The Moth Mainstage

When’s the last time you did something... daring?

This Fall, The Moth Mainstage is coming to New York City for one unforgettable evening. Five storytellers will explore the theme of “DARING,” with true and personal stories told live and without notes. Stories of bold choices, audacious proclamations, and moments that required everything they had. Expect to laugh, gasp, cry, and maybe even cover your eyes.

Experience The Moth Mainstage live as storytellers take risks, explore human truths, and challenge audiences to consider what it means to be daring.

Get your tickets now. We dare you.

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ABOUT THE MOTH

The Moth is a nonprofit dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented over 60,000 true personal stories, told live, without notes, to standing-room-only audiences around the globe.

Renowned for showcasing a broad range of human experiences, The Moth produces approximately 600 live and virtual shows each year, including The Moth StorySLAM program, which conducts open-mic storytelling competitions in 28 cities around the world, and The Moth Mainstage which has featured stories by Elizabeth Gilbert, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hasan Minhaj, Kathleen Turner, Malcolm Gladwell, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, John Turturro, Molly Ringwald, Boots Riley, Krista Tippett, Damon Young, Mike Birbiglia, Rosanne Cash and Tig Notaro, as well as an astronaut, a pickpocket, a hotdog eating champion and hundreds more. Additionally, The Moth runs storytelling workshops for students, teachers, adults, advocates, and professionals from around the world through its Education, Community Engagement, Global Community and MothWorks Programs.

The Moth brings storytelling to audiences each and every week through the long-standing and beloved The Moth Podcast, which is downloaded tens of millions of times a year, as well as the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, which is heard on 560+ public radio stations.

The Moth recently released its first card deck, A Game of Storytelling (Clarkson-Potter), and its second podcast, the Webby Award-Winning, Grown, available on all major streaming platforms. To date, The Moth has published five critically acclaimed books: New York Times Bestseller The Moth: 50 True Stories (Hachette Books, September 2013), All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown (Crown Archetype, March 2017) — described as “wonderful” by NYT’s Michiko Kakutani and New York Times Bestsellers Occasional Magic: True Stories of Defying the Impossible (Crown Archetype, March 2019), How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth (Crown Archetype, April 2022) and its newest book, A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding On and Letting Go (Crown Archetype, March 2024).

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ABOUT THE FALL 2025 MAINSTAGE SEASON

The Moth Mainstage shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.

This fall, The Moth is bringing Mainstage shows to 16 cities, including NYC, San Francisco, London, and Nairobi. Each of these shows will explore the season theme, DARING, but the stories and their tellers will never be the same. This season holds stories that will make you laugh, gasp, and maybe cover your eyes. Bold choices. Audacious proclamations. Courageous humility. Each night, completely unique.