Fourth Thursday of every month
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Starts in JUNE 2018!
Do Not Submit River North takes place in a beautiful and accessible space in a bustling Chicago neighborhood. Arrive at 6:00 to sign up for a spot, and when your name is called, you will get 7 minutes on stage to tell any story you'd like. (Late arrivals can sign up as long as there are spots still available. The event ends at 8:00.)
This location is fully ADA accessible. (We are currently looking for volunteers who would be interested in providing ASL services for the event. Please contact us if interested.)
No experience necessary to participate.
Questions, comments, concerns or suggestions? Email us at donotsubmitchicago@gmail.com
This location is fully ADA accessible. (We are currently looking for volunteers who would be interested in providing ASL services for the event. Please contact us if interested.)
No experience necessary to participate.
Questions, comments, concerns or suggestions? Email us at donotsubmitchicago@gmail.com
About Your Hosts
Scott Nance has worked at Access Living since 2010, first as a Community Reintegration Housing Placement Coordinator, then a Community Supports Coordinator, then as the Home and Community Ombudsman Program Training and Resource Specialist and serves today as the Disability Resource Coordinator. With experience as an United States Army veteran, food and retail service provider, paraprofessional in Special Education and activist activities with ADAPT, Scott believes in service to something bigger than himself. Scott got his start volunteering at Access Living in 2009 as a trainer with the Personal Attendant Registry and has a lifetime of experience with the disabled community in both personal and professional capacities.
Michael Herzovi started as a student in radio at WBEZ-FM and finished with an MFA in playwriting from SIU in Carbondale. He is currently a featured performer with Small Fish Radio Theatre, including their podcasts for the Chicago Fringe Festival and the Atlanta Fringe Festival. He has been a mentor, writer, and performer with Tellin’ Tales Theatre since 2006, beginning with Six Stories Up in the Ozone. He began writing and performing monologues with the Access Project at Victory Gardens Theater, and started storytelling with Tellin’ Tales Theater in shows like DiverCity and Phobias. In 2016 he helped write and performed their FREEDOM: Out of Order, produced with the Chicago Voices project of the Lyric Opera. In June he shared a new solo piece for DiverCity 2017. As a member of the Artistic Development Workshop of the Access Project at Victory Gardens Theater, he appears in their annual showcase Sketchtopia as a writer and performer, numerous workshops of new plays, and was in the ensemble for the Bodies of Work festival in 2006.