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Humans need stories

Every month, In a Nutshell invites four experienced storytellers from all walks of life to tell a true story LIVE based on intriguing, off-the-beaten-path theme prompts designed to challenge the storytellers to dig deeper and engage audiences with their heads, hearts, and everything in between.

January Storytelling Theme: Breaking the Ice

Stories of unexpected introductions, cracking tough exteriors, or first steps into something daunting.

January's Storytellers:

At In a Nutshell, audiences can count on a riveting evening of storytelling

from experienced storytellers with a diversity of lives-lived.

JP Frary

JP Frary designs and builds furniture and sculptures, making beautiful things out of recycled materials. His stories can be heard in lumber yards and hardware stores throughout the Bay Area, as well as on KQED. He's a multiple-time Moth Story Slam winner.

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Kiry

Shabazz

Kiry Shabazz is a comedian as seen on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, 

Comedy Central, Bill Burr's The Ringers, 

Epix Unprotected Sets Season 2, JFL's New Faces, and Don't Tell Comedy now airing on Hulu.

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Beau Ryder

Davis

Beau Ryder Davis is a comedian and 8-time Moth Story Slam winner, recent Bay Area Moth GrandSlam winner, and has appeared on the nationally syndicated Moth Radio Hour.

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Comedian Kay DeMartini speaks into a microphone with her hands in the air as if she's saying something preposterous

Kay

DeMartini

Kay DeMartini is a multi-Moth winner, NPR storyteller, television comic, commercial actress, professional improviser, and corporate keynote speaker. Glynn Washington of NPR’s Snap Judgment says Kay is “a teacher, a healer, a coach. Her storytelling skills run deep.”

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Themes:

Upcoming Live Storytelling Themes:

February Storytelling Theme: Strange Bedfellows
march strorytelling theme: borrowed time
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April storytelling theme: double-edged sword
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In a Nutshell is proud to perform at Sacramento’s premier live entertainment venue: The Sophia's B Street Theatre. 

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Storytelling comedian Keith Lowell Jensen is making a whistling face. His hair is dark and spikey and he's wearing a shirt that says "Art is for everyone."

In a Nutshell is hosted and curated by storytelling comedian Keith Lowell Jensen, book editor Amy Bee, and author Aaron Carnes, three friends who want nothing more than to give humans laughter, insight, and the full spectrum of emotion from the absolute best live storytellers in the universe—that’s all.

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Come and get what you need, human! You deserve to connect, reflect, and celebrate the power of live storytelling. You are welcome here!

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Author Aaron Carnes and book editor Amy Bee are mimiking Keith's whistling face while also putting their heads close together as if they're about to kiss. The image is in black and white. Aaron has a port wine birthmark on his face and Amy is wearing a scarf.
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