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Pick of the Day: Young Storytellers: The Story Clubhouse

April 22, 2020

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Young Storytellers is a lovely, lovely organization that mentors children into creative writing and kicks it up notch by having their stories read and voiced by some of the best, most accomplished, funniest adults around.

Even in this time of COVID-19, they’re doing spirited, very fun live reads of stories written by their students. This Thursday will feature Feline Invasion by Cairo Raines (mentored by Michael Keller) along with the voices (and Zoom windows) of John Cho, Jason Mantzoukas, and more.

It’s not the normal live stage show that get to dazzle crowds with, but over the weeks that they’ve gone live-streaming and it still has the same charm, but with an arguably more intimate setting with all the talent performing from the comfort of their own homes.

You can watch the latest Young Storytellers: The Story Clubhouse this Thurs. 4/23 at 5PM PT (they have a show every Thurs. right now) on Zoom. Check their Instagram @youngstorytellers for the specific link and updates.

If you’d like to support Young Storytellers, you can donate here.

While it’s a pretty bold statement to call something The Biggest Show, this benefit for Young Storytellers might actually get into some superlative territory.

Seth Rogen, Jordan Peele, Nasim Pedrad, Tony Hale, Thomas Middleditch, Natasha Rothwell, Charlie Day, John Cho, Yvonne Orji, Martin Starr, Danny Pudi, Busy Phillips, Max Greenfield, Georgia King, Kimberly Herbert Gregory, and hosts The Sklar Brothers will all perform scripts written by 5th graders for this Biggest Show.

Proceeds go to Young Storytellers, which is a non-profit that connects film and TV professionals with public school students in order to foster their own short screenplay.

The Biggest Show 2016 is set for next week on Thursday, October 20th at 8PM at The Novo DTLA in LA Live. Tickets for standing room are available for $25 and you can (and should) get them here.