Events
XRAY fm and Wordstock/Back Fence PDX: Russian Roulette
- 8:00pm Friday, November 4, 2016
For the second year in a row, in partnership with Literary Arts, Wordstock Edition Back Fence PDX present Russian Roulette.
Featuring returning crowd favorites: Four-Time Winner Shannon Balcom Graves (PDX), Poet/Performer, Comedian, Founder of Write Bloody Publishing Derrick Brown (LA), Author of Turtleface and Beyond: Stories, Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Past Winner Arthur Bradford (PDX), and Comedian, Member of Lez Standup, Past Winner Caitlin Weierhouser (PDX) — along with soon-to-be faves: Books Editor at Buzzfeed, Co-Author of Knives & Ink Isaac Fitzgerald (NY), Spoken Word Poet, Visual Artist, Musician Anis Mojgani (PDX), Memoirist, Therapist Specializing in Love & Sex Addiction Kerry Cohen (PDX) and Slam Poet, TEDX Speaker Alex Dang (PDX).
Hosted by B. Frayn Masters & Mindy Nettifee
Music by Bobby D from XRAY
More about Russian Roulette and how it works: Each show begins with a full wheel of juicy story prompts. One of our 8 seasoned storytellers will be randomly drawn. To determine the random prompt for their story, they’ll spin the giant game show wheel. They can play or pass. If they pass another teller can steal their prompt. Then the risky part… each storyteller has only 5 minutes to come up with a true 5-minute story based on that prompt! It’s like we invented a new game called truth and dare.
At the end of the night, the audience will select a winner who will receive 50 bucks and some other cool prizes, like bragging rights for life. The winner will be invited to come back to the next show!
And one lucky audience member will also win prizes.
* Storytellers subject to change without notice
* Stories will quite likely contain explicit language and/or subject matter
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