Stories of COVID-19: Neighbors
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In the final installment of this new five-part series of Stories of COVID-19, we present two stories that explore what it means to be a neighbor, or part of a community, during the pandemic.
Part 1: Feeling more and more isolated as the pandemic continues, Brooklynite Adam Selbst finds purpose in a mutual aid project.
Part 2: Separated from her own beloved Persian grandmother during the pandemic, Sarvin Esmaelli stumbles on an opportunity to help someone else’s.
Adam Selbst is a writer and graphic designer from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Prior to the lockdown he hosted the monthly Big Irv’s Storytelling Roadshow and has been performing around NYC for the last 10 years. Adam lives in a bodega art collective with 64 other people and in his spare time enjoys being slowly poisoned by an ancient, weird mold in his shower and playing charades with his roommates.
Sarvin Esmaeili is a theatre artist, writer, activist, and storyteller. She is a recipient of the 2019 BC Arts Council Scholarship. Sarvin is a co-creator/performer of Can We Fix It? (Studio 58) and One of a Kind (Vancouver International Children's Festival). She recently created her one woman show: The Songs of Silent Singers. In 2020, she directed a virtual play, Papa Records Everything for The National Theatre School's Art Apart festival. In May, Sarvin will be part of the Arts Club’s LEAP Playwriting Intensive. Sarvin is a recent graduate of Studio 58.
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| 0:34.8 | episode is the final installment of this new five-week series featuring |
| 0:38.7 | stories of COVID-19. Later in the fall, we'll return for another short series of stories of COVID-19, |
| 0:45.6 | but for now we're going to move on to some other topics. Next week, we'll begin sharing a series |
| 0:50.7 | of special episodes centered around the celebration of StoryClider's 11th birthday. |
| 0:55.4 | We'll be sharing some stories that were highlights of our online shows this past year, |
| 0:59.9 | as well as some favorite stories from the past. Over the summer, we'll begin our new series, |
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| 1:10.1 | We so appreciate everyone who has reached out to us to let us know that our stories of COVID-19 |
| 1:14.6 | series has been a comfort or cathartic to them during this time, and today we're so happy to share this last episode with you, |
| 1:21.6 | featuring stories about what it means to be a neighbor or to be part of a community during a pandemic. |
| 1:28.2 | Our first story is from Adam Selbst. |
| 1:30.5 | It was recorded last January at his home in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 1:41.3 | Some people have described me as a bit of an extrovert. |
| 1:46.2 | Let me explain. |
| 1:48.1 | I totally willingly live in a converted bodega that doubles as a performance space |
| 1:54.6 | with like seven other people, and I love it. |
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