Micaela Blei
Writer and Performer
Micaela Blei is a storyteller, doctoral student, former elementary school teacher and Senior Manager of Education at The Moth.
Micaela taught third grade for 8 years, if you count a year of substitute teaching, which you should. It's a real job. Her solo show for kids, "City of Islands," was produced in 2002 at The Tank Theater and was a "Don't Miss" pick in Time Out New York.
Micaela is a two-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, Moth MainStage storyteller and has toured nationally with the Unchained Tour. Her stories can be heard on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast, and on Dingmantics, Narrative.ly, Soundtrack Series and others. The Daily Dish recently called her “hilarious and heartrending.”
Micaela has also facilitated storytelling workshops and performance programs in schools across New York City as well as for Google, Humanity in Action, DreamYard Project, Barnard College, Lincoln Center Education, and others. She co-founded and designed The Moth High School StorySLAM Program and The Moth Teacher Stories Program.
Learn more and see more of her stories at micaelablei.com.
Micaela taught third grade for 8 years, if you count a year of substitute teaching, which you should. It's a real job. Her solo show for kids, "City of Islands," was produced in 2002 at The Tank Theater and was a "Don't Miss" pick in Time Out New York.
Micaela is a two-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, Moth MainStage storyteller and has toured nationally with the Unchained Tour. Her stories can be heard on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast, and on Dingmantics, Narrative.ly, Soundtrack Series and others. The Daily Dish recently called her “hilarious and heartrending.”
Micaela has also facilitated storytelling workshops and performance programs in schools across New York City as well as for Google, Humanity in Action, DreamYard Project, Barnard College, Lincoln Center Education, and others. She co-founded and designed The Moth High School StorySLAM Program and The Moth Teacher Stories Program.
Learn more and see more of her stories at micaelablei.com.
Catherine McCarthy
Director and Dramaturg
Catherine McCarthy is a director on the Moth Mainstage, a former producer of StorySLAM and Mainstage events, and Moth Education Program Manager. Catherine co-founded and designed The Moth High School StorySLAM Program, and has facilitated storytelling workshops with partners such as the US State Department, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and countless amazing high school students. She is currently pursuing her MSW at Fordham University, and in her spare time she sings with the band Em & the Fates, with their first EP to be released this year. She is thrilled to be making her theatrical directorial debut with Secret Life of Your Third Grade Teacher.
About City of Islands Beautification Corp.This is our production company. We named it "City of Islands" after the stories that Micaela has been telling kids since 2000, when she had to get 4-year-olds to stay on their rest mats. Micaela Blei: Keeping kids on their rest mats for 16 years.
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