Manuel’s Storytelling Series Carapace Comes To TV

Carapace, founded in February 2010 by Joyce Mitchell and Randy Osborne, is a monthly event featuring true personal stories recited in the very crowded space of Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta. Every fourth Tuesday of the month, ordinary raconteurs tell true, personal, five-minute (or so) stories. 

And now, PBA30 is bringing some of those stories to television with “Life Stories: True Tales from Carapace.” 

WABE’s Lois Reitzes was joined by Osborne and PBA producer Jack Walsh to talk about the show and what makes the telling of stories so compelling.

“Life Stories” premiers Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBA30. Manuel’s Tavern will host a special screening of the program immediately following Tuesday’s Carapace event. See the trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjoS_Y2H4w0