It is our honor to introduce you to the talented alumni cast of Listen To Your Mother Denver! We can’t wait for you to experience the first alumni show on Sunday, November 5th at 5:00 pm! With poignant and unforgettable tributes to mothers, tales of hilarious family mishaps, lessons learned from motherhood, beautifully courageous parenting stories, and LTYM’s trademark raw honesty, you do not want to miss these stories! We are even more excited that you get to enjoy them for the first time at the Oriental Theater in the Tennyson neighborhood of Denver’s Highlands, a unique venue complete with refreshments! Tickets are on sale here. And now, meet the women bringing you this year’s stories!
Taylor Appling
Taylor is honored to be a part of the first Listen To Your Mother alumni show and has enjoyed attending both virtual and in person shows since she was a part of the 2019 cast. During the early morning hours before her family is awake she enjoys writing, daydreaming, and reflecting. Her participation in the show helped to reignite for her a passion in writing that she has relied on to help her through the many challenges that the last few years have held. Taylor leads a full life as a teacher, mother of two daughters, wife, daughter, and sister. She often finds inspiration for her writing while hiking and trail running, although her ideas got a little foggy when she recently paced her husband in the middle of the night during a 100 mile trail run. There was something poetic, though, about being wrapped in the little bubble of light from her headlamp.
Monica Breed
Monica Breed lives in Boulder with her husband, two teenage daughters and their dog, Milo. Rain or shine, she commutes daily on her bike, interacting with the world from two wheels. Monica, or “Mo,” considers herself an “educator adventurer,” someone who teaches middle school Language Arts while still doing fun stuff outside in her free time. She’s grateful for her family, her good friends, and her teaching partners, who keep it fun. Most of her writing consists of crafting models and examples for her sixth grade students, so writing for adults, where she can use bigger words and worry less about mistaken innuendos, is always a welcomed opportunity. Mo was a LTYM cast member in 2019 and May 2023 and is glad to be back in the midst of a great group of writers and humans.
[Eunice Brownlee has spent her life telling stories across many mediums. As a multi-passionate creative, she’s used photography, marketing, writing, and public speaking to connect her message to the world. Because the heart of building community begins with sharing stories, Eunice uses her stories to connect, heal, and inspire change. Eunice spends time teaching others the craft of story in her speaking and writing practice. She has coached speakers in telling their stories with WomanSpeak and TEDxFolsom. Eunice’s writing has been published in Jennifer Magazine, Motherscope, and Spoken Black Girl, to name a few. When she’s not doing any of the above, she can be found seeking her next passport stamp and drinking wine. linkedin.com/in/eunicebrownlee; Web: eunicebrownlee.com
Chris Chandler
Chris has been gifted socks that say “Ringmaster of the Shit Show,” “F*** off I’m Reading,” and “I Cannot Live Without My Dog.” That pretty much sums it up. She believes sharing our stories is healing for ourselves and the world, a practice that brings us together and helps us feel less strange and alone. Chris’s memoir, Stay Sweet: Tales of Quirky Southern Love, was published in May.
Lynn Gottman
Lynn Gottmann is a mover and shaker from the flat part of Colorado. She spent her youth riding horses and making waves. Lynn is retired from 46 years of working in schools, with 26 of those years teaching Special Education. She still shows up to help when asked, which is a bit too often. She is passionate about baking instead of feeling feelings and helping others reach their potential. In addition to her consult work, she is also very involved in non profits that are making a difference in her small part of the world. Lynn’s pride and joy are her grandchildren; creating beautiful spaces; and helping others increase their quality of life (with or without their permission). She believes most things can be solved with a long walk. Her grandchildren are the apple of her eye. When Lynn grows up she hopes to be a wildly successful business owner that makes bookoo bucks.
Bri Hill
Bri Hill is a contemporary artist, teacher, and writer. She is known for her commission work, sleek line drawings, and expressive modern abstracts. After living abroad, with her husband Matt, she currently resides on the high plains of eastern Colorado where she was born and raised. Settled near family in rural America, they are raising their two children, Benton and Scarlett, along with their dog Gladys. Bri is a veteran K-12 teacher, and now course creator where she inspires others to make art through her online classes. Her art has been featured at NYNOW in New York, the Mighty Millions house in Denver, and in the homes of hundreds of collectors. Her writing has been published in Scary Mommy, The Pregnant Chicken, The Listen to Your Mother productions, and various other publications. When she is not making a mess in her studio she can be found teaching yoga, helping with her family’s cattle, watching reality television, or feeding snacks to her small humans.
