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the tMi ProjeCtthe tMi ProjeCt

sTORY sLAMs!wORkshOps!

RETREATs!pERFORMANCEs!

presents

what is the tMi ProjeCt?

How many times have we all been on either end of a conversation that began that way? For some reason, sharing TMI – “Too Much Information” – tends to be a guilty

pleasure for both divulger and divulgee. On both ends, there’s something incredibly cathartic and connective about revealing our deepest and darkest. We at the TMI Project are inclined to believe it’s actually good for us all, so no reason to feel guilty.

The personal is universal, and by sharing the parts of stories many of us typically leave out for public consumption – our writers/performers help to reveal common threads in all our lives. The secret parts are the ones we most long to share and hear. In telling and hearing them, we get connected. In our experience, storyteller and viewer alike leave the show with a new understanding of their experiences, and a new openness. We’ve heard on many occasions that audience members share juicy morsels in car rides home that they never would have discussed otherwise.

“ I hope thIs Isn’t tMI, but…”

The Secret Life

of a Secretary

Mission

We aim to get women and men from all walks of life crafting and telling the stories that have been burning in their souls while they’ve been afraid or ashamed to share them publicly. We foster the belief that knowing we all share similarly difficult secrets increases our compassion for one another; in our communities and in the world.

We also believe in presenting a diverse mix of stories, from all corners, so that we can bring about greater understanding of the people we often never get to hear from.

“My exPerienCe in tMi was better than any theraPy i have ever had–and there was no Co-Pay!” —2010 Participant, Kyra Greweling

For booking ContaCt:Eva Tenuto 914.299.2363

astarlingproduction@gmail.comSee more at tmiproject.org

Menu oF oPtions

PerForManCeWe bring our stories to you. We talk, you listen. You applaud, we bow!

CorPorate events

We offer workshops for

personal development,

public speaking, and

team-building.

CoMMunity outreaCh

We offer performances and workshops for communities

where people are facing difficult circumstances and are likely to get

relief from sharing their stories.

Colleges and universitiesWe perform for you and provide a follow up workshop where you will perform for us by the completion of the program.

tMidolMonthly story slam

competitions with a

chance to win a spot in

an annual

TMI Production.

Meet the tMi teaM

julie novak (improv coach/techniCal director) has been doing improvisational theatre since she could speak. Aside from performing in TMI, Ms. Novak is the official Emcee of the Broads Regional Arm Wrestling League in New York’s Hudson Valley (part of the national Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers), where her improv skills have helped raise thousands of dollars for women’s causes. She was a core touring member of Arm of the Sea Theatre, an environmental activist puppet theatre troupe and has recorded an album with her band Guitars and Hearts. She is also the co-author (with Jacinta Bunnell) of the feminist coloring book Girls are Not Chicks.

eva tenuto (director) studied acting at American Academy of Dramatic

Arts and went on to found The Women’s Experimental Theater Group. Based out of New

York City, The W.E.T.G.irls wrote, directed and produced original material based on

real life experiences for over a decade. They performed at venues in NYC and numerous

East Coast Colleges. After receiving a MA in Elementary Education, Eva focused on

using self-created theater to increase the self-esteem of teenage girls in a pre-college

curriculum at Barnard College. The impact of the work with the W.E.T. G.irls and

the teenagers confirmed the power of taking life experiences and turning them into

powerful performances. Ms. Tenuto has raised thousands of dollars for various women’s

organizations directing The Vagina Monologues starring Academy Award winner, Melissa

Leo and with productions of TMI. Of all the projects she has worked on, TMI has been

the most powerful and rewarding. She is honored to be a part of the transformation of so

many people’s stories.

sari botton (writing

workshop leader) has worked

as a journalist, essayist, ghostwriter, and

teacher of various kinds of writing. Her

work has appeared in The New York Times,

New York Magazine, The Village Voice,

Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, More, The

Rumpus, plus other publications and

anthologies. She has been an adjunct

professor in the journalism department

at SUNY Albany and taught first-person

writing in the continuing education

program at SUNY Ulster.

“thank you tMi For boldly revealing

yourselves through exCellent and

entertaining storytelling. yours is

good work on Many levels — Creative,

CoMMunity, PsyChologiCal, eConoMiC to

naMe a Few. keeP it CoMing!” —j.s.

“i laughed and Choked uP just as

advertised. the diversity oF stories gave

soMething For everyone. i hoPe this show

gets Further exPosure as i think it rings

a great Cord with Power to bring PeoPle

together … soMething this Country Could

really use. thanks again.” —F.h.

