Storytellers Project

June Arizona Storytellers show is all about being neighborly Arizona Storytellers returns in-person for the third time post-COVID-19 shutdowns in June, featuring stories about 'Neighbors.'

After six years of facilitating the Storytellers Project as a national team, we are transitioning the management of the shows across the USA TODAY Network to the individual newsrooms that participate in the project.

It has been our privilege to bring you the stories of more than 6,000 Americans, across hundreds of shows in-person and virtually. Thank you for your time, attention, and compassion for your neighbors.

Several newsrooms will carry on with live shows, including Phoenix, Austin, and Des Moines. If you purchased tickets to shows in our 2022 schedule, you can expect to hear more about those show dates or reimbursement. To keep up with upcoming shows, visit storytellersproject.com.

This page will not be updated after March 11.

Sending best wishes to our colleagues at The Des Moines Register tonight as they present Des Moines Storytellers Project: Love at the Hoyt Sherman Place. ❤️❤️❤️🎤

Meet the five Iowans who will tell their love stories at the next Des Moines Storytellers Project Five Iowans will share their stories Feb. 15 at the next Des Moines Storytellers Project, "Love: Stories of companionship, desire, and commitment."

🎤 Trying to fit in a dress for her brother’s wedding, a young woman tries to resist temptation.

🎤Basketball is life for one young woman, but she finds there is more to life than the game she's loved since age 6.

🎤A younger brother recognizes the humanity in his older brother, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, due to an unexpected source of inspiration.

Storytellers Kathy Cano-Murillo, Jacqui Kalin and Jordan Pollins share stories united by the idea of growing up on this episode of The Storytellers Project Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-storytellers-project-podcast/id1272167612

Susan Mack of Austin, Texas, is a mother, writer and coach — and she grew up in a cult. She will share her "Growing Up" story on Feb. 23 at the Spiderhouse Ballroom.

"Growing up in an apocalyptic cult was a unique situation," she told Austin Storytellers Project lead Nell Seiler Carroll. "But I've been amazed at how many of my takeaways from that background resonate with people who are struggling to figure out how to cope with a lot of change and uncertainty. The pandemic has left us all living with a lot of uncertainty."

Susan says the past two years have shattered our sense of what normal is.

"When I picked up this story, I thought about how kids today, growing up with the pandemic worries, probably have more in common with those of us who had to learn to live with fear of a nuclear holocaust," she says. "Given the overlay of the pandemic, I think my story has a lot to say.

"I hope listeners will laugh. And I hope that they'll get sense of hope about the craziness of the world around us."

Read more in Nell's story published in the Austin American-Statesman.

If you're in Austin, get your tickets at https://storytellersproject.enmotive.com/events/register/storytellers-project-austin-tx

Hear your neighbors' stories at first USA Today Storytellers Project in Austin The first USA Today Storytellers project is all about "Growing Up." It will be at the Spider House Ballroom, featuring five community storytellers.

We are so excited to make our debut in Wilmington, Delaware, thanks to our team at Delaware Online and thanks to our venue partners at Theatre N. We are still looking for storytellers for our Neighbors, Food and Family, and Holidays shows.

Storytellers Project shows coming to Delaware. Sign up now to participate or attend. Delaware Online/The News Journal will inspire community connection through a series of Storytellers Project shows being held in Wilmington in 2022

The Arizona Storytellers Project celebrated its 10-year milestone last year since it was conceived as part of the Arizona Republic/ azcentral newsroom. Now it’s nationwide, with Storytellers projects embedded in 17 USA TODAY Network newsrooms, from Rochester, New York, to Austin, Texas.

On Feb. 9, the storytelling series returns to in-person events in Arizona with six shows.

“Love and Romance” will feature five people from the community sharing true, personal stories on stage at the Tempe Center for the Arts. Among them is Liz Warren, head of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute. At this show, you'll feel the joys, heartbreaks and everything that comes with love in all its forms.

Consider a season pass or Supporter Seating.

https://storytellersproject.enmotive.com/events/register/storytellers-project-phoenix-az