Seattle Theatre Group presents The Moth Seattle GrandSLAM

STG and The Moth present the GrandSLAM, a battle of wits and words - fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points in between. Listen as ten StorySLAM champs compete to determine The Moth's Seattle GrandSLAM Story Champion. The event takes place at The Moore Theatre on February 22, 2018 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 (not including applicable fees) and are on sale now. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories told live and without notes. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.

The Moth was founded by the novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate in New York the feeling of sultry summer evenings in his native Georgia, when moths were attracted to the light on the porch where he and his friends would gather to spin spellbinding tales. The first New York Moth event was held in George's living room and the story events quickly spread to larger venues throughout the city.

Through ongoing programs in more than 25 cities, The Moth has presented over 18,000 stories to standing-room-only crowds worldwide and it currently produces more than 500 live shows each year. Additionally, The Moth runs storytelling workshops for high school students and adults in underserved communities through their Education and Community Programs.

The Moth podcast is downloaded over 44 million times a year, and each week, the Peabody Award-winning Moth Radio Hour is heard on over 450 radio stations worldwide. The Moth's first book, The Moth: 50 True Stories was a New York Times Bestseller and its newest book, All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown was released March, 2017.

Tickets for the GrandSLAM are $25 (not including fees) and are available online at STGPresents.org, by phone at 1-800-982-2787, or in person at the Paramount Theatre box office. Seating is general admission.

ABOUT SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP (STG) STG's mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of the region's cultural identity while keeping three historic venues, The Paramount, Moore and Neptune, alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz, to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at these three iconic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Oregon. For more information visit stgpresents.org.