Do you have uncensored stories that you share with your good friends, that you want to try sharing on stage?
“RISK!”, the live show where people tell true stories “they never thought they’d dare to share in public,” is coming to Crowell Concert Hall for two performances (7:00 PM and 10:00 PM) on Friday, February 10, co-sponsored Desperate Measures Improv(e) Comedy and the Center for the Arts and featuring San Francisco-based comedian W. Kamau Bell (Comedy Central).
“RISK!” is looking for four students to be a part of these shows! Click past the jump for more information:
There will also be an audio podcast created of the performances. The stories are usually 8 to 10 minutes long, zero in on one incident (or series of incidents), and have a beginning and end. They can even be tragic, rather than funny.
Here’s two episodes so you can hear how it works! (Best of Risk Pt. I | Best of Risk Pt. II)
Because we’re producing a podcast, “RISK!” creator Kevin Allison (from MTV’s “The State”) will need to see a pitch of your story to consider how it might fit into the show at Wesleyan. Your pitch should be somewhere between 100 and 250 words long. It should include how the story ends, and ideally it should cover these five points:
1) SET THE SCENE – Where were you in life when this began?
2) WHAT GOT THE BALL ROLLING – What incident made taking action necessary?
3) WHAT WAS AT STAKE – What hope or fear drove you? What did you stand to gain or lose?
4) HOW I TURNED THE CORNER – What finally changed this situation, for better or worse?
5) WHAT’S RISKY ABOUT THIS – Why do you feel it’s daring to be sharing this?
Kevin will let us know if he is interested in hearing more about your story.
The theme for the stories at Wesleyan is “Discovery.” So, these might be stories where a person tried something they didn’t think they’d like, but did. Or when someone didn’t think they had it in them to succeed, but they did. Or when someone was confident they were on the right track, but life gave them a surprise they learned from.
Send your pitches to kevin[at]risk-show[dot]com
If you have any other questions, write to Carrie Cohen ’12: ccohen[at]wesleyan[dot]edu