Canteen Brewhouse, 2381 Aztec Road Northeast Albuquerque, NM, 87107 United States (map)
Theme: TWO ROADS DIVERGING
Ever struggle between two potentially appealing choices? That new career, house, lover, hobby? Or who you are or are meant to become? If you have such a tale, we’re eager to hear it!
FEATURED TELLERS IN NOVEMBER: We’ve booked 3 phenomenal featured tellers on our theme! Paulina Przystupa, Dusty Deen & Kylee Harvey!
FOUR OPEN MIC SLOTS: If you have a 5 minute story you’re burning to tell that reflects our theme, contact us here, or show up on November 14th and throw your name in for a chance to tell an open mic story! (There will be 4 open mic opportunities!)
ABOUT US: Duke City Story Slam is Albuquerque’s only story slam (friendly storytelling competition). An accessible event including both Featured Tellers and Open Mic-ers telling true personal stories on a quarterly theme. Prizes are given for the top scoring Featured and Open Mic Tellers and through the audience raffle.
WELCOME SWIM KARIM AS EMCEE! Seasoned DCSS teller, Swim Karim, has agreed to come onboard as our new emcee for the bi-monthly DCSS events. Swim has a passion for community service, volunteerism and self discovery, especially in the form of travel. Originally from the East Coast, Swim has called Albuquerque home since 2014. His emcee debut will be on November 14th! Let’s have a great turnout to welcome Swim!
WELCOME BARRY SIMON - NEW DCSS COACH! Long a friend of DCSS, Barry Simon, former producer of the popular “Liar’s Game,” will be coaching our three featured tellers prior to each DCSS show. Barry brings a wealth of knowledge and skill and is sure to strengthen the power of the stories we hear on the DCSS stage. Thank you so much, Barry!
Featured Tellers are recruited ahead of time and are provided with story crafting support and a rehearsal before the slam. They get 10-minutes on the mic to tell their story. Canteen Brewhouse also provides a small stipend to featured tellers!
Open Mic Tellers can prep their story beforehand or spontaneously put their name in the hat at the mic for a chance to tell their 5-minute true story on that month’s theme
Other Volunteer Opportunities: We always need volunteers to help as judges, time keeper and photographer. All these slots are open for November 14th! Let us know if you’d like to join us for one or more show! Email HERE
Pitch us a Story! We are booking several months in advance - so it is never too early to pitch us a story that might just be the theme for an upcoming show. info@storytellersofnewmexico.org
Storytelling guidelines:
True Story
Your Story
No notes, props, or music
No -isms will be tolerated
Storytelling, not stand-up
Storytelling, not therapy
Stay within the time limit