Ding, ding, ding .. ladies and gentlemen, please stand up, and make some noise ….
Storytelling heavyweights are about to collide in one of Miami’s most iconic cultural spaces. On December 12, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., The Moth and The Black Archives team up to present The Moth GrandSLAM. This is the championship round of the city’s most beloved, nerve-wracking, heart-thumping storytelling event.
There are many storytelling events in Miami, most recently our friends at the Bass museum have started a monthly, but The Moth is the o.g. aka the mother-load of dumpster-funk reveals. Originating in NYC in 1997 and going strong on NPR nationally since 2009, to say this event is fly is an understatement, it’s moth.
If you’ve never seen a GrandSLAM, imagine the Olympics of vulnerability. The Moth invites the winners of their open-mic StorySLAMs from throughout the year back to the stage. This time to compete for the title of Miami GrandSLAM Champion. These aren’t polished actors or MFA darlings, they’re regular humans who stepped up to a mic, told a true story with no notes and no safety net, and won the room. Now they return for one final showdown.
Ten storytellers, ten true tales, judged not by pyrotechnics or performance tricks but by raw honesty, timing, wit, and emotional punch.
The Moth in Miami
It’s happening this Friday inside the Historic Lyric Theater, a building that has held a century’s worth of triumph, struggle, joy, and art in its bones. This adds a layer of gravitas you simply don’t get in a standard black-box theater. And a reason to get to Overtown before the entire city is eaten by Miami’s mothra of moneylaudering and overdevelopment.
This space remembers every voice that’s passed through it.
On GrandSLAM night, it holds ten more.
The Moth isn’t just performance. It’s communion. It’s strangers deciding, in real time, to trust a room full of people with something true.
On December 12, a new champion will get their crown. For more info and tickets click here.
Looking back at the history of The Moth.
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