{"id":163710,"date":"2026-02-04T16:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163710\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:08:07","slug":"stories-on-the-edge-brings-storytelling-to-berkeleys-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163710\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories on the Edge’ brings storytelling to Berkeley’s Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the time, when you buy a theater ticket<\/a> you know what you\u2019re in for. Not so with \u201cTILT: Stories on the Edge,\u201d a production<\/a> that relies on everyday people to step up and reveal their private reckonings. The stories might be funny, painful or poignant, but at the end of the night they\u2019re all meant to be unforgettable.<\/p>\n

Following a sold-out performance in L.A., \u201cTILT\u201d arrives in Berkeley on Feb. 12 at the Marsh Arts Center. Guiding the night\u2019s action is host Aaron Samson, a playwright and Moth StorySLAM champion who\u2019ll tell his own special story. The way it works is audience members send pitches to the organizers and, if selected, they get 5-7 minutes to do live storytelling on stage. (Those interested should send a three-sentence pitch by email to sharistrulson@gmail.com, or bring it up in person that night, describing a true, first-person story they are ready to publicly disclose.)<\/p>\n

\u201cTILT\u201d is a fundraiser for the Alex Manfull Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting childhood neuroimmune disorders such as pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). So if you want another reason to attend, there\u2019s that, writes an organizer: \u201cNot only will you be captivated by powerful stories of being \u2018on the edge\u2019 \u2014 of resilience, or frustration, discovery, joy, risks, burnout, or understanding, etc. \u2014 you will also be supporting a really important cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details: Doors open 5 p.m. and show starts 6 p.m. on Feb. 12 at 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley; tickets are $30-$200 and available at givebutter.com\/tilt-berkeley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most of the time, when you buy a theater ticket you know what you\u2019re in for. Not so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[79259,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-163710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-bay-area-theater-storytelling-moth-tilk-stories-on-the-edge-los-angeles-berkeley-tickets-february-2026-events-shows","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}