Meet the Readers: Jitesh Jaggi

Jitesh Jaggi is a dancer and poet from India. He ended his career in Finance one day when he lost all his data that he forgot to save on an Excel sheet and realized that he just didn't care. That tipping point led him to becoming a storyteller and he has since taught storytelling workshops for the World Health Organization and the University of Chicago among others. A five-time The Moth Slam winner, his stories were recently featured on NPR where they butchered his name but he swears it was him. Jitesh's one-man show “Suitcase Stories” played at the Steppenwolf Theatre and the Second City. 

Please join Jitesh and our other wonderful readers on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.