Yum’s The Word” is the only show that blends old-school fun with modern-day storytelling. Each month comedic storyteller Robin Gelfenbien hosts this unique event replete with Mad Libs, nostalgic candy and her homemade ice cream cakes.*

Join Robin and some of the country’s best storytellers, comedians and writers for a decadent night of stories and treats.

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PRESS
– Critic’s Pick – The New York Times
– Critics’ Pick – Time Out New York Comedy
– “Things We Love” – Time Out New York
– One of “5 Best Storytelling Series in NYC” – CBS New York
– “We love Yum’s the Word” – BonAppetit.com
– “It’s like your 9-year-old birthday party with booze and funnier friends” – Flavorpill

*Lactaid pills available at every show. Seriously.

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R. Eric Thomas official website | R. Eric Thomas on Facebook | R. Eric Thomas on Twitter | R. Eric Thomas on Instagram

R. Eric Thomas is a Barrymore Award-winning playwright, the long-running host of The Moth in Philadelphia and D.C., and he is a Senior Staff Writer for Elle.com where he writes “Eric Reads the News,” a daily current events and culture column.

He is the recipient of a 2017 National New Play Network commission and is at work on his debut memoir-in-essays, entitled Here For It, which will be published by Ballantine Books in 2019.

He has been published multiple times in The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Man Repeller, as well as Philadelphia Magazine, Newsworks, ThinkingDance, and others.

His play, TIME IS ON OUR SIDE, was commissioned by Simpatico Theater Project and developed with PlayPenn. It was the recipient of two 2016 Barrymore Awards, including Best New Play, and was named one of six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg American Theater Critics Association New Play Award. Of the play, The Philadelphia Inquirer raved, “it’s a superbly crafted two-hour mystery… Thomas creates an entire world with seeming room for all of humanity’s hopes and dreams, foibles and longings.”

Forthcoming: MRS. HARRISON (Azuka Theatre, 2018), the Midwest premiere of TIME IS ON OUR SIDE (About Face Theatre, 2018), INFINITY JONES NEEDS SOME SPACE! (development: Act II Theatre), SAFE SPACE (development: Cohesion Theater Company Playwright’s Fellowship), NIGHTBIRD (development: Interact Theatre Company/NNPN Commission)

Other plays include MIRIAM1234 (Finalist: City Theatre National National Award for Short Playwriting 2017), HUMAN RESOURCES (City Theatre Summer Shorts, 2015, Finalist: 2015 City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting, published: City Theatre Anthology 2015), the wordless puppet play FRIEDA THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (developed with Aaron Cromie, FringeArts 2015), WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY IT JUST SOUNDS RIDICULOUS (Finalist: 2014 City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting), ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID(Quince Productions).

With over a million social media shares, Eric’s ELLE.com column “Eric Reads the News” has quickly become an online humor staple. Covering pop culture, politics and current events, the column is a sardonic and sassy take on our world. Since its inception, it has been praised by such disparate personalities as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mariah Carey, Maxine Waters, Tamron Hall, and Tituss Burgess.

Eric is an alumnus of The Foundry, a Philadelphia playwrights lab and InterAct Theatre Company’s CORE Playwrights program, he was a 2017 Lambda Literary Fellow, and is a member of Baltimore Center Stage’s Playwright’s Collective and the Cohesion Theater Company 2017 Playwright’s Fellowship.

Georgia Clark official site | Georgia Clark on Facebook | Georgia Clark on Twitter | Georgia Clark on Instagram

Georgia Clark is the author of The Regulars and The Bucket List (both Simon & Schuster) and the host/founder of the storytelling night, Generation Women. She wrote the YA novels She’s With The Band and Parched, and is currently developing The Regulars as a TV show for E!. A native Australian, she lives in Brooklyn with her girlfriend and a fridge full of cheese.

Kelli Dunham official site | Kelli Dunham on Facebook | Kelli Dunham on Twitter | Kelli Dunham on Instagram

Kelli Dunham is the ex-nun genderqueer RN nerd comic so common in modern Brooklyn. Kelli has performed nationwide at colleges, prides, fundraisers and even the occasional livestock auction. Kelli was nominated as a 2105 White House Champion of Change (NOT under the current administration) for her work as the co-founder and producer of Queer Memoir, NYC’s longest-running most super earnest LGBT storytelling event.

Kelli recently helped set the Guiness World Record for longest comedy show (multiple performers) at the Third Coast Comedy Club in Nashville TN, is the author of seven books of humorous nonfiction and is feverishly working on a hilarious nonfiction book about death dying and grief. New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio once called Kelli “a show-off.” To her face.

Craig Mangum on Twitter | Craig Mangum on Instagram

Craig Mangum is a designer and storyteller living in Brooklyn, NY. He has won a Moth GrandSLAM, is a two-time StorySLAM winner, and was featured on the RISK! podcast. He is also the founder and executive director of The OUT Foundation, a philanthropic network for the LGBTQ+ alumni of Brigham Young University. His one man show, “Gay Mormon Testimony Meeting” will be appearing in The New York International Fringe Festival in October 2018.

Robin Gelfenbien Official Website | Robin Gelfenbien on Twitter | Robin Gelfenbien on Instagram | Yum’s the Word on Twitter | Yum’s the Word on Instagram

Robin Gelfenbien is the self-proclaimed Ambassador of Fun and an NYC-based storyteller, writer and comedian. She’s a three-time Moth Story SLAM winner who has performed on PBS, RISK!, Mortified and countless other shows. She’s also shared the stage with Hannah Gadsby, Trevor Noah and more.

Robin is the Creator and Host of the storytelling series and podcast, “Yum’s the Word,” that features her homemade ice cream cakes. The show has been named a New York Times and Time Out New York Critic’s Pick. Guests have included Tim Gunn, Jason Biggs, Joy Behar and stars from “Orange is the New Black.”

New York Magazine called her solo show, “My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey,” “the highlight of the Fringe” and Time Out New York gave it 4 stars.

She’s performed her original comedy songs at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and on Sirius Radio. She’s also been featured in Marie Claire magazine and she starred in a commercial directed by Spike Lee.