Kerith Gabriel October 11th, 2019 For the past 18 years, the First Person Arts Film Festival has brought provocative think pieces to the stage for Philadelphia’s viewing pleasure. It’s a tireless effort compiled by a tiny collaborative who for nearly 20 years has delivered great storytelling… It’s a tireless effort compiled by a tiny collaborative […]
Working through trauma is never the same for every person. June 27th, 2019 Working through trauma is never the same for every person. However, storytelling can help with healing from experiences that cause trauma long after they are over. First Person Arts, a nonprofit organization focused on the power of storytelling, will host a sexual […]
February 14th will be here before you know it. by PATRICK RAPA STORYTELLING Ex-Files Story Slam The biggest event on the First Person Arts calendar is always the Ex-Files story slam (now in its 10th year), in which top-notch storytellers tell war stories from past relationships, dates gone wrong, etc. After all, what’s more romantic than […]
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 One speaker, one microphone, an attentive audience, and five or 10 uninterrupted minutes on stage. For as long as humans have been telling stories, other humans have been tuning them out. It’s probably gotten worse in the smartphone era. Good listeners — and good reasons to listen — seem to be […]
Slam Your Ex in a Night of Slam Poetry and Stories Sick of the romance but secretly dig the poetry that comes with the season? Join others feeling bitter this Valentine’s Day for Ex-Files, a night of story slam hosted by nonprofit storytelling organization First Person Arts. The Philadelphia show, touted as an anti-Valentine’s Day […]
Kerith Gabriel November 9th 2018 Felonious Munk has nothing to hide when it comes to the tumultuous ride that has been his life’s story. Not from anyone, especially his 13-year-old daughter just starting to understand who her dad was and through reformation, the influential man he became. It’s not a rags to riches tale — […]
November 9th, 2018 This week Kristen speaks with Rob Saxon, the Director of External Affairs at MANNA about this incredible organization currently in the middle of their biggest fundraiser of the year, Pie in the Sky. MANNA is selling six different delicious flavors of pie (Aberdeen Apple Pie, American Airlines Sky Pie, Berry Pie, Pumpkin […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist Nov 6, 2018 Jamie Brunson, classically-trained Keith David to star in a dramatic reading of Zora Neale Hurston’s posthumous New York Times bestseller, Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo. Keith David — Triumph megachurch’s duplicitous patriarch Bishop James Greenleaf on the OWN drama Greenleaf and a respected character […]
PhillyCAM’s LIVE arts showcase with a rotating line up of presenting organizations & dynamic performances featuring First Person Arts sharing stories. See more: https://phillycam.org/show/2018/live-culture-2
AL DIA NEWS By Emily Neil November 01, 2018 A young Boricua artist and director amplifies Latinx voices at Philly’s First Person Arts Festival this November. A new production by theater artist and director Gabriela Sanchez will be presenting a multifaceted performance of Latinx storytellers at the First Person Arts Festival on Nov. 11-12. Sanchez, who […]
