Every Family’s Got One

A Story About Falling Out of a Car

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel I remember falling out of a car.   It is a slow-moving car on a busy thoroughfare. Somehow the passenger door opens and I can feel myself falling out of the car, head first, in slow-motion. For most of my life, I’ve had this reoccurring dream. Now, I don’t remember... ever falling out of a car as a child. There is no family lore. No charmingly hilarious story about the time Barbara fell out of a car and landed on top of her head on, say, Stuart Avenue. But I’ve had this car [...]

2019-11-18T11:37:19-05:00March 20, 2019|7 Comments

A Story About Interracial Marriage

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Rochelle Fritsch "Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." ~ Barry Switzer Whether that quote evokes thoughts of privileged heirs claiming they worked for every penny they've earned, or if it calls to mind superior attitudes of a people or nation that have forgotten rough-edged forebears who laid their foundation, it smacks of an embarrassing truth. No one is immune to adopting this selective remembrance or air of superiority. Including me. Fifteen years ago... God saw I needed a life partner and in His time, [...]

2019-03-16T14:43:35-04:00March 6, 2019|2 Comments

A Story About Finding My Best Friend

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel   The dismissal bell sounded and the hallway instantaneously filled with the sights, smells, and the carryings-on of the cool, sort-of-cool, and not-so-cool tweens and teens of junior high. Hence the “smells.” (My 13-year-old self landed squarely in the middle of “sort-of” and I’m fairly certain I smelled AOK for the most part. My worst offense being: a heavy hand with the Jean Nate After Bath Splash.)  That’s when I saw her walking my way… Green-ribbed turtleneck, short sleeves Black and green plaid bell-bottomed pants Blue eyes   The blondiest of [...]

2019-11-18T11:38:33-05:00February 19, 2019|10 Comments

A Story About a Sailor and Bravery

By Every Family's Got Founder -- Barbara Herel   He was a 19-year-old sailor stationed at the naval base on Chincoteague Island in Virginia. He doesn’t remember what started the fight. It was in the barracks. Two sailors were pummeling a third. A friend thought it was best to walk away, to just forget about it. His instincts told him something else. He told the aggressors they had 24-hours to turn themselves in – or he would. In the middle of the night, the sailors attacked him as he slept in his bunk. He went to the hospital. His attackers went [...]

2019-11-18T12:16:00-05:00August 29, 2018|Comments Off on A Story About a Sailor and Bravery

Announcing the 2018 Cast of Every Family’s Got One

Every Family’s Got One Founder – Barbara Herel   I am excited to announce our cast. But first, I need to tell you we were floored by your response! Audition videos came from... Long Island, New York City, Westchester, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Let me tell you, Family, there are amazing storytellers all around us! What’s more, the quality of the work was astounding. You just blew us away. And you happily made our casting decision a difficult one. Most difficult in fact! We spent many hours in our café eating our way through the casting process. (But seriously, we forgive you.) [...]

2019-11-18T12:19:33-05:00July 25, 2018|8 Comments

OPEN CALL AUDITIONS! For the staged-reading performance of EVERY FAMILY’S GOT ONE

From Every Family's Got One Founder - Barbara Herel  OPEN CALL FOR AUDITIONS BEGINS TODAY AND ENDS ON SUNDAY, JULY 15.    Every Family's Got One storytelling show is on:  THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 7 PM. AT THE CINEMA ARTS THEATER IN HUNTINGTON, NY We’re looking for your go-to story about growing up in your family, or raising a family, or deciding not to have a family, or having problems starting a family, or your work family, or … you get the idea. A story that's hilarious, or tragic, or surprising, or awe-inspiring. Yes, THAT family story. HERE’S HOW [...]

2019-11-18T12:33:32-05:00June 13, 2018|8 Comments
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