Stacey is a mother to two could-not-be-more-different daughters, ages 3 and 5. By now she thought she’d be totally immersed in motherhood, happily sitting on the floor “doing voices,” trying desperately to hold on to every precious moment. But instead, she found herself on that same floor reminiscing about the days when she was a writer (published in Paleo Magazine, Hub Spot, New You Magazine), a Chicago ad girl (Revlon, Green Toys, Enjoy Life), a paleo food blogger and health coach (at HealthyStacey.com), and a karaoke superstar (please, don’t clap). Stacey finally got tired of daydreaming about the woman she wanted to be and did something about it by creating the Mother Plus Podcast. Here, she leads women who have lost themselves to sleepless nights and 24/7 tiny human demands to a motherhood where they can be themselves, do things for themselves, and ask for what they want.
Shana Kelly
Shana Kelly began her career as a literary agent at the William Morris Agency in New York and London for ten years. She currently works as a book editor, writer, and publishing consultant, and teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. She wrote and produced A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps, a historical documentary which aired on PBS in September 2023.
Pam Moore is an occupational therapist-turned-award-winning health and fitness freelance journalist, intuitive eating coach, and podcaster. Since co-producing Boulder’s first ever Listen To Your Mother Show in 2012, she’s written for outlets including The Washington Post, The Guardian, Time, Runner’s World, Outside, SELF, WebMD, Forbes, and many others. Also a certified personal trainer, six-time marathoner, and two-time Ironman finisher, Pam hosts the Real Fit podcast, featuring conversations with women athletes about body image, “enoughness,” and more. Her mission is to help women detach their worth from their weight. She lives with her husband and two children, and rescue mutt in Boulder, Colo. Visit her at pam-moore.com.
Ellen Nordberg’s stories have appeared in The L.A. Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, The Huffington Post, Yahoo, Parade, and 5280. She has been a featured storyteller in the “Truth Be Told” Story Slam. “Stories on Stage” has performed her stories, and she holds a Colorado Author’s League Award “Best Essay” award.
Drew is a Colorado Native who has been residing in Boulder County since 1985. She and her husband Dan are active Longmonters, enjoying the outdoors whenever they can and herding their 3 cats who have a collective age of 155 and, when mixed together, look like a Black and Tan! Drew spends her summers camping and hiking and her winters skiing and snowboarding. Her award winning interior design business, Adue Interiors, recently opened Belladue, a companion furniture shop to help showcase her love of regenerative and sustainable products. Belladue sells upcycled and upscaled furniture pieces where Drew adds a unique beauty, class and sparkle to each piece. Drew strives to make a small footprint on the earth, living and practicing with Earth-Friendly choices. If you want to know how to live without single-use plastic just ask Drew!
Jenn Yee is a writer, artist, educator, comedian, and mother. She performed in Socially Distant Mother, a storytelling broadcast beamed around the world during the pandemic. She has also appeared on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, and as a keynote or panelist at Denver Startup Week, Boulder Startup Week and Chicago Ideas Week. Jenn recently took up stand up comedy – you might find her at an open mic around the Front Range, working on her set. Jenn has worked as a learning & development executive, strategy consultant, career advisor, coding school director, and startup founder. She is passionate about making work suck less for everyone. Jenn proudly serves as a Board Director at the Boulder Library Foundation, and loves gardening, baking bread, illustrating, hiking with her husband and pals, and being a mom to two pretty special little humans.
Meet Your LTYM Boulder Producers
Stephanie Sprenger
Stephanie Sprenger is a writer, producer, music therapist, and mother of two daughters. Her work has been published in O Magazine, The Washington Post’s On Parenting, Brain, Child Magazine, Cosmopolitan.com, Mutha Magazine, Redbook.com, the Huffington Post, The Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Motherwell Magazine, and Scary Mommy, among other places. She is also co-editor of The HerStories Project, a writing and publishing community for women at midlife and co-hosts the Mother Plus Podcast. Stephanie’s favorite people are her twelve- and seventeen-year-old daughters and their wild aunties, aka her beloved best friends. Stephanie’s writing can be found on her Substack column, Midlife Mommy, for Real. She is working on a memoir.
Megan Vos
Megan Vos is a writer, producer, educator, and mom who lives in Boulder, CO. When she’s not teaching, advocating, or writing, Megan loves sunny hikes, a good latte, adventuring with her kids and her puppy, and doing the New York Times Crossword with her partner (together, they sometimes complete some of the easy puzzles). Megan’s writing has been published in Motherscope, Kindred, Motherwell, and Journal of Expressive Writing.
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We can’t wait to see you on November 5th at the Oriental Theater! Tickets are on sale here.
Your 2023 LTYM Boulder/Denver Production Team,
Stephanie & Megan
