Saturday March 1, 2025 7 pm
The Performing Arts Studio
224 E. Main St. Port Jefferson, NY
Tickets: $20 online
$25 at the door (cash only)
(mostly) TRUE THINGS is a compelling evening of true stories - with a twist - told by a brilliant line-up of storytellers. Four fantastic performers will tell stories about a true experience from their own life, on the theme LOST AND FOUND. These stories have heart, some comedy, and human connection, but there is a game in the show as well. Some of the stories include subtle little lies. The audience gets to question the storytellers - who do not have to answer honestly, just to make the game even more fun - then votes for the person they think told it completely straight. There are prizes involved, if you can believe that.
This amazing line-up includes a Long Island business owner, a founder of a not-for-profit community organization who was featured in the New York Times, a C-Suite Executive coach who is also a gifted improviser and jazz singer, and a poet who hosts a show that features poets, singers, and artists with something to say:
Jude Treder-Wolff, host/producer is a storyteller, comedian, singer/songwriter, and improviser performing in shows on Long Island, NYC, and around the country. She was recently featured on the Love Hurts podcast, Story District in Washington, D.C. Grapevine Storytelling in Washington, D.C., The Armando Diaz Experience at Magnet Theater in NYC, PBS Stories From The Stage, Funny Over 50 at West Side Comedy Club, Generation Women at Joe's Pub, RISK! live show and podcast multiple times and many others. Her solo show FASTER was featured in the 2024 New York Fringe Festival and performed at the off-Broadway Playhouse 46. www.judetrederwolff.com
STORIES BY:
Liz Gannon Graydon
Liz Gannon-Graydon is an educator, community builder, storyteller, and former middle school teacher. Inspired by her years as a teacher, she co-founded What Better Looks Like, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering The Beloved Community. For the last eleven years she has hosted a weekly tea party in Bryant Park where all are welcome to join, that was the focus of an article in the New York Times Sunday Styles.
Arthur Frischman
is the owner of longislandsignguy, a succesful company that designs and delivers bold, eye-catching signs that can be seen all over Long Island, where he was born and raised. He currently lives in Northport with his wife—who is also his business partner—and their three children. This marks his second storytelling appearance in Mostly True Things, a craft he loves and hopes to continue exploring beyond this event.
Cathy Rose Salit
is an actor, vocalist, improviser and executive coach. For over two decades, Cathy was part of the experimental Castillo Theatre in NYC, playing leading roles in multi-cultural and performance-bending original works. Cathy is founder of The Global Play Brigade, an international community of performing artists, activists, therapists and educators who cross borders/differences with free play/workshops for people across the globe. She is CEO Emerita of Performance of a Lifetime, where she pioneered bringing theater and improvisation into executive education, and author of Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work. Cathy is a board member of the Institute for New Music in Stony Brook, and performs in NYC and Long Island as part of the jazz/funk band Free Range.
Peter Lotus Arevelo
is a poet hailing out of Long island whose work explores finding ground in vulnerability amongst extraordinary absurdity. He's best known as the current torch bearer of the Muse, Long Island's hotspot for poets, creatives, and weirdos.