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TELL: A Queer Storytelling Show (MESSINESS)

June 20 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join TELL, The Bureau’s longest-running recurring show, for a night of queer storytelling!

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This month’s Pride show’s theme is MESSINESS, with stories from:

Heather Glynis
Yifan
Tallie Medel
Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li
and
Hosted and curated by Drae Campbell
$10 suggested donation
Heather Glynis is a performer, poet, psychotic whore, and tranny-about-town. She is the program assistant at the Poetry Project and hosts Queeraoke at Metropolitan Bar, along with Bottom Behavior with Josh Bondi at Oberon. She is from Jersey, and resides in Bushwick
Yifan (they/them) is a creative community builder who believes in the power of storytelling, shared experiences, and chosen family to bring people together. Passionate about uplifting BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices, they create welcoming spaces where connection, care, and collective joy can thrive. Guided by curiosity, empathy, and a love of gathering people across communities, Yifan approaches life with an open heart and a deep belief that meaningful relationships are at the center of belonging.
Tallie Medel (they/them) is an educator, clown, director, and award-winning actor featured in IndieWire, the LA Times and the Boston Globe. Screen credits include EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24) and BROAD CITY (Comedy Central). They founded the ever-popular clown program at Brooklyn Comedy Collective and have taught at NYU, Harvard University, Emerson College, the School of Visual Arts, and at theaters and schools across the country. Stage time includes Upright Citizens Brigade NY & LA, Second City NY, Caroline’s on Broadway, MoMA PS 1, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and London’s SoHo Theatre. They have big, juicy eyeballs.
Originally from Taiwan, Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li is a playwright-director whose work explores themes of diaspora and sexuality. Besides creating theatre works, he also serves as Director of Performance, Storytelling and Community at the Museum of Chinese in America where he develops programs that uplift Asian American performing artists while amplifying Asian American histories, storytelling and visibility.
Drae Campbell (she/they) is an actor, comedian and storyteller who has performed in every medium. Drae was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for their work in The Nosebleed at Lincoln Center Theater. Drae’s first performance was at age 5 in a nightclub as the opening act for a punk band. Their career in theater and in gender joy started when she was cast as John Henry in The Member Of The Wedding in a local San Francisco production at age 9. Drae has a BFA in Theater from The University of the Arts and has performed in almost every medium. Drae has been hosting and curating TELL for 13 plus years, TELL has also been made into a SILVER Signal Award winning podcast on all the platforms. @draebiz

Details

  • Date: June 20
  • Time:
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM