Adam Wade

About Adam Wade

Mr. Wade is an enchanting storyteller.” – The New York Times“He’s completely vulnerable. When he goes on stage he brings only himself. People instantly fall in love with him.” – George Dawes Green, the founder of The MothStoryteller Adam Wade is a 20-time Story Slam winner at The Moth, a writer, storytelling instructor, and media producer. He is the creator of the #1 Best Selling Audible Original audio memoir You Ought to Know Adam Wade. This innovative “biopic for your ears” combines his honesty onstage with his intimate reflections in the studio. “Wade is expressing not just our inner misfit but our inner small-town kid.” – The New YorkerAdam’s debut storytelling/comedy album Adam Wade: The Human Comedy was enthusiastically lauded in Sarah Larson\'s profile of Adam in The New Yorker, while his second album Adam Wade Live at The Magnet Theater, quickly shot up to #2 on iTunes and Billboard Comedy Charts. “Adam’s nuanced observations, openness, and wit transform his coming-of-age tales into funny, impactful, and universal stories of joy and hope.” – AudibleA proud member of The Writers Guild of America, East, Adam currently has multiple TV and audio projects in various stages of development that draw from his own unique life experiences working at a Greek diner as a nerdy teenager, managing an artsy movie theater in college, and leaving his home state of New Hampshire in his early twenties to make it in New York City.An inimitable fixture in both the New York City storytelling and comedy scenes for over twenty years, his monthly storytelling show Adam Wade from NH ran from 2010 until 2020 and was a New York Times and Time Out NY Critic’s Pick. He has toured across North America with The Moth Main Stage and his stories have appeared multiple times on The Moth Radio Hour and The Moth Podcast. Adam has also made two appearances on the PBS television show, Stories from the Stage. His storytelling DNA came in handy with his experiences as a producer for ESPN, UNICEF.org, and Hachette Filipacchi Media.He has appeared on-camera in HBO\'s Girls, Inside Amy Schumer, and hosted a tech series for Bloomberg called Conversations with Coders.A seasoned teacher of his craft since 2010, Adam has helped over students with their own stories in his variety of 6-week Storytelling Classes at NYC\'s Magnet Theater. He also conducts one-on-one meet-ups and workshops for businesses, universities, and other organizations including the United Nations, Google, Apple, Pinterest, American Lung Association, Pen America, Etsy, and the New York Times.

Experience

1. Actor

   Sag-Aftra Actor

   Dec 2003 — Present · US

   Appeared on HBO\'s Girls, Comedy Central\'s Inside Amy Schumer, ESPN, NBC Sports, Comedy Central\'s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, TV Land\'s Make My Day, and Late Night with Conan O\'Brien. In 2014, I co-starred in Shonali Bhowmik\'s movie short,\'Sardines Out of A Can\' for which I was nominated for \'Best Actor in a Movie Short\' at the 2014 Madrid International Film Festival.

Education

• New York University

  Summer Film Program

  1998 — 1998

• Keene State College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Writing
• Editing
• Public Speaking
• Comedy
• Broadcast
• Final Cut Pro
• New Media
• Video Production
• Video
• Brand Development
• Storytelling Instruction
• Content Management
• Video Editing
• Journalism
• Social Media
• Show Producing
• Storytelling
• Blogging
• Digital Media
• Content Strategy
• News Writing
• Comedy Writing