Portland Story Theater, Celebrating 10 Years of Story LovePortland Story Theater
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Dear Friend of PST, It's a new year and we're delighted to announce a glorious, all-new lineup of real, true stories. Advance tickets are still only $15. We can't wait to see you at our next show at our fabulous home, the Alberta Abbey.

Click here for tickets to Portland Story Theater live storytelling events! The Essex, created and told by Lawrence Howard
Urban Tellers in Hood River on November 15th Urban Tellers at the Alberta Abbey
Lynne Duddy performs with Solo Speak in Bend, Oregon
Best Date in Town - Valentine's with Portland Story Theater at the Alberta Abbey

Top Ten

This past year we had the great fortune to work with so many beautiful people who created an amazingly electic body of work. There were so many good stories it was almost impossible to narrow it down. But as we begin a new year, we want to share ten of our 2014 favorites with you. These stories -- and many others -- are available for viewing on our YouTube channel. Many can be downloaded as Podcasts from our new SoundCloud channel. Subscribe to both and don't miss a thing. Enjoy!
  • Warren McPherson, Bucking The List [ video | podcast 
  • Leigh Hancock, Bad Review [ video | podcast ]
  • Tim Stapleton, It Was Snowing [ video | podcast ]
  • Annie LaGanga, Ex Libris [ video ] 
  • John Mink, A Bump In The Road Less Traveled [ video | podcast ]
  • Lena Moon, The Miracle of Honey [ video | podcast ]
  • Howard Bulick, Migration [ video | podcast ]
  • Kate Raphael, The Things We Carry [ video ]
  • Daniel LaForce, ...My Father's Sonvideo ]  
  • Jeri Jenkins, The Porch [ video | podcast ]

Portland Story Theater's Urban Tellers, monthly at the Alberta Abbey
$15 TIX until 5PM day of show 
7PM-8PM TIX are $18 at the door 
 Saturday, February 7
Click HERE to buy tickets to The Essex 
 
 
 
 
Check out our monthly Urban Tellers, where, in the words of one of our recent storytellers, "you don't have to be perfect to be heard."  Our urban tellers are fueled by the power of their stories and the energy of the audience. Listeners are invited to embark on a shared experience that is a potent blend of vulnerability and heart. The February show features Donna Zerner, Raahi Reddy, Jeremy Lucas, Jessica Joy, Michelle Reynolds, Sabina Hague. Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard.  
The Essex, created and told by Lawrence Howard The Essex 
Lawrence Howard
Armchair Adventurer
Friday, January 23  
Saturday, January 24
Doors 7 PM | Shows 8 PM
Advance Tickets $15 | $18 at the Door
Click HERE to buy tickets to The EssexFertile Ground Festival
Terror. Disbelief. Hunger.Thirst. Madness. Murder. Cannibalism... all play a role in the harrowing true story of The EssexThis is the story that inspired Herman Melville's momentous novel, Moby Dick. The Essex is the fifth installment of Portland Story Theater's Armchair Adventurer series, and Lawrence Howard is ready to transport you, once again, into the scenes of an epic survival story. 
A World Premiere Project of Fertile Ground
 
Portland Story Theater's Valentine's Day Show, Kiss & Tell
Click HERE to buy tickets to The Essex
$15 TIX until 5PM on day of show 
7PM-8PM TIX are $18 at the door 
Saturday, February 14
It's not too soon to make your plans for Valentine's Day and this year will be a very special event in our new home at the Alberta Abbey. Hosted by the incomparable accordian virtuoso Eric Stern, performing with Portland Story Theater favorites Leigh Hancock, Warren McPherson, Kriya Kaping, Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard.

All of our Portland shows are at the Alberta AbbeyAlberta Abbey, home to Portland Story Theater
just two blocks west of MLK at 
126 NE Allberta Street
. (Mallory Avenue)
Have your next event at the Alberta Abbey!
Contact Madison Weiss at 503.897.7037 
www.albertaabbey.org
 
Also at Alberta Abbey...

Penny's Puppet Productions at the Alberta Abbey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Penny's Puppet Productions - Fay the Fairy
Monday, January 19

Doors open at 10 | Show starts at 10:30 AM
 

Faye The Fairy and The Pine Tree  
 

$5.00 each guest. Free coffee, tea and stickers for all.  
B
uy tickets online or at the door. 
 

Click HERE to buy tickets to Penny's Puppet Productions!
 

 
Blind Cafe, a community experience
 

Monday 
 
—  
Thursday, February 23 - 26
 
 
 
Nightly 7 PM -- 10 PM  

Suggested $85.00 with sliding scale and scholarships available
 

Click HERE to buy tickets to The Portland Blind Cafe
 

The Portland Blind Cafe, is a ‘pop-up event’, a mind bending / heart opening experience where the audience indulges in a vegetarian ‘Sensory Tasting Experience' prepared by a local Chef,  participates in a Q & A with their blind wait staff and enjoys a concert of original music…all in the pitch dark. This is NOT just another dinner in the dark…it’s a community experience where people connect, learn and grow from working together to participate in something greater than themselves. The Portland Blind Cafe is designed to help you feel more alive, awake, present and connected to your world. We partner with the local blind organizations to raise awareness and benefit the local blind community.

You You You...

Because of you -- your energy, your time, your attendance at our events, your cash, your in-kind donations -- Portland Story Theater is manifesting the vision that drives the dream. Thank you! If you'd like to help us out, share this e-news with your friends and family who you think would enjoy what we do at Portland Story Theater. Or maybe you'd like to volunteer at a show and get in for free -- send us an email. Or maybe you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation. Anything you can give helps us to keep bringing you the kind of real, true stories that only Portland Story Theater delivers. 
 
May the narrative be with you®
Lawrence, Lynne, and Penny
Portland Story Theater, Inc.
 
 
PORTLAND STORY THEATER, Inc.  
email: tellers@portlandstorytheater.com
office: 503 284 2226503 284 2226   
web: http://www.portlandstorytheater.com 
mailing: 3333 NE 15th Avenue,
             Portland, OR 97212
Tax ID - EIN #27-0670834
 
Photos and artwork by these fabulous photographers!
Mike Bodine, Scott Bump, O'Dubhda 
Some images provided with permission from Shutterbug