Storytelling & Improv Returns
with Matthew Dicks
July 16, 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join Internationally bestselling novelist and record 8-time Moth GrandSLAM champion Matthew Dicks for an evening of personal storytelling centered on the theme of "Transformation." Matthew will be telling hilarious and heartfelt stories of parenting mishaps, classroom calamities, life-and-death struggles, and disastrous decisions, leading to hope and perhaps a little redemption. Matthew will also teach and model storytelling improv with the help of audience members.
The Mount's general COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidelines may be found here.
The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact The Mount at 413-551-5100 or by email, info@edithwharton.org, to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event.
- $20 Mount Member, $25 General Admission
- Not a member? Contact Allison at 413-551-5112 to find out why Members Make the Difference.
- All performances will take place in the Stable auditorium.
Matthew Dicks is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Something Missing, Unexpectedly, Milo, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, Twenty-one Truths About Love, and The Other Mother. He is also the author of Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling. His novels have been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide. Matthew is a record 53-time Moth StorySLAM and 8-time GrandSLAM champion and founder and artistic director of Speak Up, a Hartford-based storytelling organization that produces shows throughout New England. Matthew has been an elementary school teacher for 24 years, is a former West Hartford Teacher of the Year, and a finalist for Connecticut Teacher of the Year.