Miss Spoken

So have we mentioned we have a website?
Oh.
We have a website for all your Lady Live Lit needs

www.missspokenchicago.com

Your final reader for Miss Spoken: AMY is the one, the only Tekki Lomnicki. Tekki is the founder and Artistic Director of Tellin’ Tales Theatre, a 30-year old company dedicated to shattering the barriers between the disabled and non-disabled worlds through personal story. She has written over 40 solo performance pieces, and starred in the film, The Miracle. Tekki also does DEI presentations for corporations. Even though she's allergic to cats, she and Amy have been friends for 35 years.

Monday, April 26 at 7! Cole's Bar 2338 N Milwaukee! Free!

Next up at Miss Spoken: AMY we have Lindsay Porter! Lindsay is a standup comedian, storyteller, and teaching artist in Chicago. She’s performed at Zanies and the Laugh Factory, and at bars, parks, cannabis lounges, nursing homes, and in line at Trader Joes. She tours nationally with the Bad Momz of Comedy and Moms Unhinged. She is the Program Director of True Tales, which provides storytelling and creative writing workshops for youth with chronic illnesses and disabilities.

Monday, April 26th at 7! Cole's Bar at 2338 N Milwaukee! Free!

Meet your readers! Lily Be is a Chicago storyteller, community builder, and creator of Narrative Mapping, a story gathering method that helps people uncover meaningful moments with honesty, depth, and care. She is the founder of The Stoop, has led workshops for organizations including the World Health Organization, and somehow does all of this while being gloriously homeless. Equal parts educator, chaos coordinator, and professional finder of meaning in messy places, she uses stories to build connection, care, and a little trouble. Join the Patreon and help keep the mission moving.

Miss Spoken: AMY!
Monday at Cole's Bar, 2338 N Milwaukee at 7! Free!

Meet your readers! EIREN CAFFALL is a writer and musician. Her work on loss, oceans, and extinction has appeared in Orion, Guernica, The LA Review of Books, and Al Jazeera. She received a 2023 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, a Social Justice News Nexus fellowship, and a 3Arts Make a Wave grant. Her books include her memoir The Mourner’s Bestiary and her novel All the Water in the World.

We’lll see you on Monday the 26th for the AMY show! 7pm, Cole's Bar 2338 N Milwaukee!

There will be treats!

Monday, April 27, The AMY show featuring Lily Be, Eiren Caffall, Lindsay Porter and Tekki Lomnicki!
2338 N Milwaukee at Cole's Bar
7 pm. FREE LIKE WE ALWAYS DO

There will be cupcakes or something and maybe tiny cucumber sandwiches

You all are cordially invited to Miss Spoken: JASMINE on Monday, March 23 at Cole's Bar. There will be cupcakes! There should be lumpia! Most importantly, we will have the following fine fine superfine performers:

Suzanne Hodsden! Leah Jones! Rosamund Lannin! Carly Oishi!

Also it will be hosted by Amy Eaton and Jasmine Davila!

Did we mention there will be cupcakes? 🧁

Meet your readers! Your final reader for Miss Spoken: THIN ICE is Sharon Evans!
Sharon Evans was Artistic Director of Live Bait Theater, in Chicago, which founded in 1987 and ceased producing in 2008. Live Bait created over 200 world premieres and was nominated for over 50 Jeff awards, predominately in the category of new work. Her play BLIND TASTING, was awarded a Jeff Citation award for Best New Work in 2003. Evans has a degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

In 2008 Evans left to pursue personal projects, teach and write and turned her focus to the Lawndale community on Chicago’s west side. Currently she is a writing instructor for Goodman Theater’s GENarrations, program at the Homan Square Park District, finishing her Chicago inspired graphic novel “Escape From Canaryville” and working with her colleague Dorothy Milne on their new venture, “ Fillet of Solo Weekly” at the Bug House Theater.

Next up for Miss Spoken: THIN ICE we have Jen Moniz! Jen Moniz is an immigration paralegal, artisan gelato maker, and writer, performer, producer and director of fringe theater. She is originally from California and has called Chicago home for nineteen years.

Your next reader for THIN ICE is Erika With a K.
Erika with a K is a spoken word artist. They are q***r, Latine, and born of immigrant parents. They were raised on the Southside of Chicago and stresses that there are no borders or zip codes that define them. They co-produce Living Q***r Monthly – A love letter to Q***r Lives. They are currently a student at the Bilingual Improv School of Chicago. They are passionate about people, making a difference, and leaving a legacy of love grounded in social justice, active decolonization, and bodily autonomy.

It’s time to meet your readers for the THIN ICE show! Barrie Cole has written a bunch of plays including Capacity, Meaning is Tricky, and Reality is an Activity. A lot of her plays were directed by Jen Moniz. Amy Eaton has been in two of her plays. Her book of poems and short prose, Lacquer is a Thrilling Word will be released in May, Please pre-order a copy from the Finishing Line Press website by March 20th She has free bookmarks and pens. You can have some.