Mostly True Things

04/11/2026

It's gorgeous in Port Jefferson, New York today, a perfect place for dinner and a show. Join us at The Performing Arts Studio, 224 E. Main St. for a fun, fascinating evening of stories on the theme CHANCE. All the stories are true but also include some subtle inaccurate details. Figure out the lies, you win a prize! Stories by Pete Lotus Arevalo (The MUSE Exchange) Tom Arsenault (Emmy-winning television broadcast engineer, retired) Dawn Powers Borchers (international sales marketing executive, storyteller) Marc Abbott (Moth Grand Slam winner, award-winning horror fiction writer) and Jude Treder-Wolff (host/creator, RISK! PBS Stories From The Stage, The Story Collider). It's going to be a great evening. Join us! Ticketing link in comments

03/21/2026

This is the front page of the Features section of Newsday when they put (mostly) TRUE THINGS on the cover and wrote a great piece about the show. The wonderful Alicia R Peterson Art -abstract artist- was in the show the reporter attended. This was in 2014 and we didn’t know we’d still be going strong 12 years later. Our next show is Sat April 11 in Port Jefferson NY, with stories by Thomas Arsenault (retired Emmy-winning television broadcast engineer who is also MARRIED TO ALICIA-it’s a full circle moment!) Marc Abbott (Moth Grand Slam winner, award-winning horror fiction writer); Dawn Powers Borchers (international sales marketing executive based on Long Island) Pete Lotus Arevalo (poet, host of The MUSE Exchange)and The theme is CHANCE. It’s going to be a great night! Ticketing link in comments

01/17/2026

01/17/2026

Here's the thing about Mostly True Things shows. People connect and want to hang out afterwards. No pressure to do that but there is always a great energy in these audiences. We create that together. You can experience this on Sat. Feb. 7 in Port Jefferson, NY (we are right around the corner from Pasta Pasta, where the food is spectacular). Expect stories on the theme UNEXPECTED. We welcome Cato (The Artichoke Storytelling Series RISK! Adult Spelling Bee) Rita Rigano (The Story Collider, Generation Women, TALE) Ihab Ezzat Ibrahim (Hospital CEO by day, father of 3 always, storyteller by night) Barbara Herel (Every Family's Got One by Barbara Herel Scary Mommy, Motherly) and Jude Treder-Wolff. Ticketing link is in comments.

10/18/2025

Behold the new trailer! And then get tickets for our next show on Sat Nov. 15, 7 pm at The Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, NY, featuring stories on the theme ROAD TRIP. We welcome Fran Valentino, Bob Brader Ihab Ezzat Ibrahim and Dawn Powers Borchers and hope to see you there. Use the discount code ROADTRIP to get 15% off the online ticket price (tickets are $25 at the door, cash only) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mostly-true-things-storytelling-show-tickets-1815526621999?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/24/2025

On Sunday October 5, at 2 pm we are thrilled to bring this amazing line-up to The Bryant Library in Roslyn, NY with stories on the theme SECOND CHANCES:

Rita Rigano (Generation Women, The Story Collider, TALE)
Anoush Froundjian (The Moth podcast, Stories From The Stage)
Wayne Robins (Substack, former rock music critic for Newsday, LI Rock Music Hall of Fame)
Will Clegg (Awkward Teenage Years, Moth slam winner, solo writer/performer)
Jean Candiotte (Emmy-nominated Creative Television Executive, improviser)

Jude Treder-Wolff (host/creator) Moth winner, host of Improv In Real Life podcast, Generation Women, Funny Over 50, RISK!)
The show is free of charge but registration is required. Here is the link: https://bryantlibrary.libcal.com/event/14389836

05/30/2025

We return with a fantastic line-up telling stories on the theme ARRIVALS on Sunday June 22, 4 pm at Performing Arts Studio, 224 E. Main St. in Port Jefferson, NY. We are thrilled to welcome Rita Rigano (The Story Collider, Generation Women) Elizabeth Bosjza (Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science, Stonybrook University) Calvin Cato (Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Festival, Sirius XM) and Deborah Singer (psychotherapist, marriage and family specialist, storyteller, dancer). Tickets on this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mostly-true-things-storytelling-show-tickets-1357341919219?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/27/2024

I know our last Mostly True Things show was just a week ago but here we are with another great one coming up on Sat. Nov. 16, 7 pm at The Performing Arts Studio of NY Ltd. in beautiful Port Jefferson, NY. The theme of the stories will be FRAMILY-friends that feel or behave like family - for better or worse - or family that are like friends. Holiday stories may show up in the mix. There will be comedy, heart and the game! Stories by: Calvin S. Cato (NY Comedy Club, one of Time Out NY's Q***r Comics Of Color To Watch) Dennis DiMaggio (speaker, trainer, improviser) Jean Le Bec (The Moth, RISK!) Dawn Powers Borchers (international sales professional, storyteller) and me! Tickets and more information https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mostly-true-things-storytelling-show-celebrates-framily-tickets-1061184494389?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/23/2024

If you are in NYC today you can destress with this show at the West Side Comedy Club at 6 pm. https://www.westsidecomedyclub.com/events/funny-over-fifty-2024-09-131058099989