Story Story Night

We continue SiDE B of our Flagship Season with stories inspired by the STOP button of the tape deck. FEATURING Ken Bass Maylene Cavazos Laura Munsil hosted by Jodi Eichelberger music by the Boise Phil Brass Quintet

Hosted by Beth Norton with music by Vashti Summervill-Vocals, Mike Rutledge- Bass, & Petra Schwarthoff-Violin

We begin SiDE B of our 14th season with stories inspired by the FAST FORWARD button of the tape deck. Sponsored by The Shandro Group and Apple Plumbing & Bath! Featuring Allen Powers, Race to Robie Creek then and now Lily Simmonds, a highschooler moving FORWARD FAST Josh Gaines, reluctant to travel. FAST FORWARD 15 years and still trying to get home Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger Musical Guest All Around Cowboy

We continue SiDE A with stories inspired by the PLAY button of the tape deck. SOUND OFF Sponsored by The Shandro Group and Boise Group! Featuring Chelsea Hansen Ky Gathura and Richard Rachman hosted by Jodi Eichelberger Musical Guest E.L. Anderson with a special appearance by improv group "Hoochie and the Blowfish"

We continue SiDE A of our Flagship Season with stories inspired by the REWiND button of the tape deck. Featuring: Maureen Lavelle Aidan Brezonick & Amanda Peacher hosted by Jodi Eichelberger with interpretation for the deaf and hard-of-hearing by LaVona Andrew & Sierra McIver Music with Ellie Shaw SOUND OFF | 2023-24 flagship season | JUMP Sponsored by The Shandro Group and FLAVORS! “Life is like a mixtape!” shouts out the DJ relative of Forrest Gump in a sample track. For our 14th flagship season, Story Story Night is dropping beats with true stories on a rock-your-world theme. Starring featured storytellers mixed with an open story slam. Live on stage and without notes. Take out the earbuds and turn up the volume on the extended playtime of human experience. Hear real-life soundtracks more electrifying than an 80s boombox on your shoulder. Beats Coachella passes. Better vibes / less BO. Season subscriptions and tickets at storystorynight.org. Beats karaoke, too. Be a featured storyteller by freestyle r

Featured Storytellers: Darian Reneé Chris Shanahan David "Record-Breaking" Rush Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger with musical guest Landonious

Featuring: Geoff Rogers Nicole Force and Krystal Moore Host: Beth Norton Music: Mungo WHERE BLACK SHEEP MOUTH OFF FOR THE SEASON Stuff it, Uncle Bob, and your Metaverse talk of a war against Christmas. Gorge yourself on an even more subversive take on The Holidays at Story Story Late-Night. Positively shameless, hear savory details that’d make your salty grandma say: “Do they eat with that mouth?” Rated R to XXX, how much story time can you swallow? (Don’t read that dirty. Or do.) With featured storytellers intermixed with an uncensored story slam, what happens at Late-Night, stays at Late-Night…until we put it on this podcast.

Where renegade storytellers take no prisoners. UTTERLY CAPTIVATING. Don your skull t-shirts and smudge on more eyeliner than a Johnny Depp cosplayer. It’s time to walk…arrgghh…talk…the metaphorical plank at SLAMMER OF THE YEAR. Under the banner theme, PiRATES of the TREASURE VALLEY, two crews of storytelling standouts go head-to-head to slay with words. (Even more entertaining than a cursing parrot.) Flagship host Jodi Eichelberger and Late-Night host Beth Norton each hand-selected five story slammers from our 2022|23 seasons to take no prisoners via plotlines. They first square off on the theme SHIPWRECK. Then enter the final elimination round under the theme RESCUE until only one winning voice remains on deck. Not all treasure is silver and gold, as Jack Sparrow would say, sometimes it’s ultimate bragging rights and storytelling supremacy over the entire Treasure Valley. Shipshape stories. Get tickets now to find out who dominates in the land of slam, no hook required. Story Story Night is the City o

Stories of the American Dream, celebrating and elevating the melanated in the Treasure Valley outdoors from the porch of the historic Erma Hayman House. Story Story Night partners with Leta Harris Neustaedter to feature storytellers from her radio show "The Lovely Afro." Leta selected from 65 interviews to invite ten honored guests from The Lovely Afro radio show for an evening of dynamic stories and music. Each shares a short story live representing diverse experiences from within the Black and Brown communities around our summer theme of "The American Dreams." In addition to hosting the show, Leta also be augments the stories with live underscoring. Leta created "The Lovely Afro" in order to highlight Black and Brown voices, to share their stories, and their struggles and triumphs. This started as a radio show celebrating and elevating the melanated in the Treasure Valley and beyond and is relaunching as a podcast. Storytellers: Zerena Turner Rachel Diacogiannis Charlene Taylor Rick Oliver Alice Nelson T

