This autumn, fall for moth stories as we travel across the globe for our main stages.

We're excited to announce our fall lineup of storytelling shows from New York City to Iowa City,

London, Nairobi, and so many more. The moth will be performing in a city near you,

featuring a curation of true stories. The moth mainstaged shows feature five tellers,

who share beautiful, unbelievable, hilarious, and often powerful true stories. The Moth Mainstage shows feature five tellers who share beautiful,

unbelievable, hilarious, and often powerful true stories on a common theme. Each one told

reveals something new about our shared connection. To buy your tickets or find out more about

our calendar, visit the moth.org slash mainstage. We hope to see you soon.

Welcome to the Moth podcast. I'm Mark Salinger, your host for this episode.

The first play I remember seeing was The Woman in Black. If you don't know the woman in black,

it's a horror play about a ghost who, well, I don't want to spoil it, but suffice it to say that

11-year-old me was scared out of my mind. Something about the fact that you were mere feet

away from the actors, that you were all part of this magic trick of pretend and wonder,

there was nothing like it. From that moment on, I was enchanted. At The Moth, we know a thing or two about stories on

stage. And this episode, we're moving to The Theater, with two stories demonstrating why the

play is, in fact, still the thing. First up is Rose L, who told this at one of our open mic

story slams in Houston. Here's Rose, live at the most.

Forgive me, Father, for I will sin.

I was one of those lucky millennial kids whose mom told me

that I could do anything I wanted as long as I set my mind to it.

But she qualified it. She said, I can do anything I wanted as long as I set my mind to it. But she qualified it. She said, I can do

anything I wanted as long as I use the gifts that God has given me and I persevere. And I took

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