Yum’s The Word” is the only show that blends old-school fun with modern-day storytelling. Each month comedic storyteller, Robin Gelfenbien, hosts this unique event replete with Mad Libs, Pin the Hose on the Fireman and her homemade ice cream cakes.*
 
Join Robin and some of the country’s best storytellers, comedians and writers for a decadent night of stories and treats.
 
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Time Out New York Critics’ Pick
 
“We love Yum’s the Word”
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One of “5 Comedy Shows to Watch”
Time Out New York Comedy
 
One of “5 Top Storytelling Series in NYC”
CBS New York
 
One of “5 Best Comedy Shows Hosted by Women in NYC”
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*Lactaid pills available at every show. Seriously.
 

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Jimmy Fallon has described Dion Flynn as, “One of the funniest guys I know.” Flynn is best known as Barack Obama on The Tonight Show, with 45 appearances on NBC with Mr. Fallon. Dion recently hosted the Moth StorySlam’s Harlem debut. A 10-year veteran of The Peoples Improv Theatre, Dion plays on the P.I.T. house team Big Black Car and co-stars in “Clanging With Josh And Dion” alongside Josh Radnor of “How I Met Your Mother” fame.
 
Dion garnered raves for his recent solo show: “The Only Brown Kid In The Trailer Park”, and just wrapped shooting the new DirectTV series: Almost There as well as developing two series of his own, one titled Sandbox and the upcoming web-series Improv-ing The World with Dion. Dion earned his MFA in Acting from NYU and his theatrical history includes performances with Shakespeare in the Park and both The Public & Guthrie Theaters.
 

 
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Leslie Goshko is the host and creator of the monthly storytelling series, Sideshow Goshko, which has been hailed as a Time Out New York and New York Times “Critics’ Pick”, and also noted as “a well-programmed night” by the New York Times. Sideshow Goshko has been featured on TruTV’s Impractical Jokers, NPR’s Snap Judgment, and in The New Yorker.

A Manhattan Monologue Slam Champion, and contributing blogger for the Huffington Post, Leslie’s stories and comedy writing have appeared on Sirius XM, WNYC, New York Metro “Funny Page,” and more. Her cabaret show “An Old-Fashioned Piano Party with Leslie Goshko” is heralded as a Time Out New York “Critic’s Pick,” and she served as the musical director for NY1 anchors Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter’s live show at 92Y, “Pat and Jamie’s NY.”

Leslie has been featured on two albums: the full-length album for kids’ band “Thunder and Sunshine” (of which she is a member) and on the GlasOnGlas EP “Silver and Violet.” She can regularly be seen behind the baby grand playing live piano karaoke at Sid Gold’s Request Room in NYC. And thanks to the support of many Internet voters, she performed with the cast of Hairspray on Broadway.

Frank Gauthier affectionately known as “Uncle Frank” is an actor and singer who’s a regular at The Moth. He performs a one man Ed Sullivan show and is working on a one man show about his experiences in military intelligence, an oxymoron.

my Klein is a Moth StorySLAM winner who has also appeared at The Moth GrandSLAM and the Story Collider series. She writes about health, fertility, travel and the arts. She writes the Fertility Diary column in the New York Times Motherlode blog, and her work has appeared in Slate, Salon, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times and other places.
 
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Robin Gelfenbien is the self-proclaimed Ambassador of Fun and an NYC-based storyteller, writer and comedian. She’s a three-time Moth Story SLAM winner who has performed on PBS, RISK!, Mortified and countless other shows. She’s also shared the stage with Hannah Gadsby, Trevor Noah and more.

Robin is the Creator and Host of the storytelling series and podcast, “Yum’s the Word,” that features her homemade ice cream cakes. The show has been named a New York Times and Time Out New York Critic’s Pick. Guests have included Tim Gunn, Jason Biggs, Joy Behar and stars from “Orange is the New Black.”

New York Magazine called her solo show, “My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey,” “the highlight of the Fringe” and Time Out New York gave it 4 stars.

She’s performed her original comedy songs at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and on Sirius Radio. She’s also been featured in Marie Claire magazine and she starred in a commercial directed by Spike Lee.