Featuring: Hailee Lenhart-Wees, Katie Preston, and Ben McQueen Host: Beth Norton Music: Jean Cardeño Story Late-Night, where we tell positively shameless stories on a Brave New World theme. Told live on stage and without notes. Starring featured storytellers intermixed with an impulsive story slam of equal opportunity. Rated R to XXX, what happens at Late-Night, stays at Late-Night, until we put it on our podcast. 18+ recommended

Featuring: Nate Ford & Katie Lotz Host: Beth Norton Story Late-Night, where we tell positively shameless stories on a Brave New World theme. Told live on stage and without notes. Starring featured storytellers intermixed with an impulsive story slam of equal opportunity. Rated R to XXX, what happens at Late-Night, stays at Late-Night, until we put it on our podcast. 18+ recommended

Featuring: Michael Zabel & Elisabeth Sorenson Musical Guest: The Boise Gay Men's Chorus Host: Beth Norton Story Late-Night, where we tell positively shameless stories on a Brave New World theme. Told live on stage and without notes. Starring featured storytellers intermixed with an impulsive story slam of equal opportunity. Rated R to XXX, what happens at Late-Night, stays at Late-Night, until we put it on our podcast. 18+ recommended

Featuring Mike Krause, Brooke Burton, and David Tuttle Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger with guest sound sculpture artist AlejAndro Anastasio It’s time to come to your senses. Literally (but also metaphorically) with true stories on a perceptive theme, told live on stage and without notes. We've covered all five senses in our flagship season so we are finishing up with the SiXTH SENSE.

Featured Storytellers: Kimberly KinKaid LeeAnn Garton & Bobby Gaytan Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger Music by The Clover Quartet MAKiNG SENSE OF iT ALL It’s time to come to your senses. Literally (but also metaphorically) with true stories on a perceptive theme, told live on stage and without notes. Ever wanted something so bad you could taste it? Maybe briefly lost touch with reality? Or smelled like teen spirit? Here we are now. Entertain us.

Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger Music by Hot Club Les Bois Featuring: Laureen Quick Bonnie Violet Quintana Palina Louangketh MAKiNG SENSE OF iT ALL It’s time to come to your senses. Literally (but also metaphorically) with true stories on a perceptive theme, told live on stage and without notes. Ever wanted something so bad you could taste it? Maybe briefly lost touch with reality? Or smelled like teen spirit? Here we are now. Entertain us.

Featuring Tara Adams, Shiva Rajbhandari, and Davina Snow with ASL interpreters LaVona Andrew and Sierra Mciver We are "Making Sense of it All" with true stories recorded live onstage by the people who lived them. Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger with musical guest Lori LaRayne Gilbert

MAKiNG SENSE OF iT ALL It’s time to come to your senses. Literally (but also metaphorically) with true stories on a perceptive theme, told live on stage and without notes. Ever wanted something so bad you could taste it?Our flagship season is back to hear it out—and give you all the feels. SiGHT Featuring: Jeff Walker, David Fitch, and Tori Christensen Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger music by Irreverent Tones

THE HOLiDAYS 2022 SPECiAL LATE-NiGHT EDiTION WHERE BLACK SHEEP GO FOR THE HOLIDAYS with featured storytellers Reese Samuels and Mitch Kuhn musical guests: The premiere of The Grandjeans! Cheers to the odd one out (and the oddball stories) at holiday gatherings. You’ll fit right in here. Positively shameless, Story Story Late-Night is the black sheep of the storytelling family. This season, we’re extending the no-holds-barred series with a special holiday edition at Visual Arts Collective. Spill it—all the meaty, juicy bits—around our proverbial Thanksgiving table with zero side-eye from Aunt Karen. And your literally around a table with our new cabaret-style seating. Rated R to XXX, break free from boring holiday events and tell it like it really is. With featured storytellers intermixed with an uncensored story slam, what happens at Late-Night, stays at Late-Night…until we put it on our podcast. Hosted by Beth Norton

MAKiNG SENSE OF iT ALL It’s time to come to your senses. Literally (but also metaphorically) with true stories on a perceptive theme, told live on stage and without notes. Ever wanted something so bad you could taste it?Our flagship season is back to hear it out—and give you all the feels. TASTE Featuring: Kris Komoro of Kin, Aisling Gammill from the new Netflix series "Drink Master", and our own Matthew Kelly Melton's version of "Leaving Las Vegas". Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger music by Jason Buckalew

WHERE BLACK SHEEP GO FOR THE HOLIDAYS hosted by Beth Norton with musical guest A Grateful Trio Featuring Melanie Fillmore, Sky, and Ben Kemper Cheers to the odd one out (and the oddball stories) at holiday gatherings. You’ll fit right in here. Positively shameless, Story Story Late-Night is the black sheep of the storytelling family. This season, we’re extending the no-holds-barred series with a special holiday edition recorded live from the Visual Arts Collective in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District of Garden City, Idaho. Spill it—all the meaty, juicy bits—around our proverbial Thanksgiving table with zero side-eye from Aunt Karen.