Jude-Treder-Wolff's New Solo Show THIS ISN'T HELPING To Premiere Speak Up, Rise Up Festival

Jude Treder-Wolff's new solo show, This Isn't Helping, will have its World Premiere at the Speak Up, Rise Up Festival on August 15 at 9:30 pm at The Connelly Theater in NYC. Jude is the creator/producer of the storytelling show (MOSTLY) True Things which has been played to packed houses in Long Island and at The PIT Loft in Manhattan. She has also been featured (3 times) on the popular podcast RISK! and recently performed at The PIT's StoryFest. The show contains original songs co-created by Jude Treder-Wolff and musician/composer Wells Hanley. Kevin Allison (RISK! podcast/show creator and The State/MTV) is helping develop the show through coaching. Speak Up, Rise Up is a new storytelling/solo-show festival which runs August 14 - 20.

About This Isn't Helping

In a world that seems to be getting crazier, how does a therapist whose been practicing for 20 years, deal with a bad case of burn-out? Go to therapy. And there are so many different kinds of therapy and self-help to choose from. Some fascinating characters think they can help with this search for hope including a mind/body therapist who was either the most relaxed, ethereal person in this world or was completely high.

Tickets are $15 online/$20 at the door, and are available at www.artful.ly/speak-up-rise-up

Performances take place at the Connelly Theater, 220 East 4th Street (between avenue A & B). Subway: F to 2nd Avenue (closest), 6 to Bleecker Street, B/D/F/M to Broadway-Lafayette. Running time: one hour. More info available at www.speakupriseup.com and www.judetreder-wolff.com

About the Speak Up, Rise Up Festival

Speak Up, Rise Up, under the Artistic Direction of Asher Novek, is a first-year storytelling festival which focuses on bringing traditional and non-traditional performers together. The focus of the festival is to raise the profile of people and communities, whose stories we don't often hear. The Advisory Committee includes: Destiny Arturet, David Crabb, Nicole Ferraro, Anita Flores, Susan Kent, Mark Pagan, Larry Rosen, and Jordan Schulze.

BIOGRAPHIES

Jude Treder-Wolff (Writer/Performing) is a storyteller, writer/performer, singer/songwriter, and the creator, curator and host of (MOSTLY) TRUE THINGS. She has been featured on the hit storytelling podcast RISK! three times including a live performance at The Pit (The Peoples Improv Theater), and regularly performs in story slams in the New York area, including Talk Therapy, Take Two Storytelling, StoryFest, Now You're Talking, The Prose of Pie, and Moth slams. Her solo storytelling show Crazytown: my first psychopath was a featured selection at the 2013 Midtown International Theater Festival, the 2012 Chicago and San Francisco Fringe Festivals and had two successful runs at The Actors Theater Workshop in NYC, as well as performances at The Pit in NYC, the Charles B. Wang Center at Stonybrook University, The Examined Life Conference, and the Conservatory NJ. www.judetreder-wolff.com

Kevin Allison (Coaching Development) writing and acting work has been featured on the legendary sketch comedy series The State on MTV, as well as Stella, Reno 911!, High Maintenance, the performance troupe Blue Man Group and more. In 2009, Kevin created RISK!, the live show and audio podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share. The podcast is now downloaded over 2.5 million times per month. As the founder of The Story Studio, Kevin has coached bestselling authors, renowned comedians, and prominent teachers and executives from a wide range of fields. www.risk-show.com

Wells Hanley (Composer) is an accomplished musician, composer, songwriter and music coach who holds a MA in jazz piano from Manhattan School of Music. He coaches and accompanies singers all over the country, and is on the faculty at VCU where he teaches jazz piano. Wells has performed all of the country and internationally, highlights include the iconic Miller's in Charlottesville, VA with John D'earth's Thursday night group, and the Montreaux, North Sea, and Spoleto festivals abroad as well as countless jazz clubs and festivals in the US. www.wellshanley.com

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