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Stories with keyword: minneapolis

Howdy, Pardner!

Javier grows up in Puerto Rico on an American consulate base, frustrated by teachers who don’t understand how bilingual and bicultural he is. As he grows up and spends his graduate school years in Michigan, he feels both trapped between … Continue reading →

Keywords academia, Austin, bilingual, cowboy, fetish, fetishization, gay, giddy-up, glbtqia, hook-up, Latino, Latinx storyteller, Live, Michigan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, one night stand, pick up, POCI storyteller, Puerto Rican storyteller, queer, racism, Reba McIntyre, sex, stereotypes, Texas, West Side Story

In the Blood

Growing up, Myriah’s mother is an alcoholic, as well as bipolar, and though the two have a close relationship, it’s codependent, with Myriah’s mom counting on her to be a responsible caretaker and rescuer at all times. One night, when … Continue reading →

Keywords abuse, addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, bipolar, blood, codependency, drinking, dysfunctional family, emancipation, EMTs, fracture, Hepatitis C, impulsive, incoherent, injury, Live, mental illness, Minneapolis, Minnesota, mother

Vulnerable Adult

Amy is hired to develop an original musical about traumatic brain injury with the clients of a performing arts center for disabled adults. She begins a friendship with one of the TBI-affected cast members, and soon finds herself having stronger … Continue reading →

Keywords attraction, client, crush, disabilities, disability, ensemble, flirting, illegal, Live, love, Minneapolis, Minnesota, performing arts, playwright, staff, taboo, TBI, theater, traumatic brain injury, vulnerable

The Equalizer

Amy is just about to graduate from college when two things happen simultaneously: she finds her first real relationship with a beautiful, shy man named David; and she gets a mysterious illness that leaves her so tired and drained of … Continue reading →

Keywords autoimmune, boyfriend, chronic fatigue, chronic illness, diagnosis, doctors, equalizer, health, Live, Minneapolis, mystery, relationship, sickness, specialists, St. Paul, Twin Cities

Dungeon Master

Growing up an albino black person with a lazy eye, Victor doesn’t consider himself very successful with the ladies – until he learns to dance. At 21, he starts hitting the dance nights at Prince’s Minneapolis club Glam Slam, and … Continue reading →

Keywords albino, BDSM, black, dancing, domination, Dungeons and Dragons, geeks, kinky, Live, Minneapolis, nerds, POC, Prince, role playing games, RPGs, sex, three way, threesome

Timmy

Amy and her boyfriend David are opposites: she’s an extroverted actress and he’s an extremely shy, quiet musician. While emotional communication isn’t easy for them, one of the ways they connect is through spontaneous “play,” which evolves into the creation … Continue reading →

Keywords boyfriend, breakup, bullying, child, childhood, comfort, communication, connection, games, healing, imaginary, imaginary child, improv, Live, love, Minneapolis, opposites, PCOS, period, pregnancy scare, pregnant, relationship, son, trauma

Act Two

Christina has always had an assortment of mysterious health issues, but in college, she starts getting much sicker, with joints so achy she can barely move, and fatigue that makes her fall asleep in class and eventually have to drop … Continue reading →

Keywords antibiotics, autoimmune, body image, chronic illness, chronic pain, college, dancer, dropout, fatigue, gentlemen’s club, health, infusion, Live, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Minneapolis, nude, pain, recovery, strip club, stripping, topless

Cat Lady Interrupted

Lila is a proud cat lady living a quiet life in an apartment building in Minneapolis, when one day a team of eight cops bangs at her door stating that they have a warrant to search her apartment. They cuff … Continue reading →

Keywords apartment, Asian, Asian storyteller, cats, cops, drug bust, drug raid, edibles, Live, marijuana, Minneapolis, mistaken identity, mixup, package, POCI storyteller, police, pot, renters, search

He’s My Daughter Now

Justin’s son Joey loved to dress up in skirts and jewelry as early as age 2. He asked when his penis would go away, and whether he could “crawl back into mommy’s tummy and come out a girl.” Justin and … Continue reading →

Keywords acceptance, accidents, boy, child, dad, dancing, dress up, dysphoria, father, feminine, gender, gender identity, girl, kindergarten, listen, listening, Live, masculine, Minneapolis, name change, parenting, poop, pride, self-harm, self-hatred, self-loathing, shit, skirt, son, spitting, tantrums, trans, transgender

Handy Dandy

As a college student, Patrick was obsessed with masturbating. Then one day, his masturbation session in his dorm room was interrupted by Mayor R.T. Rybak, barging into dorm rooms to shake hands and discuss his bid for re-election.

Keywords bi, bisexual, comedian, dorm, dormitory, gay, jacking off, Live, masturbation, mayor, methods, Minneapolis, parents, roommates, RT Rybak, stand up comedy, U of MN, University of Minnesota

Sister Act

Amy understands even as a small child that her relationship with her mother isn’t loving, nurturing or happy, like the ones she sees in storybooks. But when her half-sister is born, her mother casts Abbie as the flawless angel to … Continue reading →

Keywords abusive, actor, actress, Anne Frank, child star, cleaner, cleaning lady, competitive, conditional love, dancer, Diary of Anne Frank, dysfunctional family, emotional abuse, Holocaust, house cleaner, Jewish, Live, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, mom, mother, Nazis, nurse, past life, prison, psychic, reincarnation, retrocognition, show business, sibling rivalry, singer, sister, stage mother, talent agent, triple threat, Yiddish

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