ERROL MCLENDON
1411 Wenonah Avenue
Berwyn, IL 60402
773-562-1752errol.mclendon@gmail.com
https://www.innerstatestories.com/
Errol has told stories at Backroom Stories, Story Collider, Do Not Submit, This Much is True, Is This a Thing?, Pour One Out, Stories R Us, Ten by Nine, Story Serenade, First Person Live, online for The Elmhurst History Museum website and over radio station KPFT in Houston. He has performed and taught workshops in Kansas City and at The St. Louis Storytelling Festival, Tejas Storytelling Conference in Houston, Tejas Storytelling Festival in Denton and the Minnesota Storyfest.
Errol is a two-time Moth winner and has had one of his stories featured on The Moth podcast and on The Moth Radio Hour. Errol's solo show, Inner State Stories, about how memories of roadtrips with his mother provided comfort when she had to deal with Alzheimer's, has toured to Atlanta, Indianapolis and Orlando. A second solo show, Unrested Spirits, tells about Errol's years as a ghost hunter premiered in Chicago last October. A third solo show about fathers, "Dad? Daddy? Poppa?" Will premier this Father's Day weekend.
Errol also does one-on-one story coaching, teaches a four-week storytelling workshop series and hosts a monthly storytelling show, Let Me Tell You, and a monthly open mic. Errol also does storytelling programs for high schools and senior living communities, preserving two generations of personal narrative. www.innerstatestories.com,