Mainstage

Ari Handel

Don't Fall in Love With Your Monkey

Ari Handel received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2000.

Jeffery Rudell

Under the Influence

Graphic designer and reality TV contestant (The Apprentice: Martha Stewart)

Jon Levin

Elevator ER

Video editor and former graveyard-shift orderly.

Cindy Chupack

'Til Death or Homosexuality Do Us Part

Writer/executive producer for Sex and the City, author (The Between Boyfriends Book).

Alan Rabinowitz

Man and Beast

Director of the Science and Exploration Division, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, wildlife.

Rudy Rush

Chocolate Cowboy

Rudy Rush is a comedian and the host of a radio show in Texas.

Outreach

Jahara Gonzalez

Shot to the Heart

Jahara Gonzalez is an EMS worker.

Richie DiSalvo

Anthony The Hat

Richie DiSalvo is the inventor of The Baby Calzone and the cheese-filled pizza crust.

Rocky Zimmerman

My Journey

Patricia "Rocky" Zimmerman spent 17 years in prison. While incarcerated she obtained a Bachelor's degree in psychology and now works at Family Justice in New York.

StorySLAMs

Doreen B.

Locked Out

Doreen B. is an ex-smoker who still hasn't come clean to her parents.

James Braly

Pink Bicycle

James Braly, a writer, father and serial monogamist, wrote and starred in I Should Be Committed: Life in a Marital Institution.

Jonathan Brady

Room on Fire

Jonathan Brady is a writer who has since moved on to a much nicer apartment.