for some incredibly useful prizes AND a buck off your first drink at the bar.

** Note** Superfine’s kitchen is closed on Mondays so food will not be available during our show. The bar, however, will be wide open.

WHAZZUP BK!

We’re back with yet ANOTHER Tell It: Brooklyn.

Next Monday, Feb 25 at 8PM, Victoria Scroggins & Susan Kent are bringing out the city’s best and brightest to share their shame and secrets with you.

This month we’re featuring two incredible women:

Jennifer Jiles, former Rockette, writer & performer of Kicking & Screaming, The Musical! & current memoirist who has a LOT to say about backstage life at Radio City.

Jenny Rubin, comedian and storyteller about town, and host of Here’s the Story at 2A in the East Village.

Know what else? YOU too have the chance to tell your own true, real-life, 5-minute story on stage with these phenoms. All you have to do is drop your name in the hat and cross your fingers.

Awesomesauce, right?

Can’t wait to see you there!

Superfine | 126 Front Street | Brooklyn

Doors open at 7 & the show starts at 8. Your $6 cover gets you a raffle ticket for some incredibly useful prizes AND a buck off your first drink at the bar.

*Superfine’s kitchen is closed on Mondays so food will not be available during our show. The bar, however, will be wide open.

A Victoria Scroggins/Susan Kent Curated Joint for 2013.

Happy New Year, y’all!

How were your holidays? Did you make it through your family stuff? Are you in financial recovery and emotional detox?

We feel ya.

You know what we all need? A night out, just us – hanging, drinking a beer and sharing stories. Doesn’t that sound perfect?

Well, my friends, done and done.

Victoria and I are pulling together some of our favorite storytellers from the NYC scene for an incredible new curated show that we’re calling:

Tell It: Booked’lyn

The 1st Monday of every month, we will feature 3 incredible performers who will share their true, real-life, awesomely amazing personal stories, live, right in front of your face.

I know. Amazing, right? But, wait, there’s more!

Victoria and I did get our storytelling start with our open mic, Tell It: Brooklyn, so what would a Tell It [colon] show be without some audience participation? It wouldn’t be a Scroggins/Kent joint, that’s for sure.

So, we’re also gonna let YOU drop your name in a hat (or other receptacle) for a chance to tell your own true, real-life, awesomely amazing 5-minute story onstage in front of OUR faces. How f’in cool is that?

Let me tell you, we are bringing it hard for our first show. We’ve got Jeff Simmermon of And I Am Not Lying, Dawn J. Fraser from Barbershop Stories, and the one and only Mara Wilson (recently featured on Risk!, so you know she’s the shit.)

Now, take a moment and put Tell It: Booked’lyn in your calendar for Monday, January 28 at Superfine* in DUMBO. We’re opening doors at 7 & the show starts at 8. Your $6 cover gets you a raffle ticket for some incredibly useful prizes AND a buck off your first drink at the bar – not to mention a night of the best stories you ever done heard. (No age limit, but you’ve gotta be 21+ to drink, obv.)

And … stay tuned right here, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tellitbrooklyn, or Twitter @TellItBrooklyn, for updates as we get closer to the show.

Talk to you soon,

xo/S

*Superfine is an awesome restaurant/bar whose regular biz hours are Tuesday – Sunday. Food will not be available during our show, though the bar will be wide open.

Hey guys -

Tell It is taking the month of December off to rest & reboot during the holiday season. We want to thank you all for an incredible year and wish you the best as we all make our way into 2013.

xo/S

Until next time, here’s a little gift just for you:

You guys, November is Tell It’s 1-Year Anniversary!

We’ve gone from telling our own stories to a room of 6 of our friends, to a full-fledged open-mic slam with incredible performances from people who share their most intimate, embarrassing and hysterical moments with us every month.

To honor our historical moment, our theme is: Benchmark.

We’ve got some fun surprises in store for you and look forward to a full-out super celebration starting with an exciting guest appearance!

If you don’t know this adorable face, please meet incredible actor, writer and storyteller, David Crabb. He is the host of Ask Me: Storytelling and a dear friend of Tell It. He’s unbelievable on stage and you are SO excited that you get to see him!

We’ll also be doing some rafflin’ involving the ever-popular Tell It: Tote and maybe even some booze for you crazy kids. There’s been some talk about one or two of us doing our own stories this month, so if you miss hearing our batshit crazy tales about our Southern upbringings, you might get lucky.

As always, we’ll be featuring several of our brave audience members (YOU) who drop their name in can for a chance at 5 minutes in the spotlight, so who knows what they’ll say? I’m telling you … it’s gonna get wild.

Come out, this Wednesday, November 14, to the Way Station at 7:30 to celebrate with us and enjoy the storytelling wonder that is David Crabb.

Can’t wait to see you there!

xo/S

P.S. There’s another show right after ours this month, so we are starting ON TIME. I’m serious. Get there early, so you don’t miss a thing!

The theme of the night was Pirate. Sam Dingman shared a hysterical story about the two parallel ships of his life — his relationship and his job — both of which were rapidly sinking.

Check out the recording below:

Sam Dingman

is an actor, podcaster, writer, and dope rhyme-sayer in Brooklyn, NY.  He performs improv and sketch comedy at the People’s Improv Theater and makes radio shows in his living room, where he also watches Baltimore Orioles games through gritted teeth while drinking tawny port.  His work has been featured on SplitSider, UCB’s “A Funny Thing,” TBTL, The Los Angeles Comedy Festival, Seattle Sketchfest, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, and beyond.  You can find more of his stories at http://samdingman.com.

Are you ready for this? It is official. Tell It: Brooklyn totes are a reality! We got together earlier this week, did us a little screen printing and by the love of Smoking Baby himself, we have merchandise. What the what. We’ve got ‘em, I’m looking at one right now and I can not wait to share them with all of you next week, October 17 at Carry On.

Now, I’ve sworn not to show you the front of the bag — though i’m dying to — but nobody said anything about the back. So, before either of the girls comes in and catches me, here’s a little sneak-eer-oonie at the hottest tote in town.

No, no. Don’t push me for more. That’s all you get right now. Patience lovelies. Patience.

As I wrote last week, Tell It: Pirate in September was a huge success. Really, we thought it was going to give folks as hard a time as our Lips show did a few months back. But not to back away from a challenge, record numbers of storytellers came through and shared remarkable tales — all on theme. Plus, thanks to the technology that is the iPhone, we got a recording this time!

That’s right. Tell It: is recording the shows now in a way that we can actually get them onto the Interwebs and share them with those of you who can’t quite make it to Prospect Heights, as well as those who can’t get enough of hearing them the first time.

Now, thanks to my personal tech-ignorance, we didn’t get all of the stories last month, but I did get one of our favorites!

Sam Dingman came out and shared a hysterical story about the two parallel ships of his life — his relationship and his job, both of which were rapidly sinking. I’m pulling the content off the phone, editing it in GarageBand and will be presenting our very first online Tell It: Storyteller ever.

The post is going up on Monday so, be sure to come check it out. Until then, enjoy your weekend and make some awesome stories!

xo/S