Join us on Zoom for Michelle Tomko's one-woman play showcasing the city's diversity, resilience, and culture through the stories of eleven year-round Atlantic City residents.
Yo Eleven! Virtual Reprisal
Monday December 21st
7:30pm EST | FREE
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About Yo Eleven!
Yo Eleven!, developed and performed by Michelle Tomko, interprets a series of in-depth interviews with eleven year-round Atlantic City residents into a meaningful one-woman show, showcasing the city's diversity, resilience, and culture.
The reason bettors yell “yo eleven” at the craps table is so the croupier doesn’t confuse the word eleven with the similarly sounding word seven. In the same vein this collection of stories is titled Yo Eleven! to ensure that the often forgotten community of Atlantic City is not confused with the similar sounding casino openings & closings, celebrity appearances, state takeovers, and quarterly numbers that dominate most of the articles written about “America’s Playground”.
About Michelle
Michelle Tomko is an Atlantic City resident, award-winning comedian, actor and freelance writer. In 2019 she received one of twelve fellowships from the media non-profit Images and Voices of Hope (IVOH). Under the guidance of Pulitzer Prize winner Jacqui Banaszynski, who coached the Atlantic City team, Tomko was trained in “restorative journalism” and produced Yo Eleven! for her fellowship project.
In 2018, Michelle accepted a four-year appointed seat on the Atlantic City Arts Commission. Her work as a comedian has been seen locally and in various venues around the country. As a writer, she has written everything from movie reviews to trade articles to poker columns. Currently Michelle covers local events in AC for Tomkomedy & The Thread SJ.
Yo Eleven! premiered at Dante Hall for a live audience in November 2019. The recorded version airing on December 21st is part of 48 Blocks Atlantic City 2020, a program produced by the Atlantic City Arts Foundation and its major partner Stockton University. It is a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Stockton University.