THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • 19 May 2026

THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • A Storytelling Variety Show hosted by (Curator • Writer • Coach • Editor • Creative Community Entrepreneur)

FEATURING the following critically acclaimed talent (in alpha order):

🐝 Christine Adams {Poet • Executive Director, Kent Historical Society •} 🐝 {The Moth Slam Winner (2X!) • Int'l 14-City Tour • St. Martin's Memoirist 🐝 {Singer-Songwriter • Award-Winning Podcaster • Music Producer} 🐝 {Playwright & Singer "Top Drawer" [Int'l Fringe Festival] • "Husbands & Wives" [Woody Allen Movie] • Voice Coach}🐝 {Cartoonist • The Moth Radio Hour • Guggenheim Fellow}

NOTE: Actual lineup sequence will follow AGENDA BELOW

🎤 $20 COVER 🍻 $20 DINING MINIMUM (GREAT FULL DINNER + DRINKS MENU) 🥂 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMERS (LISTED IN LAUNCHING SEQUENCE) 👇

🐝 Flash Rosenberg • "Citizen Artist" (Wit Bit)

^ draws, photographs, writes, and performs.
She is a Guggenheim Fellow, who served as the pioneering Artist-in-Residence for LIVE from the NY Public Library, where she drew conversations between authors, artists and provocateurs to create "portraits of ideas" in real-time. Her work is featured in the 2026 exhibit "Citizen Artist" at the Delaware Art through July 19, 2026. She is a three-time Mainstage Storyteller for The Moth. Creator of "FlashThink Cartoons." Voted "Funniest Person in Philadelphia" twice in the 90s by "The Philadelphia City Paper" for her daily, public radio spots on WXPN, "Flash Moments." She was an Academy Award finalist for her experimental short "Pulse of Desire." She taught "Perception Studies" for Cooper Union, conducted entirely on the NYC subways. Flash Rosenberg Studio is a full-service art, motion picture, merriment, and mischief factory, based in Harlem. She lives with two turtles and infinite questions. [Photo Credit: Chicago CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) Artist, Alan Teller CETA ]

🐝 Adelaide Mestre • "I wish it so" (Musical Memoir)

^ is an award-winning actress, singer, writer and solo show performer. In her work, she mines the autobiographical material of her childhood and family history, chronicling the trials and tribulations of growing up in an unusual family among artists and other eccentric personalities. She has performed in numerous theatrical productions, musicals, cabarets, and films, including Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives. Adelaide has written and performed several solo shows including: Dead Mosquito at Emerging Artists Theatre's One Woman Standing Festival and Out of Step at Where Eagles Dare Theatre. Her ten-minute play, It’s My Amygdala was produced at the Estrogenius Festival and the SoHo Playhouse. Her full-length musical memoir, Top Drawer premiered in the New York International Fringe Festival and has since enjoyed multiple productions at theatres in New York and cities around the country. In 2017 Adelaide received the Bill Bowers Award of Excellence at the SaraSolo Fesival in Sarasota, Fl and in 2018 performed to sold out shows in Miami at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. Most recently her show was produced at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor and the Southampton Cultural Center.

🐝 James Braly • (Autobiographical Story)

^ is the first two-time winner of The Moth GrandSlam and has contributed autobiographical stories to This American Life and The New York Times. His Off Broadway monologue Life in a Marital Institution: 20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Hour was a New York Times Critics Pick. The show spawned a fourteen-city national tour produced by Meredith Vieira Productions, a live audio recording that spent twelve weeks on the Amazon Hot 100 Comedy List, and a memoir published by St. Martins Press. In his other professional life, James ghostwrites speeches and books for executives and entrepreneurs – including a couple bestsellers he’d crow about if he hadn’t signed NDAs.

🐝 Justin Gild • "My Baby Knows" (Singer Songwriter)

was born and raised in NYC and has been involved in music since age 11. Since graduating from Purchase Conservatory of Music in 2004, Justin has been involved in countless musical projects. As a studio and performing guitarist, he has recorded, toured, and performed with independent acts and major label artists ranging in genre from Rock, Metal, alternative, to Country, Singer/Songwriter. Jazz, to hip hop, Reggae and electronic. In 2004, He founded the Chappaqua Rocks(New York Rock Academy) music camp and has worked with students of all ages. Many of his students are currently enrolled in conservatories or are pursuing music careers of their own. He has been musical director for a number of theater performances as well as performing bands. As a producer, arranger, and writer he has worked with a wide assortment of singer/songwriters, bands, hip hip, electronic, Latin, RnB and Reggae, artists. He has scored commercials for local businesses and big name companies such as Kraft and Jeep. He currently produces a popular fitness podcast called the GymWits. Justin is a perfectionist with a tireless work ethic and a passion for developing talent. Regardless of genre or scope of the project, Justin is always willing to lend his talents and wisdom while giving his best effort.

🐝 Victoria C. Rowan • Curator + Host

^: Curator • Writer • Coach • Editor • Creative Community Entrepreneur

Curating + Hosting: NYC: 92nd St. Y • The National Arts Club • Pangea • KGB Red Room, Mediabistro.com Northwestern Connecticut: Spring Hill Arts Gathering/ Vineyards • Judy Black Park Memorial Park & Gardens • The Ideas Depot • The Stone Church + Meetinghouse

Writing: The New York Times • The Financial Times • New York Magazine • Time Out New York + dozens of other domestic and international media outlets

Clients: Support clients as coach, editor, dramaturg; a partial listing of critically and commercially acclaimed writers + other outstanding creatives

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