Our last show was 9/15/26
Our theme this September is Beginner. Join us as we celebrate the courage it takes to be a beginner — at any age, in any chapter, no matter how late it feels.
Our multigenerational storytellers take the Joe's Pub stage to share true tales of beginning again: the late starter who finally tried the thing they were always too scared to attempt; the reinvention that arrived only after one chapter closed for good; the novice standing in a room where everyone expected the expert; the first fragile steps into a love, a calling, or a life you never saw coming; or the moment you realized that starting over was the bravest thing you'd ever done. Whether the beginning was chosen or thrust upon us, our wise and witty storytellers will remind us that it's never too late to be new again.
Don't miss New York's best storytelling night, presenting true stories told by women and non-binary performers across the generations, all celebrating the courage, humility, and unexpected joy of beginning again at any age.
Featuring:
Team 20s: Brooke Nagler works at a literary agency and they've written for Longreads. They're especially excited by stories and media centering queerness.
Team 30s: Sarah Batchu is a nonprofit leader, health activist, and former city council candidate. Her writing has appeared in City Limits, Apolitical, and The Huffington Post. In 2023, she was named a finalist in Money Chronicles, a national story contest from the Center for Fiction.
Team 40s: Julie Chang is a Taiwanese American writer living in New York City. Her work explores family, identity, culture, and the absurdity of trying to be a person. Her writing has appeared in Business Insider, The Rumpus, Slant’d, Iron Horse Literary Review, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
Team 50s: Lu Chekowsky is the author of, “Don’t Buy What I’m Selling: On Breaking Up With Advertising and Finally Learning to Love My Whole, Fat Self.” She is an Emmy Award–winning former advertising creative director and was a 2023 New York State Council on the Arts / NYFA Fellow in nonfiction literature.
Team 60s: Lulu is an IT project manager by day and a creative explorer at heart. Her artistic journey has taken her through Peruvian shamanism, clowning, burlesque, improv, stand-up, and storytelling. She considers every experience material for her most important performance art: life itself.
Team 70s: Maryjane Fahey is on her fifth reinvention as founder of Glorious Broads, where women over 50 refuse to age quietly. She has launched magazines, written for everyone from Bustle to AARP, co-authored DUMPED, and is now developing a sexy TV series inspired by the gloriously unruly women she champions.
😘 Hosted and created by Georgia Clark, author of Play It Again, Most Wonderful, and others.