The host for the evening is David Crabb. He tells a great story about being a camp counselor. He had to go talk to the camper after he was caught sneaking a look at the Russian worker’s showers. He ran into the camper many years later on the NYC subway. The camper was with a big group of friends and told him that he designed jewelry for Beyonce. David was so glad to hear that he was doing well.

The first storyteller is Danny Artese. He talks about coming out to his friends and his family when he was 12, but not being able to come out in public. He had a big crush on a fellow classmate and the song “If” by Janet Jackson perfectly described how he felt. “Never once you looked at me / Don’t even realize that I’m wantin’ you / To fulfill my needs, think what you want.” It’s a great story about youthful desires.

Elain Gale is the second storyteller. She compares her past marriage to spiderwebs. When a web gets destroyed, a spider just starts rebuilding a new one. So, now that her married life is over, she has to start building a new life. It’s an interesting comparison in which she also mentions the study by NASA about web creation by spiders on different drugs. 

The third storyteller is Sam Feirstein. He weaves together the story of growing up being called “Fat Sam” (from the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone) and his friend getting him an audition to be a model in a commercial. He is very excited to be praised for how he looks since he lost the weight he had growing up, but things don’t go as he hoped.

The last performer is Peter Kim. He tells a story about growing up in Flushing, NY with an abusive father. He is very happy when his parents get divorced and he begins living with just his mother. One day, his mother says that she plans to move to Virginia to live with her new boyfriend. Peter has to choose whether to move with her or stay in town and live with his father. He is a junior in high school at the time. It’s an excellent story about big decisions.

Catch the next live show of RISK! on Tuesday, 3/19/24, and listen to the podcast anytime here.

Cost of a ticket: $23

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Quinn Delaney