TELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014.

Destruction is the theme of the 58th TELL, on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Featuring stories by Rachel Garbus, Laura Jayne Martin, and Early Riser.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drae Campbell is a writer, actor, director, story teller, dancer, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland, NYC, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel Garbus is a writer, performer, and oral-history maker. She writes cultural criticism, forays into queer history, and the odd satire when the mood strikes. You can find her around town playing with Thank You For Coming Out, the queer improv and storytelling show, and sharing quasi-reasonable opinions on various podcasts. Hopeless with plants, but ever hopeful for botanical redemption, she lives in a raucous Brooklyn brownstone with her many roommates, dogs, and an absolutely superlative cat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Jayne Martin has performed at How I Learned, Tell Your Friends, Powerhouse Arena, and elsewhere. She wrote one book and contributed to another—both of them are meant to be funny. She’s writing another one now. Her mom thinks it’s “just okay.” She has also written for McSweeneys, The Village Voice, Cosmo, Esquire, The Toast, and others. She tweets @laurajaynemart, but she gets all of her news from actual birds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early riser is a NYC based artist best known for her unique, stylized public and street art. Working predominantly with vibrant colors her subjects range from animals to people, each portraying a complex inner emotionality. She is a New York native and holds a degree in fine art printing and illustration.