Michelle Kaczor

by ranorby | Jul 12, 2025

Michelle Kaczor (pronounced KAH-tchor) discovered personal-narrative storytelling in September of 2024, and has tried to use every opportunity to be behind the microphone since! She feels eternally grateful to Scott Whitehair for his consistent nudging to “just...

Michelle Young

by ranorby | Mar 16, 2024

Michelle Young grew up in central Illinois and has lived in Chicago over 30 years. By day she manages a global sales team in the hospitality industry, by night she writes both stories and comedy. She embraces magic and synchronicity but doesn’t claim to be a...

Mo Cahill

by ranorby | Sep 14, 2022

MO CAHILL is a visual artist, an urban farmer, a singer, and a storyteller.  Her urban farm is in the heart of East Rogers Park, and yes, in her picture she is holding one of her chickens.  She has so many stories to tell that, someday, she has got to write a...

Molly Franklin-Leary

by ranorby | May 14, 2023

Molly Franklin is a Chicago-based writer, screenwriter, and performer. In 2020, her first narrative short film, Heirloom, (found here) Heirloom | Short Narrative Film – Talus Films)  was produced and premiered at the Talus Films “12×12 Showcase” where it...

Myrna Petlicki

by ranorby | Feb 9, 2024

Myrna Petlickiis an arts writer and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune’s suburban chains. She is also a musical theater bookwriter and lyricist whose works include “Black, White and Gray” (produced by Theatre Building Chicago) and two prize-winning 10-minute...