b'Have you Heard the Story aboutMaplewoodsBoo Trundle?The Moth StorySLAM victor brings her skills to the South Orange-Maplewood Adult SchoolBY DONNY LEVITO awarmweek- Boo Trundle participated in the Jersey Storytellers show at the Asburyforhostingopen-micnightStorySLAM n nightinlatecompetitions throughout the United States spring, Boo Trun- and beyond. As of 2019, 29 cities through-dle is seated in herout the world host monthly StorySLAMs, living room with awith more than 500 stations airing the Pea-smallassemblagebodyAward-winningMothRadioHour. ofSouthOrangeAnd 61 million people every year download andMaplewoodresidents,mostofwhomThe Moth Podcast.have just met for the first time. Over the nextPark Hotel, August 2018. BeforecuratingtheMapsoStorytell-two hours, the newcomers will share a wideingShowseries, Trundlenotonlywona array of true-life stories.dozensoflocalstorytellerswhileproducingsevenStorySLAM competition in New York, but The material is rich, diverse, shocking, and some- storytellingshowsfortheSouthOrange-Maple- also made it to two GrandSLAM championships. times hysterically funny. Yet Trundle, who guides thewood community. The events continue to gain mo- Her continued success within the format as well as discussion and feedback for this evenings workshop,mentum, with more community members express- her strong coaching skills will be on display when does so with an air of great respect and poise. Onlying interest in learning the craft. she teaches The Art of Storytelling this fall at the days later, the group will tell these stories to a publicThe craft of telling stories is an old-fashionedSouth Orange-Maplewood Adult School.audience as part of the June 2019 installment of theart, says Trundle. However, storytelling has surgedThe South Orange-Maplewood Adult School was Mapso Storytelling Show. in popularity over the last two decades primarily duefounded in 1933 during the Great Depression and is Over the last few years, Trundle has worked withto The Moth, a nonprofit organization responsiblethe oldest operating adult school in New Jersey. In 18/ matters magazine / school 2019'