David Lawson
@lawsononstage.bsky.social
I talk onstage. Host of the Astoria Bookshop Storytelling Show, 1st Thursdays every month. He/him/his. #BlackLivesMatter.
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David Lawson
@lawsononstage.bsky.social
· May 27
I’ve finished my first semester in Baruch College’s MA Arts Administration program. I got two As and a B+. Even with 17 years away from a classroom, adjusting to classes where I read the Harvard Business Review and had to define promissory estoppel, I felt fearless. More to come this fall.
I’ve had smooth, on-time rides with the new R211A trains on the G. And I particularly love the very detailed digital displays over the doors with bus and subway transfers, street exits, stairs and elevators. Right down to which car you’re on.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’ve had smooth, on-time rides with the new R211A trains on the G. And I particularly love the very detailed digital displays over the doors with bus and subway transfers, street exits, stairs and elevators. Right down to which car you’re on.
In the crowd last night for Bailey Swilley’s one-woman show Gimmie a Sign! Part of closing night of the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival at Under St. Marks.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In the crowd last night for Bailey Swilley’s one-woman show Gimmie a Sign! Part of closing night of the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival at Under St. Marks.
Performed with an excellent lineup on How Was It? at QED hosted by Matt Storrs last night. Wonderful to perform a brand new 10 minute story about something I’ve been living through the past few months. How Was It? goes up the 1st and 3rd Saturdays every month at QED.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Performed with an excellent lineup on How Was It? at QED hosted by Matt Storrs last night. Wonderful to perform a brand new 10 minute story about something I’ve been living through the past few months. How Was It? goes up the 1st and 3rd Saturdays every month at QED.
#FridayReads: I’ve loved Ta-Nehisi Coates’s work for years. The Message, particularly the chapter on his trip to Palestine in summer 2023, is an impactful read. In that chapter Coates documents the degrading day-to-day experience of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza under Israel’s occupation.
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#FridayReads: I’ve loved Ta-Nehisi Coates’s work for years. The Message, particularly the chapter on his trip to Palestine in summer 2023, is an impactful read. In that chapter Coates documents the degrading day-to-day experience of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza under Israel’s occupation.
Through 11/26 the MTA is taking public comments on the new 19 stop Interborough Express train connecting Jackson Heights, Queens to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn using already existing rails. I let them know I am overwhelmingly in support yet that I hope they can make it heavy rail instead of a “light metro.”
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Through 11/26 the MTA is taking public comments on the new 19 stop Interborough Express train connecting Jackson Heights, Queens to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn using already existing rails. I let them know I am overwhelmingly in support yet that I hope they can make it heavy rail instead of a “light metro.”
Graphic design thoughts at the grocery store.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Graphic design thoughts at the grocery store.
Self-driving Waymo cars are currently being tested on Manhattan streets. I saw one the other day. They still have human drivers behind the wheel during the test period. Personally, I’ll still be getting around town on the subway and the bus.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Self-driving Waymo cars are currently being tested on Manhattan streets. I saw one the other day. They still have human drivers behind the wheel during the test period. Personally, I’ll still be getting around town on the subway and the bus.
THIS SATURDAY! 5PM! I’m performing with a great lineup on How Was It? at QED! Hosted by @mattstorrs.bsky.social! $5 tickets! See you at the show!
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
THIS SATURDAY! 5PM! I’m performing with a great lineup on How Was It? at QED! Hosted by @mattstorrs.bsky.social! $5 tickets! See you at the show!
In the crowd last night for Mike Daisey’s Resistance at The Wild Project, part of the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In the crowd last night for Mike Daisey’s Resistance at The Wild Project, part of the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival.
Thanks to everyone who came in-person to Under St. Marks and who watched on the livestream for last night’s performance of my one-man show Sportsball in the 15th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival! The 2025 fest continues through November 16th. Go see, or livestream, some live onstage storytelling!
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thanks to everyone who came in-person to Under St. Marks and who watched on the livestream for last night’s performance of my one-man show Sportsball in the 15th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival! The 2025 fest continues through November 16th. Go see, or livestream, some live onstage storytelling!
Last night at The @astoriabookshop.bsky.social Storytelling Show we heard about court watching against ICE, 3 strokes in a row, a car horn not stopping, a friend taking their own life, a full circle song moment, confronting a bully, therapeutic ukulele, moving in then breaking up. Next show 12/4.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Last night at The @astoriabookshop.bsky.social Storytelling Show we heard about court watching against ICE, 3 strokes in a row, a car horn not stopping, a friend taking their own life, a full circle song moment, confronting a bully, therapeutic ukulele, moving in then breaking up. Next show 12/4.
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David is one of my favorite storytellers so I will be at this show if you’d like to come join me!
TOMORROW at 8:30pm I will be performing my one-man show Sportsball at Under St Marks (94 St. Marks Place, NYC) in the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival! You can see it in-person and live streaming online! tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
David is one of my favorite storytellers so I will be at this show if you’d like to come join me!
