Here:Say Storytelling

What is it about dating that makes so many people love it and hate it in equal parts? Our performers in January 2016 had some stories took take a peek at what makes a great, or not so great, date.

Featuring: Ben Whiting, Daniel Stewart, Anne Bonney, Jen Loup, Elon Cameron

Having parents and being parents is not always easy. Performers at this December 2015 show told stories about both.

Featuring: Ben Whiting, Jonelle Bowers, Donna Stein-Harris, Betsy Emdin, Elon Cameron, Matt Soderquist, Jenifer Strauss

Some articles claim they can give us the tools to stop being awkward in life. Do you buy it? Performers at this November 2015 show told tales from their lives that demonstrated that awkwardness is a force to be reckoned with, and it's thriving!

Featuring: Jonelle Bowers, Larry Heitman, Jen Loup, Nancy Baker, Christal Frost, Steven Holl, Anne Bonney, Elon Cameron

Is it true that everyone gets a gold star just for showing up? Performers at the first show of Season 3 in October 2015 told tales about the times they got some sort of gold star.... or didn't....

Featuring: Lesley Tye, Jonelle Bowers, Kathryn Henning Callison, Karen Stein, 
Daniel Stewart, Jen Loup, Nancy Baker

Performers told tales from their lives about trains, or maybe social aberrations—or perhaps some combination of the two—at the Traverse Area District Library.

This show was sponsored by The Filling Station Microbrewery.

Featuring: Kristy Snyder, Katie Callison, Tami Evans, Daniel Stewart, Jenifer Strauss, Karen Stein

“.. if one does not have wild dreams of achievement, there is no spur even to get the dishes washed. One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.” -- May Sarton, poet and memorist.

 

At this show, performers told stories about times they tried to save the day in some form or another. 

Where words fail, music speaks: Performers combined the two and used their words to talk about music.

The average person will spend 90,000 hours of their lifetime at work. Performers at this show told stories about slogging away at the office. 

What gems, whether hilarious, humiliating, horrifying, or “huh??! are lurking in our old papers? Performers read from their old diaries, journals, and letters and told some of the story behind it.