Wes Hazard
Host, Stories from the Stage
A New England native, Wes Hazard has been named as one of “5 Boston Comedians to Watch” by The Boston Globe Magazine. A writer and storyteller as well as comedian, Wes brings wit, energy and honesty to the stage, qualities that have made him a regular performer in Boston venues as well as at The Boston Comedy Festival and The Women in Comedy Festival. Wes has made multiple appearances on Massmouth’s season finals story slam stage, and appeared as a guest on the Comedy Bang! Bang! Live! podcast and The Story Collider podcast. His debut humor book Questions for Terrible People was published by Simon & Schuster in 2016, and in 2017 he was awarded a New England Emmy for his hosting work on CBS Boston's The Secret Worlds of Boston Comic Con. In 2018 he appeared on Jeopardy!, becoming a three-day champion.
Theresa Okokon
Host, Stories from the Stage
Theresa Okokon is a Wisconsinite living in New England. With a degree in social work and extensive training in trauma-responsive yoga, Theresa started performing as a storyteller in 2012 and became co-host of Stories from the Stage in 2016. Around that same time, she began learning to craft her stories to live on the page, and has since completed both the Essay Incubator and Memoir Incubator programs at Grubstreet. Theresa's memoir in essays WHO I ALWAYS WAS will be published by Atria Books at Simon & Schuster in February 2025. In addition to writing and performing her own stories, Theresa teaches storytelling and writing, coaches other tellers, hosts storytelling events, and collaborates with nonprofits. She loves sandwiches, sleeping in, long drives, '90s music, and her senior dog, Minnie. Theresa's essays (and bathroom selfies!) have appeared in midnight & indigo, Elle, the Independent, WBUR's Cognoscenti, and on Boston.com. Her essay "Me Llamo Theresa," originally published by Hippocampus Magazine, was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize and named among the top essays of the week by Longreads and the Rumpus.
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