About Anne…
Anne Purky is a writer and storyteller and producer of Stand & Deliver, an immensely popular open mic storytelling series she launched in early 2020 that is hosted by the Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest. The show brings together first-time and emerging storytellers to share funny, poignant and thought-provoking stories before a live audience. She is also a founding producer of Truth be Told, a curated storytelling show also hosted by Gorton that she grew from an audience of 50 to 200. Anne has performed her own stories in and around Chicago since 2017, appearing at Steppenwolf Theater, Ragdale, and Story Jam at City Winery, among other venues. In 2019 and 2020, Anne performed two sold out, one-woman shows at the Fillet of Solo Festival in Chicago. And in 2019 she joined the Story Jam team as a producer and team leader for corporate events and the Story Jam podcast. Anne attended Northwestern University and the MFA program in writing at the School of the Art Institute and lives in Lake Forest with her husband, daughter and their black lab, Augustus.