TOMORROW at 8:30pm I will be performing my one-man show Sportsball at Under St Marks (94 St. Marks Place, NYC) in the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival! You can see it in-person and live streaming online! tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
TOMORROW at 8:30pm I will be performing my one-man show Sportsball at Under St Marks (94 St. Marks Place, NYC) in the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival! You can see it in-person and live streaming online! tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
TOMORROW! 7pm! The November 2025 @astoriabookshop.bsky.social Storytelling Show! Free storytelling open mic! Show up, throw your name in the bucket, and perform a true, no theme, 5 minute story about something that happened to you! RSVP by emailing david at dtlawson dot com! See you at the show!
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
TOMORROW! 7pm! The November 2025 @astoriabookshop.bsky.social Storytelling Show! Free storytelling open mic! Show up, throw your name in the bucket, and perform a true, no theme, 5 minute story about something that happened to you! RSVP by emailing david at dtlawson dot com! See you at the show!
Good things happen when you primary centrist Democrats.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Good things happen when you primary centrist Democrats.
I’ve been having Election Day nightmares and I hope they don’t come true tonight. Let’s go Abigail Spanberger and VA House of Delegate Democrats in my hometown state of Virginia! Let’s go Zohran Mamdani in my home city of NYC! Let’s go Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey! Let’s go Prop 50 in California!
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’ve been having Election Day nightmares and I hope they don’t come true tonight. Let’s go Abigail Spanberger and VA House of Delegate Democrats in my hometown state of Virginia! Let’s go Zohran Mamdani in my home city of NYC! Let’s go Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey! Let’s go Prop 50 in California!
Thrilled to see the New York Times listing The Gotham Storytelling Festival in the article “28 Things to Do in N.Y.C. in November.” My one-man show Sportsball plays the festival THIS FRIDAY at 8:30pm at Under St. Marks. Get your in-person & streaming tix here: tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Thrilled to see the New York Times listing The Gotham Storytelling Festival in the article “28 Things to Do in N.Y.C. in November.” My one-man show Sportsball plays the festival THIS FRIDAY at 8:30pm at Under St. Marks. Get your in-person & streaming tix here: tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
As his constituent I appreciate that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has often shared social media posts about my monthly storytelling show. Early voting ends today. Election Day is Tuesday. I hope he soon has much more important things to share on social media as our next Mayor of New York City.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As his constituent I appreciate that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has often shared social media posts about my monthly storytelling show. Early voting ends today. Election Day is Tuesday. I hope he soon has much more important things to share on social media as our next Mayor of New York City.
When the MTA’s Halloween theming gets too real.
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
When the MTA’s Halloween theming gets too real.
I will be performing my one-man show Sportsball in the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival A WEEK FROM TONIGHT at 8:30pm! Sliding scale tix start at $7! At Under St. Marks AND live steaming the show online! See you there OR you’ll see me on the stream! tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I will be performing my one-man show Sportsball in the 2025 Gotham Storytelling Festival A WEEK FROM TONIGHT at 8:30pm! Sliding scale tix start at $7! At Under St. Marks AND live steaming the show online! See you there OR you’ll see me on the stream! tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1...
A WEEK FROM TONIGHT is the November 2025 @astoriabookshop.bsky.social Storytelling Show! RSVP email to david at dtlawson dot com if you want to show up, throw your name in the bucket, and perform a true, no theme, 5 minute story about something that happened to you! See you at the show!
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A WEEK FROM TONIGHT is the November 2025 @astoriabookshop.bsky.social Storytelling Show! RSVP email to david at dtlawson dot com if you want to show up, throw your name in the bucket, and perform a true, no theme, 5 minute story about something that happened to you! See you at the show!
A red state nightmare: I voted for Zohran Mamdani in the same building that has the rotating head puppet from The Exorcist. Early voting goes through Sunday. Election Day is on Tuesday.
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A red state nightmare: I voted for Zohran Mamdani in the same building that has the rotating head puppet from The Exorcist. Early voting goes through Sunday. Election Day is on Tuesday.
I am a guest on today’s Stage Whisper podcast talking about my one-man show Sportsball going up NEXT FRIDAY 11/7 8:30pm at Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) in the Gotham Storytelling Festival! In good company on this podcast with Mike Daisey, Chloe Radcliffe, Jamie Brickhouse, and Tracey Starin!
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am a guest on today’s Stage Whisper podcast talking about my one-man show Sportsball going up NEXT FRIDAY 11/7 8:30pm at Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) in the Gotham Storytelling Festival! In good company on this podcast with Mike Daisey, Chloe Radcliffe, Jamie Brickhouse, and Tracey Starin!
A story I’ve been thinking of in the final days of the MetroCard: In the early 1980s there was a scandal about a new 17.5 cent Connecticut Turnpike token that was the exact same size as a 75 cent NYC Subway token. It made for one of the most inventive feats of fare evasion in NYC Subway history.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A story I’ve been thinking of in the final days of the MetroCard: In the early 1980s there was a scandal about a new 17.5 cent Connecticut Turnpike token that was the exact same size as a 75 cent NYC Subway token. It made for one of the most inventive feats of fare evasion in NYC Subway history.
The good folks at @indiespacenyc.bsky.social are giving 65 $1,000 grants for theatre companies, venues, or collectives to pay historically excluded artists who work in, administrate, or perform in their spaces and/or productions! 11/11 deadline! Check it out!
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The good folks at @indiespacenyc.bsky.social are giving 65 $1,000 grants for theatre companies, venues, or collectives to pay historically excluded artists who work in, administrate, or perform in their spaces and/or productions! 11/11 deadline! Check it out!