The Story Behind The Stories:

In 2001, 9/11 happened. A year later, my dear friend Judy Toll died and my 14 year marriage ended. At the time, I thought if I don’t create a place for my friends and I to get on stage and tell our stories, our heads will explode. That’s when Tasty Words was born.

We started in a children’s bookstore on Montana Ave. in Santa Monica with folding chairs and some cookies and milk. Tickets were five bucks and if we had a dozen people we were happy. Since then, we’ve done over 100 shows and the loyal and enthusiastic tasty fans have supported and nurtured these storytellers month in and month out for over a decade.

To Submit for Consideration:

Please submit a story of 1,200 words or less. I like jpegs, pdfs, or in the body of the email. Make sure that the theme is mentioned in the subject line and your name is in the body of the submission. I can’t count how many times I’ve wanted to book somebody and their name was nowhere to be found.

Finally, if I don’t know you or your work, and you haven’t seen a Tasty show live, that is the first step. Come see what it is all about and shake my hand or give me a hug and introduce yourself after the show. That’s how I roll. Thanks for all.

Can’t wait to hear your stories.

Here are some of the fab folks who have told their tasty stories…
Elayne Boosler, Amy Brenneman, Dylan Brody, Kelly Carlin, Melanie Chartoff, Cindy Chupack, Wayne Cotter, John Ciccolini, Dennis Danziger, Charles Freericks, Amy Friedman, Betty Goldstein, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jeff Kahn, Annie Korzen, Carlos Kotkin, Carol Leifer, Nikki Levy, Arlene Malinowski, Merrill Markoe, Anne Meara, Robert Morgan Fisher, Taylor Negron, Laraine Newman, Julie Newmar, Elizabeth Payne, Ann Randolph, Jonna Tamases, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kira Soltanovich, Monica Piper, C. Brian Smith, Sonya Sones, Lynne Stewart, Lyena Strelkoff, Greg Swartz, Suzanne Whang and Larry Wilmore.

And the amazing musical guests:
Eric Schwartz, Tracy Newman, Robert Morgan Fisher, Rena Strober, Holly Long, Carlie & Doni.