In this show, hear spellbinding stories about the powers of allegiance, devotion, persuasion, and intoxication. With stories by:
Lee Aaron Blair is a professional blackjack player who has won hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. casinos. His forthcoming memoir will be published by Penguin Press.
Andy Borowitz is a writer, comedian, and actor whose work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times. He appears on NPR's Weekend Edition and in Woody Allen's film Melinda and Melinda. He is the first-ever recipient of the National Press Club's humor award for The Borowitz Report (www.borowitzreport.com).
Mike Daisey's monologues have been performed off-Broadway and around the world, and many of his works are available at audible.com?. Currently he's writing his second book, Happiness Is Overrated. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, collaborator, and director, Jean-Michele Gregory.
Jeffery Rudell is creative director of Strychnine Design in New York City. In 2005 he was selected, out of more than a million applicants, to be a contestant on the NBC show The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. He is also the winner of the Moth's 2003 GrandSLAM Championship for best spoken-story.
Host Jonathan Ames, a writer and performer, is the author of I Pass Like Night, The Extra Man, What's Not to Love?, My Less Than Secret Life, Wake Up, Sir!, and I Love You More Than You Know. He is the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and recurring guest on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Violinist Katy Cox is accomplished in classical, Eastern European Roma, and bluegrass styles. She's performed all over the US, from CBGB's to Carnegie Hall, and in NY with The Maybelles, Romashka, The Dolomites, and the hardcore bluegrass punk band Uncle F**cker.
