The Moth has only a few rules, but they set the stage for everything else: real stories told with no notes or props of any kind. On Saturday at the Tabernacle, five storytellers did just that.

The Moth Mainstage on Martha’s Vineyard returns to the Island on Wednesday.

A crowd of Vineyarders and visitors gathered last Friday at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs to hear true stories told live, ranging from a jury duty experience to a visit to a war-torn village, as part of The Moth, presented by WCAI.

Shortly after Arthur Bradford started volunteering at Camp Jabberwocky in 1994, he met a man who would forever change his life. His name was Ronnie Simonsen.