Although this year's event paled by comparison to last year's, it was still worth the ticket price. That's how MOTH works: it's always interesting, but it's always a crapshoot, because on any given night, the storytellers may or may not "bring it". The best of the night for touching the audience was the incomparable Grace Lee Boggs, all 4 feet something and 97 years of her. When someone lives that long and is still coherent and capable of well timed humor, it is a blessing to listen to their wisdom and wit.
The best of the remaining 4 storytellers was OT, who spoke about his years in prison, which strangely enough was the funniest 5 minutes of the evening. This guy should be on Comedy Central. The opener was good, a MOTH host who told a tale worthy of an Indiana Jones film, but the 2 young women who ended the show were obviously novices at storytelling, and both need to tweak their tales in order to convey a point or theme, and both need to work on their delivery and timing. They were okay, but not really ready for the primetime of MOTH Mainstage- yet.