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Cyan James grew up with a crazy love for animals, rescuing hummingbirds as a kid and going to college to be a veterinarian. Then, during college, she spent a summer working the line at a chicken processing plant in her hometown in southwest Washington.
PHOTOS: Scott Haydon
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Jim Kopriva thought his job in Tacoma would be different. Exciting opportunities evolved into non-stop workdays, though, and Jim eventually found himself dancing to a new tune in a sweaty tent at Sasquatch.
PHOTOS: Scott Haydon
PHOTOS: Scott Haydon
After our main-stage storytellers at “Take This Job And Shove It”, five audience members took the stage with their own five-minute tales of crappy work.
The winner, Dave Rodgers, took the “crappy” theme literally. In an interesting twist, the next slam storyteller, Cindy Teixeira, revealed that she shared a similar experience in the bowels of the city’s plumbing.
All of the story slam participants were brave to step in front of roomful of strangers and share their lives, right off the top of their heads. We thank them for joining the fun.
One more day until Drunken Telegraph brings you True Tales of crappy jobs. Six storytellers will take you to: A chicken processing plant A cervical cancer screening clinic in Zambia The electronica tent at Sasquatch A hot car in Jamaica The eye of a hurricane and An undercover sex crime sting All you have to do is grab a tasty beverage and…
Just because a job sounds fun, don’t assume it is.
Hear the rest of Megan Sukys’ story about her first job in radio – and five more tales of crappy work – on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 7:30 at Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Studio III.
Get your ticket now! Just $8!!
The thing about lousy jobs is that they can change your life.
Hear the rest of Dr. David Schumer’s story about volunteering near Victoria Falls, Zambia – and five more tales of crappy work – on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 7:30 at Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Studio III.
Get your ticket now! Just $8!!
Bruce Smith accepting his win at Drunken Telegraph’s April show, “Hot Pursuit”
At every show, after our Main Stage storytellers, we invite the audience to take part in a Story Slam where they can share their own 5 minute story on the night’s theme. (If the story is really rolling, people can sometimes squeak past the clock.) Our audience votes for the winner with the highly calibrated (not) Human Applause-O-Meter. The winner gets a gift certificate to Tacoma’s King’s Books.
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We’ll offer another Story Slam at our September show,
“Take This Job And Shove It”.
But, you can’t participate if you don’t make it to the show!
GET YOUR TICKET NOW!
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These are *some* of the stories from our April show, “Hot Pursuit”. Not everyone tale makes it to the web – another reason to make the live show!
The stories below aren’t edited. These are people speaking in the moment, moved to reveal their lives to strangers.
**SLAM WINNER**
Bruce Smith, What To Say When Your Therapist Tells You You’re Her Craziest Patient
Liz Hibbard, The Chase
Darcy Nelson, Seek & Find
Jered Perez, Lunch Line Swagger
Melanie Cole, The Pursuit Of Duct Tape
PHOTOS: Scott Haydon
A job doesn’t have to be terrible to want to shove it. Tacoma’s Jim Kopriva found out too much of a good job isn’t so good.
Enjoy a beverage as Jim and five other local storytellers share stories of work that went too far. Then, take the stage yourself with a true 5-minute story during the Slam portion of the show.
Get your tickets for our Saturday, September 27, 2014 show right now! (Our past three shows sold out before the doors opened.)
Send your pitch about surviving the worst work in the worlds! art by Britton Sukys
As part of every Drunken Telegraph show, after the featured storytellers, audience members are invited to take the stage and share their own five-minute story on the theme. Five minutes isn’t a long time, and sometimes people go a wee bit over. (If Megan Sukys, the timekeeper, is caught up in the story, she might forget the clock.)
Following our Crossing The Threshold show, we heard six totally different reactions to the six mainstage storytellers. Remember, most people are telling a story straight from their heart, with no practice or prep time.
Brook West &
ASL Interpreter Jane Brazell
With a little help from paper plate notes, Brook West shared a beautifully crafted story about her path her from secret doodles of Special Agent Dana Scully to a public declaration of love to her partner.
Michael Smith
The Mt. Rainier backdrop reminded Michael Smith of a similar mountain in South America, a place where he came to grips with what he could change about his life – and what he couldn’t.
Pat “A” + B. Gallagher
Our Mt. Rainier set also brought back memories for Pat, who started off by leading the crowd in an old Rainier Beer tag line. Then, Pat shared insight from living in-between the extremes of pink and blue, and thriving in the vast middle ground of purple.
Jarrette Bowen
Jarrette’s story echoed a recurring theme from Crossing The Threshold, trying to reconcile his identity with his family’s religious beliefs.
Sandy King
A big rule for Drunken Telegraph is “No Notes”, but the audience response/story slam is a “No Rules” kind of time. Sandy King prepared a provocative, fast-paced account of coming to understand and empathize with a new transgender neighbor.
Sega Kaposi &
ASL Interpreter Lori Moriarity
Our youngest storyteller, Sega was moved to share how she came to understand her younger brother, who is transgender and currently transitioning to become Sega’s younger sister. It’s hard to translate intense emotion to words, and Sega showed bravery to publicly open up about her struggle and love.
PHOTOS: Scott Haydon