WHETHER IT'S A BOARD ROOM OR A BANQUET HALL, SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE CAN BE INTIMIDATING. BEYOND IMAGINING EVERYONE IN THEIR UNDERWEAR, HOW CAN YOU GET PAST THE STAGE FRIGHT TO TELL A RIVETING STORY?

It happened 18 years ago, but Kevin Allison remembers the moment like it was yesterday. He was up on stage at the Luna Lounge in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, doing a monologue. One paragraph in, his mind went completely blank and he could not for the life of him remember his next line.

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