• Tell your story
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    I'm David Crabb: storyteller, coach & writer. I've been helping people tell their true personal stories for over 12 years. As a storyteller and speaker, I've been featured on The Moth, NPR & Buzzfeed. As a published memoirist, I have extensive experience in what it takes to make a story work on the page. Whether your goals are personal, professional or artistic, I can help you craft compelling narratives out of real-life experiences in many mediums and for a wide variety of purposes.

     

    *Listen to my story "MAYOR OF THE FREAKS" on The Moth Radio Hour
    *Listen to my story "No Ordinary Love" on The Moth Radio Hour
    *Watch the trailer for my New York Times Critics' Pick solo show "Bad Kid"
    *Check out my memoir "BAD KID"
    *Read about one of my classes in the New York Times
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    STORY MEGA-MINE

    In February I’ll be teaching a new storytelling workshop called “STORY MEGA-MINE,” a one-day version of my popular 2-part “Story-Mining” workshop, designed to help nonfiction storytellers & writers find new material.

     

    Whether you’ve never crafted a personal story or you’ve told a thousand stories and think there’s nothing left in the tank, this workshop will run you through a gamut of fast, fun personal inventories and games that will leave you with a shortlist of stories that you’ll be excited to work on.

     

    Many of these exercises I’ve used myself to generate stories I’ve told on NPR, Buzzfeed, Risk!, The Moth & in my memoir & audiobook BAD KID.

     

    This workshop is 4 hours on Sunday FEB 11th (11am-3pm) for $100. Email me for info and to enroll.

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    STORY SHOP

    The STORY SHOP is a 4-session online course for storytellers located anywhere who are looking to pitch and refine tales for shows, podcasts and presentations. Anyone with any level of nonfiction writing or performance experience is welcome to join.

     

    This 4-Saturday workshop will begin on Saturday February 17th. Participants will be welcome to work on short stories for Moth slams, longer stories for shows like Risk!, or personal stories that will become parts of larger works like memoirs and solo shows.

     

    Each online workshop is 3-hours at 4 sessions totaling 12 hours of storytelling sharing and feedback for $325. Email me to sign up.

  • WHERE DO I TEACH?

    Connecting with others through personal narrative is the cornerstone of my work. I've seen people from many fields with varied backgrounds utilize storytelling as a means to not only communicate, but change their audience through laughter, education and transparency. My wide variety of clients from artistic, therapeutic and professional fields has given me insight into the myriad ways storytelling can alter the listener, reader & participant.

     

    NON-PROFIT:

    The Moth High School Program, Wounded Warriors, American Library Association, Writers Guild Initiative, Heartland Alliance, The Getty Museum, I'm From Driftwood

     

    CORPORATE:

    Social Media: Twitter, Google, Facebook, Social Media Week NYC

    Legal/Finance: Price-Waterhouse, Grant-Thornton, Fidelity, Prudential

    Other: SAP, Visa, Uber, Novartis, Viacom, Bravo TV

     

    ACADEMIA / OTHER:

    Occidental College, Los Angeles, NYU Tisch School of Arts, California State University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Indiana University, Upright Citizens Brigade, Peoples Improv Theater, Kevin Allison's Story Studio, First Person Arts

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    HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER?

    I work with my clients in many formats. Contact me at thedavidcrabb@gmail.com for more information.

     

    GROUPS:

    Crabb Labbs: Workshops at my studio or arranged by the client, focusing on live storytelling, solo shows or memoir, depending on participant needs.

    Corporate Workshops: Everything from my regular labb, but with a focus on business application.

     

    1-ON-1's:

    Storytelling: Sessions by the hour in-person or online.

    Memoir 1-on-1: Sessions by the hour in-person or online.

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    STORIES IN SESSION

    My podcast "Stories In Session" is a weekly show dedicated to the art and craft of contemporary storytelling. Hear some of the best stories from across the nation and get a behind-the-scenes look at how they were created by the experts and amateurs who told them. Featuring storytellers, hosts and producers from RISK!, The Moth & more.

    New episodes released every Monday.

     

    VISIT STORIES IN SESSION ON SOUNDCLOUD

    SUBSCRIBE TO STORIES IN SESSION ON ITUNES

     

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