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Story Telling

Chandreyee has been performing in Story telling shows (in the tradition of 'The Moth') for a while. This form of performance art revolves around sharing true, personal stories in the first person, within a prescribed amount of time (each show has it's own but 6 minutes is average). Stories must have an 'arc' and the teller, an engaging style of 'telling'. Most shows have themes and either invite tellers, or audition people based on pitches submitted.

Some story telling performances

The Moth

The Moth is one of the earliest and most popular story telling shows that has elevated this form of performing art. Story Slams (where tellers compete) are held in cities all over the world and winners of each slam move onto Grand Slams which are high profile, ticketed shows at historic venues. The Moth also holds mainstage shows and showcases featuring their best tellers.

 - Watch Chandreyee's Moth GrandSLAM story at The Wilbur theatre, Boston on May 23, 2023. 

- Watch Chandreyee on The Moth's Boston Showcase at The Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
in Boston on August 07, 2025.

We are Waltham

'We are Waltham' is a community building show created by Chandreyee for her home city Waltham. Massachusetts. She finds, coaches and produces 2 large shows every year (6 tellers, 100 audience) and 2 smaller shows (4 tellers, open mic, music). Watch her share a story of her own  on the show.

Riot Improv: Stories to Scenes

Riot Improv In the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale is a little black box theater space that hosts a great improv group as well as the story telling show Stories to scenes where story tellers present stories that the improv group mines for prompts leading to an evening of hilarity- Watch Chandreyee tell about getting chicken pox and the uninspiring doctor. 

Stories From the Stage

'Stories from the stage' is an award winning series on the WORLD channel recorded in front of a live audience (at WGBH, Brighton) then broadcast online as well as on TV on the WORLD channel in most US states. Watch it here (she is 3rd in this episode.)

Suitcase Stories

'Suitcase Stories®' is produced by the International Institute of New England (IINE) and features foreign- and US-born residents sharing powerful and inspiring stories of refugee and immigrant life. Featured nationally on PBS, Suitcase Stories® exposes the complexity of immigrant experiences through entertaining and informative real-life stories. Watch Chandreyee tell her story here.

Listen to your mother

'Listen to your mother' presents true stories of motherhood staged annually in 50+ cities in the USA. Stories are carefully cast and curated. Chandreyee's piece, 'First Unborn' was a gloves-off look at miscarriage in the 2014 Boston performance. The show was held at historic Old South Church in Copley Square, Boston. Watch it here. 

Voices (by Off Kendrik)

Voices presents true Stories of South Asian Immigrant experiences biennially in the greater Boston area. It is produced by the Boston theater group Off Kendrik.​

GRIT: Podcast

GRIT is a weekly podcast about stories and the people that craft and tell them. GRIT founder Sean Wellington converses with storytellers to help listeners craft and tell better, more engaging, more relatable and more memorable stories (that matter!). Listen to him and Chandreyee discuss her process and 'emotional spice'.

GRIT: 7 by 7

Produced by Sean Wellington, '7 by 7' presents emotionally honest journeys into the problems, struggles and challenges faced by the tellers. Watch Chandreyee, at the 1:05:46 mark, talk about almost taking her own life.

Storied Nights

Produced by storyteller Linda Grosser, the 'Storied Nights' show in Newton Highlands on July 22, 2021 was themed 'It's about time'. Watch Chandreyee's story about jury duty (at the 47:10 min mark).

Rise up (MLK day)

Melanin Stories Matter is a storytelling program that showcases the impact of racism on the everyday lives of BIPOC* through individual. Chandreyee's micro-story 'Amish Cow Shed' was featured in the episode  named 'Rise up' on Jan 18th, 2021, Martin Luther King Day. Watch it here .

MassMouth Showcase

MassMouth was a well respected and beloved story telling show in Boston with regular slams, workshops and community building and periodic showcase offering a platform to favorite tellers. Watch Chandreyee tell a story in the MassMouth showcase in 2018. Watch Chandreyee share a story about riding on a bus top in Rajasthan at the iconic Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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