The Best Love Hurts Stories (Double CD)
This compilation represents some of the best stories from our Mainstage series, Stories at The Moth, which is held monthly in New York City and occasionally beyond. Every Moth event is unique, each with a different theme and different storytellers. The shows feature 5-6 storytellers who develop and shape their stories in collaboration with The Moth. All stories are told live, no reading allowed, and the storytellers have approximately 12 minutes to tell their stories. The stories are not intended for children.
Track List
CD 1
- Jonathan Ames – “Introduction”
- Brian Finkelstein – “How I Earned My Bitter Badge”
- Elna Baker – “Yes Means Yes?”
- James Braly – “One Last Family Photo”
- Dina Pearlman – “30 Days Off Crack… and Cute”
- Greg Behrendt – “She’s Just Not That Into Me”
- Andrew Solomon – “The Refugees”
CD 2
- Cindy Chupack – “Til Death or Homosexuality Do Us Part”
- Jeffery Rudell – “The Undertaker’s Daughter”
- Lauren Slater – “The Fire Test for Love”
- Ari Handel – “Don’t Fall in Love With Your Monkey”
- Meg Wolitzer – “First Love, Long Island, CA 1975”
- Mike Daisey – “What Was Learned in London”
Storytellers
- Brian Finkelstein is a writer, comedian and actor. His show, First Day Off in a Long Time, was selected for the HBO/USCAF in Aspen and named Best in Comedy 2005 by Time Out New York. www.myspace.com/brianfinkelstein
- Elna Baker is a comedic storyteller and monologist and creator of the solo comedy shows, If You See Something, Say Something (Fringe 2006) and A Mexican-Mormon (LaMama E.T.C., directed by Elizabeth Swados). www.elnabaker.com
- James Braly is the only two-time winner of the Moth GrandSLAM. Stories from his show, Life in a Marital Institution, have been featured on NPR, at the Whitney Museum , Long Wharf Theatre, and on the Moth National Tour. www.jamesbraly.com
- Dina Pearlman is an actress, comedian and writer living in New York with her husband and their little boy. She’s been seen on Sex and the City, Law and Order and in three Spike Lee movies. www.funwithdinapearlman.com
- Greg Behrendt is a comedian and the co-author of the bestselling dating advice book, He’s Just Not That Into You.
- Andrew Solomon’s last book, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, won the 2001 National Book Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He writes regularly for The New Yorker and The New York Times.
- Cindy Chupack is the author of The Between Boyfriends Book: A Collection of Cautiously Hopeful Essays and was a writer/executive producer for HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series, Sex and the City.
- Jeffery Rudell is a writer, artist and designer. He is The Moth’s 2003 GrandSLAM winner and was a contestant on the NBC series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
- Lauren Slater is the author of Opening Skinner’s Box, Prozac Diary, and five other books, the latest of which is Blue Beyond Blue: Extraordinary Tales for Ordinary Dilemmas.
- Ari Handel received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2000, before abandoning his budding science career to co-write the 2006 film, The Fountain. He is currently writing and developing new projects.
- Meg Wolitzer’s seven novels include The Position and The Wife. Her fiction has also appeared in Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize.
- Mike Daisey has been called “the master storyteller” by The New York Times for his monologues. He’s an author, monologist, playwright, commentator and professional dilettante. www.mikedaisey.com
CD Production
Graphic Design: Mary Domowicz
Audio Recording & Editing: Audible.com
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