Praise FroM audienCe

“ i’M sPinning like an eCstatiC little toP aFter seeing tMi - it’s kind oF all i want to talk about right now. awesoMe. go see it!” —e.C.s.

“last night was My First tMi and i was siMPly bowled over. wow! thank you!!” —k.M.

“tMi —i laughed and Cried! it’s

two days later and i aM still

thinking about it... loved it!

bravo!” —t.l.

“being Part oF the workshoP and

going through the ProCess brought

Forth eMotional insights i never

exPeCted and aM grateFul to have.”

—niCole b.

“i have to thank you...iF i didn’t have tMi in My liFe i think i would be in a suPer bad PlaCe. it is the roCk that is holding Me together right now. i’M not kidding!” — anonyMous

Praise FroM PartiCiPants

“i joined tMi aFter seeing the PerForManCe. i was so iMPressed with the truth oF the woMen’s stories and how entertaining the stories were. i now have a greater understanding oF who i aM and i have a More ProFound eMPathy For others as we all share our stories together in the workshoPs.” —Marta w.

“it was FasCinating to hear the thoughts that had helPed us or kePt us hostage. i have grown so MuCh siMPly beCause oF My exPosure to all these woMen and i know i Can keeP growing and growing with every story i hear. it’s wonderFul.” —sandra C.

BECOME A BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE TMI PROJECT

THE BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP:• You will help us achieve our mission to enrich and transform individuals and communities alike, by fostering the creative expression, development and performance of true stories.

• You will make it possible for us to acquire space to work and teach, to complete our media materials, to become a non-profit, to expand programming to teens and women in need, and the incarcerated, to go on tour and create scholarships so we can reach people who do not have access to the therapeutic effect of writing workshops and theater.

• It is great for your business reputation to be branded as an arts supporter.

• every time we have a sold out show, we are enhancing the local economy.

• By contributing to the tMI project and helping us further momentum, you will be enabling us to continue to reach new audience members and in turn new customers for you too.

• It’s a win-win situation!

SPONSORSHIP COMMITMENT FORM/First Quarter 2012We have so much planned for the first quarter of 2012: transformational workshops, sold out performances, packed story slams, healing retreats and more! Our programs enrich the Hudson Valley Community and we need help from local businesses to continue to make our work possible. please consider funding some portion of one or more of our upcoming programs!

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2011-2012A LIST OF EVENTS THAT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HELP MAkE POSSIBLE.

JANUARY1/14 – COMMOn tHreADsCommon threads is an annual weekend retreat for high school students that offers workshops on current adolescent issues in a safe and fun-filled atmosphere. the retreat aims to empower youth by creating a sense of community and an awareness of how to create positive change in areas such as diversity, health, personal safety, political advocacy, and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. tMI will host a short performance relevant to the conference as well as a condensed writing workshop.Associated Production Costs: Travel, $250

1/19 8pM – t.M.I.DOL A contest for the next story slam star!A predetermined topic is announced and writers have a chance to craft a compelling five-minute tale, sticking closely to topic and time., rondout Music Lounge, Kingston nYAssociated Production Costs: Marketing, $500

FEBRUARY2/3, 2/4, 2/5 – tOO MUCH InFOrMAtIOn! the culmination of the 12-week tMI: page to stage Writing Workshop. through a series of prompts and timed writings, participants are encouraged to dig deep and reveal the stories they usually keep to themselves. A tolerant, safe environment

allows everyone to share freely – and as a result, to touch, move, and inspire, with stories that are more universal than we’d realized when going through them alone.the rosendale Movie theater. 8pM Fri & sat, 2pM sunAssociated Production Costs: Theater Rental, $3,000; Rehearsal Rental, $1,500; Crew & Tech, $1,000; Marketing, $500

2/24, 2/25, 2/26 WOMen’s WeeKenD retreAt A full weekend for participants to focus on themselves and their creativity at rosendale’s own relaxing LifeBridge sanctuary. this condensed version of the tMI page to stage Writing Workshop provides a tolerant, safe environment that allows everyone to share freely. Yoga and massage also available. Yes, it’s possible, in the space of two-and-a-half days, to produce a polished short monologue. We’ll help you.Associated Production Costs: Site Rental $1,500; Catering $1,500; Marketing, $500; Yoga $250

MARCH3/16, 3/17 tOO MUCH InFOrMAtIOn!A second run of the February performance at the Brooklyn Lyceum.Associated Production Costs: Travel $1,500; Crew & Tech $1,000; Marketing, $500

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