Storyteller Sarah Smith took the All Y’all stage in July 2016, during our live event entitled “I Fought the Law,” to share her personal account of trial by fire. The first case that Smith ever took to trial during her…
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Ladies Night: Maya Lau, “Technical Skills”
Sometimes the job that you’re assigned to do just isn’t the job that you end up doing. When journalist Maya Lau was 24 years old, she enlisted in the Peace Corps, envisioning herself taking a hands-on role in improving the…
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Under the Influence: Robin Williams, “Mr. Bourque”
Most All Y’all storytellers have months to prepare their stories prior to taking the stage at a live event. They have opportunities to rehearse, to meet with other storytellers, and to give and receive feedback well in advance of the…
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New ‘Round Here: Annie Andersen, “Not That Bad”
Annie Andersen thought that she was pretty bad, but when she was cast in the Oxygen Network’s hit reality television series Bad Girls Club, she realized that there’s bad — and then there’s really bad. Annie shared a few of…
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Mistakes Were Made: Cookie DuBois, “Space Dracula”
Do you believe that some cosmic force holds us accountable for all of our past behavior? That if we’re good, we’ll be rewarded, and if we’re bad, we’ll be punished? “Mistakes Were Made” storyteller Cookie DuBois’s story, “Space Dracula,” made…
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