The award-winning storytelling show RISK! visited Milwaukee this Friday, March 15. RISK! creator and host Kevin Allison, along with other local storytellers, told emotional, true stories “they never thought they’d dare to share.” Fortunately, he was able to share the origin story of RISK!
Kevin Allison and the Milwaukee cast of RISK!
“Some of the stories are so emotional, or sexual, violent, outrageous and they’re all true! They’re uncensored, unaffected; it’s all very raw and real,” he says. Most live shows are recorded and then uploaded to the podcast.
“This isn’t something you play in the car on a Saturday morning while driving your kids to soccer practice,” he joked. There are no censors and no do-overs; the storytellers ‘step out of their comfort zones’ by sharing very intimate parts of their lives.
Many know Allison from the TV show “The State,” a popular sketch comedy series that aired on MTV from 1992–2009. He began his career playing…
