Drama Desk Nominee Jack Lechner, Ex-Nun and Comic Kelli Dunham and More Set for BIG CITY STORIES, 10/21

Urban Cricket presents another installment of its live monthly storytelling show, "Big City Stories," on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 9:30 p.m. Show is at Old Man Hustle, 39 Essex Street in Manhattan. Admission is free; wine & beer are not. Doors open at 9:15. Space is extremely limited, so show up early if you want a seat at the bar.

Storytellers include:

• Lyricist/playwright/producer Jack Lechner (Drama Desk nominee for "The Kid" at The New Group)
• Ex-nun turned nurse/author/comic Kelli Dunham (Freak of Nurture)
• Comic Marie Faustin
• Storyteller Marc Abbott
• ... and more names TBA!

"Big City Stories" is a live monthly show where performers tell stories about urban life. Our goal is to create a space that's cool for people of all identities & talents to share.

Streetwear brand Urban Cricket hosts the monthly salon. Writer & storyteller Tommy O'Malley emcees. For more information, contact us via email (bigcitystories@gmail.com), Facebook or Twitter.

Urban Cricket. is a New York City based streetwear brand that consists of Audrey Nasar, a former mathematics professor at Parsons The New School for Design, and Gloria Erani, a graphic designer and authentic Brooklynite. Screen-printed graphic tees are the primary medium for their messages, which usually consist of stories and imagery gathered in and around NYC. Working out of their current home at 29 Essex Street on the Lower East Side, and co-hosting the monthly show-and-tell "Urban Crickets: Big City Stories", Urban Cricket. (www.urbancricketnyc.com) looks forward to really getting to know their neighbors. Watch what you say around them, it might end up on a t-shirt.

Tommy O'Malley is a Brooklyn-based writer and storyteller. His work has appeared in the Austin American-Statesman, Show Business Weekly, "Queerty," "Swagger New York" and more. He has appeared on "RISK!" (hosted by Kevin Allison), "What Are You Afraid Of?" (hosted by Mara Wilson), and "Tell the Bartender" (hosted by Katharine Heller). He is a member of The Civilians' Field Research Team.