Very Superstitious…
at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts
doors open 7:30pm
show 8:00pm
Storytellers
Nicole Quinn
Shannon Flynn
Quentin Rauschenbusch
Dakota Lane
Ava Ratcliff
Danielle Bonesteel
Suzan Fiona Saxman
Bobby Tisdale
with stories by
Martha Frankel + Kris Garnier
Judges
Jane Traum
Richard Husted
Chris Wells
StorySlams.Com + Woodstock Writers Festival has a new App!
We’re taking it for a spin on January 9th. For the first time ever, our audience will have an opportunity to vote too. But to vote, you’ve gotta get the App!
If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you can still do it in time to vote!
To get the Yapp App, follow these simple steps:
- Download Yapp at the App Store for iPhones/iPads or Google Play for Android.
- Next, use this link to get the Woodstock Writers Festival Yapp: http://my.yapp.us/WDSTKWRITES.
Come cheer on Ava Ratcliff, Quentin Rauschenbusch, Suzan Saxman, Bobby Tisdale, Danielle Bonesteel, Shannon Flynn, Dakota Lane, and Nicole Quinn and then vote for your favorite storyteller. You have to get the App to play!
Rachel Bailey is a transplant from NYC who’s lived in the Hudson Valley for nine, occasionally long years. Since moving up here, she’s worked in retail and customer service, till it drove her crazy. Now, perpetuating that crazy, she’s a full-time writer. She’s been published in Words 57; The Finger; The Stonesthrow Review; the 2014 Writing.com Anthology; Yahoo!Voices; Amative Magazine, and she’s had two short plays—The Big Opening and Messenger – performed for stage and screen, respectively.
Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the 
Barbara Mansfield is writing a middle grade mystery/recipe book with photos by husband Phil Mansfield, a lifestyle photographer (Bloomsbury, Wiley). She once ran a mom and pop café, and has recently been testing recipes for cookbooks. Barbara just completed Grumpy Fish Aid: Comfort Tips from Kids With Cancer, a self-help book distributed through top oncology centers in four states.
Matthew Rudikoff believes “Arbeit macht frei” (Work Makes You Free). Since childhood Matt’s work has included: selling sinkers to fishermen on Far Rockaway’s beach, soda-jerk at Moe’s Candy Store, Charley’s Grocery’s delivery boy, LI Press delivery boy, Woodmere Club golf caddie, Silver Point Beach Club cabana boy, college sports equipment manager, cafeteria pot scrubber/floor mopper, par excellence, planning intern in riot torn Newark, NJ, NYC urban planner, environmental consultant, grants writer, real estate developer and most recently, editr.
Deb Weir has worked as a mortgage broker, executive secretary, trainer for the military, and addictions therapist. She also owned and operated Flirty Girl Cupcakes, all of which means she’s either versatile or has attention deficit. She is presently working on her writing. She lives in Boiceville, New York with her Jack Russell Terrier and her extremely tolerant husband, Peter.
Marko Tomassetti is a lot of things, some of them nice, and others are not so much. He believes he is special not only because his mother told him so, but because he is a unicorn disguised as a man. His hobbies include, but are not limited to, judging people. You could also find him burning hair in NYC. Marko resides in Woodstock, with his husband Brandon and their adorable son, Kameron.
Puppy princess, bluebird queen, named after the Goddess, Diana Freid is obsessed with Death, and Life. Day job – Creative Arts Therapist at Benedictine Psych. Memorable achievements — hiked 35 mountains in the Catskills, performed at opening of Tivoli Erotic Art Show (with her dog!), spent two nights in jail while 9 months pregnant. And, before you ask, the accent in pure Far Rockaway.
Leif Grund is a writer actor stand-up comic or he would be if he actually lived on planet earth. He spends too much of his time trying to figure out how people tolerate the brevity of the 24 hour day and the stupidity of “civilization.” He is an astrologer, health researcher, and loves to dance the night away.
Rory Kelsch grew up in Lake Carmel, NY — once a summer getaway for middle-class families from The Bronx and now its full-fledged satellite. She’s worked as a writer, editor, and Off-Broadway actress. Rory currently writes for the website, 
Lara Noël is a Hudson Valley native with a long history of leaving and coming back. As a mom of 4 girls and a homeowner in her 3rd year, it appears she’s growing roots. Unapologetic and brutally honest, her focus is to wake the masses and make the invisible, visible. With one foot in heavy metal music and the other in the tranquil Catskill Mountains, she’s mastering the art of balance, often while nursing a potent cup of coffee.
Doug Motel is a storyteller, author, husband (married to singer Carrie Wykoff) and dad to a precocious 8 year old. After running away from home and moving to Manhattan as a teen, he showcased his unique brand of character comedy in all of the known stand-up clubs and funky downtown performance spaces of the 1980’s. Moving to Los Angeles in the hopes of selling out, Doug did a series of un-noteworthy roles on network television and in indie film but managed to score awards and great press for several of his one-person plays which include MIND SALAD, SHIVA ARMS, PRAESTIGIUM and STARDUST. Doug now resides in Rosendale where he intends to be buried.
