TOTALLY TRUE THINGS: A Socially Conscious Storytelling Show presents:
RUNAWAY PRINCESS:
A Hopeful Tale Of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness
written and performed by Mary Goggin
The live-streamed performance of this show was recorded and is available to watch by buying a tickeet: $12We will email you the link when we receive confirmation of your registration.
This show provides 1.5 contact hours of Continuing Education for NYS Social Workers, provider #0270 www.lifestage.me
Totally True Things is a weekly live-streamed show that features solo or long-form storytelling focusing on mental health, medical challenges or social issues. There are 11 shows in the series, and you can subscribe to see them all for $65. We will send you the links to watch the shows already recorded as well as links to see each one in the upcoming schedule. Click here to see the full schedule.
Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale Of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness is a true story, laced with wicked humor and much pathos, of Mary Goggin's Irish Catholic upbringing, drug addiction and prostitution, and the multitude of characters she encountered along the way to ultimately finding joy.
Mary Goggin is a New York based actor born to Irish Emigrants and raised in the Bronx. Mary attended high in Ireland and is recovering nicely from sexual repression. In 1992 Mary discovered that she is an actor and has since performed in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theaters, on television (The Grind on Netflix, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Guiding Light, among many others) and film. Her solo show has earned multiple awards and been performed internationally. www.marygoggin.com
Kevin Allison is the creator and host of the hit podcast RISK! where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share. Since Kevin started the podcast as a DIY passion project from his bedroom in 2009, RISK! has grown to have millions of downloads per month and legions of ardent fans around the world. It has featured incredible true stories from famous folks like Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Aisha Tyler, Trevor Noah, Margaret Cho, and more, as well as ordinary people from around the USA and beyond. Slate.com called RISK! "Hilarious, jaw-dropping and just plain touching," and Rolling Stone named it one of its top podcasts. Kevin is also the founder and lead instructor of The Story Studio, a storytelling school which offers classes around the USA and online, and corporate workshops domestically and internationally. www.risk-show.com
HOST: Jude Treder-Wolff is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Group Psychotherapist and Certified Practitioner of Applied Improvisation, writer/performer, and president of Lifestage, Inc, the company that produces Totally True Things. She has been featured on storytelling shows around the country, including RISK!, PBS Stories From The Stage, Story District in Washington, DC, Ex Fabula in Milwaukee, WI, Mistakes Were Made, Story Exchange and many other shows in NY theaters and clubs. Her solo show This Isn't Helping was performed at the off-Broadway Connelly Theater in YC, at the 2018 Whitefire Solo Theatre Festival, the Arts In Health Care conference at NYU, The Examined Life Conference and at theaters and events around the country. She is published in the International Journal of Arts In Psychotherapy, Music Therapy Perspectives, Recovery Press and writes about improvisation, creativity and storytelling for medium.com. She has been interviewed for articles appearing in NBC News, VICE, Bustle, LI Pulse, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, LA Times and many others. www.lifestage.me
A link to watch the recording will be emailed to you.
