STORIES ABOUT UNIQUE JOBS
Join us Thursday, November 20, 2025 at AFS Cinema as Color Arc Productions celebrates 10 years of dynamic storytelling with four live storytellers and two short films at our 3rd Annual Color Arc Storytelling Show: Stories About Unique Jobs.
A dominatrix, a failed nun, a “distinguished leader,” the high school mascot of the Round Rock Dragons, and a Pizza Telegram Delivery Specialist ("PTSD Specialist") walk into AFS Cinema to tell funny, heartwarming tales about their unique jobs!
PIZZA MY HEART SHORT FILM
First, we'll open with PIZZA MY HEART, a comedy short that won 1st Place at the Women In Film and Television (WIFT) Showcase. It follows a Pizza Telegram Singing Delivery Specialist (Christine Hoang) as she delivers music and comfort food to a heartbroken 12-year-old girl (Vanessa Hoang Hughes). Written by Christine Hoang and directed by Elizabeth V. Newman, PIZZA MY HEART features an original score by composer Tyler Mabry and two original songs by Tyler Mabry and Christine Hoang.
LIVE STORYTELLING ABOUT UNIQUE JOBS
Next, our storytellers Michelle Alexander, Tien Hoang, Brunell Sherman Knox, and Christine Schiele share hilarious, autobiographical tales about their unique jobs.
SWEET POTATO PIG SHORT FILM: WORK-IN-PROGRESS SCENE
Finally, we'll end with a work-in-progress scene from SWEET POTATO PIG. Directed by Christine Hoang, SWEET POTATO PIG is a nonfiction hybrid animated/live action short that follows Vietnamese American grandma Tien Hoang’s immigrant journey through her food memories. Tien first shared her refugee story at Color Arc’s inaugural storytelling show STORIES ABOUT COMFORT FOOD in 2023.
AGENDA:
- 6:00 PM: AFS Cinema lobby mingling, photos, cash bar
- 6:40 PM: General admission seating
- 7:00 PM: Welcome, door prizes
- 7:15 PM: PIZZA MY HEART short film
- 7:30 PM: Live storytelling
- 8:45 PM: SWEET POTATO PIG work-in-progress scene
- 9:00 PM: End of Show
TICKETS: $20 at colorarcproductions.com or tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/color-arc-storytelling
ACCESSIBILITY: Seating & Viewing. The venue offers seating in the front row for patrons who use wheelchairs and other mobility devices, are visually impaired, or could otherwise benefit. Seating is general admission, so we recommend emailing colorarcproductions@gmail.com in advance so that we can ensure your needs are met. Accessible Toilets are available in the venue.
ABOUT COLOR ARC PRODUCTIONS: Founded in November 2015, Color Arc Productions’ mission is to shine light on diverse and inclusive stories through theatre, film, and music. colorarcproductions.com.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
