SHINE: "My Toughest Challenge"

Breaking up
with someone. Leaving a job. Caring for a special needs child.
Storytellers will recount their toughest challenges—and what they learned from
them--at the next SHINE storytelling event. 

SHINE is a storytelling series in which
professionals and amateurs come together each month to share inspiring true
stories.  Participants and audience
members enjoy a relaxed community atmosphere, powerful and entertaining
stories, refreshments, mingling, and live music. A new theme is announced each
month.

Professional
storytellers for SHINE are chosen from some of the nation’s top award-winning
storytellers and writers. Amateur storytellers of all ages and walks of life
also take the stage.  Submissions
are accepted before the event and two slots are reserved for audience members
selected through a random drawing.

Those
interested in becoming a Guest Storyteller are encouraged to visit www.StoriesBloom.com in advance for monthly theme and guidelines

SHINE is produced by Isabel Storey and presented
by Santa Monica Repertory Theater, Storey Productions, UCLArts and Healing and
the YWCA Women’s Partnership.