Reality Storytelling Food Chain

I asked Tom about where he’s performed outside of Carapace:

I think it’s been six venues now

over two years, yeah,

I’ve been invited to two which tells me

I’ve been working my way up the food chain a little bit.

There are Carapace storytellers who have ambitions of performing for other audiences. What does it look like to be higher up the food chain as a reality storyteller?