Wildcard: True Stories Told Live by YOU!

WILDCARD! True Stories Told Live By You, An Open Mic Story Swap presented by In a Nutshell Storytelling ​Hey, Sacramento. We’re back. ​WILDCARD! is happening Wednesday, October 21, and we really, truly want you there. ​Here’s how this works now: eight names get pulled from the NOT HAT. Eight storytellers get up and tell their truth with craft and intention. And at the end of the night, the storytellers themselves vote for their favorite story. The winner takes home $50 and a featured spot at the next show. ​It’s part open mic, part StorySLAM, part something Sacramento has never quite seen before. And it keeps getting better. ​True stories, told live, by you. With stakes! We love it. ​Our Featured Storyteller: John Keenan—Last month, John got up in front of a room full of strangers and told a harrowing childhood story about friendship and a gun. It was the kind of story you don’t forget. The storytellers voted. John won. ​A little about John: he’s the seventh of eight siblings, grew up with a nuclear engineer father in Spokane, spent 46 years as a licensed contractor, raised a family, and is currently still living in his first home in Orangevale, surrounded by 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He recently became an award-winning storyteller. ​He’s also been told he’s handsome. We can confirm. ​This month John’s back with a feature spot and a new story he’s not ready to tell us about yet. We respect the mystery. We trust the storyteller. Come find out what he brought. This calendar listing is brought to you by Sacramento365, the region’s one-stop, online calendar for arts and entertainment events, powered by Visit Sacramento and the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture (OAC).