TELLER GALLERY
Since our debut in January of 2017, First Person Live has given nearly 200 people a chance to tell their stories on stage. Some are regulars at shows around Chicago, including Moth StorySLAMS; others have never been on stage in their lives.
They're engineers and cab drivers, executives and students, dentists and farmers, teachers, mechanics, lawyers, ministers - we even have a congressman (Sean Casten, D-IL)! What they have in common is a story they feel moved to share. We are so grateful to them all.
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What story do you feel moved to share? Submit it here! We're always looking for new voices...and
new faces.

Chemical engineer & journalist

Leatherware designer

Clinical social worker

Pastor

Commercial & industrial engineer

Attorney

Rheumatologist

Storyteller/producer

Creative director

Statistician

Legal eagle

Pathologist

High-tech marketer

English teacher

Market researcher

Customer service representative

Improv teacher

"The IT guy"

Entrepreneur, inventor, and investor

Congressman (D-IL) & scientist

College professor

Dog Whisperer

Railroad mechanic

Salesforce trainer

Professional development coach

Freelance writer

Labor union administator

Photographer

Disability advocate

Corporate consultant

High school student

Cook County government employee

Nonprofit program manager

College-bound high school grad

Comedian

Organic farmer

Executive Director, Northcenter chamber of commerce

Pastor

Nuclear weapons facility recruiter

Teacher & multilingual wonder (4 languages!)

Theatrical producer

Nonprofit office manager

Dentist

High school student

World traveller

Broadcast ad man

Software engineer

Lyft driver & T-shirt designer

Actor, author, & poet

Grad student

University administrator & chaplain

Retired high school teacher

Radio producer

Attorney

Production manager, Chicago Children's Theater

Actor & playwright

Journalist & writer

English tutor

At-home mom

Senior advertising manager

Market strategist

Preschool teacher

Docent, Indo-American Heritage Museum

College student & writer

Life coach

Internal communications, Teach for America

At-home dad

Producer & host, First Person Live

Child psychologist

Dog photographer and rescuer

Massage therapist, yoga & meditation instructor

Copywriter

Business manager

Professor of social work

High school English teacher

High school health teacher

Director of Operations, healthcare company

Feldenkrais practitioner

High school English & Spanish teacher

Animator

Market researcher

Pastor

Relocation coordinator

Higher education consultant

Options trader

Podcaster

City planner

Writer and actor

Actor

Salesforce consultant

Naval officer & research engineer

Psychologist

Clinical psychologist

Playboy sex editor (yes, really!)

College professor

Disability advocate

Data scientist

MBA Student

Operations manager

Healthcare project manager

Editor & poet

Writer and creativity coach

Musician

Educator & children's book author

Arts educator

Social worker

Freelance writer

Owner, landscaping business

At-home dad

Grammar school teacher

Software developer

Theatrical director and acting teacher

At-home mom

Actor

College English teacher

Researcher & musician

Criminal defense attorney

Municipal communications director

Healthcare executive

Community volunteer

Stand-up comic & documentary filmmaker

Preschool teacher, Chicago Public Schools

Production accountant

Middle school teacher

Server, poet, comic, rapper

Management consultant

Freelance editor and writer

High school chemistry teacher

Property manager

Teacher & coach

Healthcare IT

Attorney & lecturer on poverty law, University of Chicago

Manufacturer's rep & actor

Puppeteer & Artistic Director, Wildclaw Theater