Urban Tellers

Our solo festival, Singlehandedly, generated a lot of enthusiasm for the spoken word art form. Audiences have demanded more so PST is kicking off its 2010-11 season with something special. A performance showcasing the work of students who have discovered, developed and crafted their personal stories using the PST Technique™. These personal tales will be delivered on stage, free of charge to the public, for one weekend only at PST's home, the intimate Hipbone Studio. September 24th and 25th

Come Beat The Devil with PST!

October is Literary Month, so PST's gonna get all literary on you! In a bit of a departure from our trademark brand of true, personal stories, PST is proud to join forces with Jonah Weston and Action Talks Productions to present a pair of great literary works for your autumnal listening pleasure: Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and Shel Silverstein's epic poem for adults, "The Devil and Billy Markham."

What will we call this diabolical double-feature? Devilishly Good of course!! Jonah has been receiving rave reviews for his virtuoso rendition of Billy Markham since he performed it at Curious Comedy Theatre last spring. PST's Lawrence Howard wowed the Oregon Trial Lawyers with Daniel Webster at their annual convention and we're bringing it to you. October 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd

Also in October on Halloween weekend, Portland Story Theater will once again present “Terrifying Tales” at the beautiful, historic and haunted John Palmer House. This will be a joint fundraiser for Portland Story Theater and NestShare, a non-profit organization providing rooms for out-of-town cancer patients receiving medical treatment in Portland.

Only 50 tickets will be issued for this very special event; small groups of listeners will go from room to room until they have heard all the stories and seen the whole house.

The Armchair Adventurer Returns!

Following on the heels of "Shackleton's Antarctic Nightmare" and Mawson's Mettle," PST's Lawrence Howard is hard at work on the research for another epic tale of heroism and hardship in the frozen south.

"Polar Opposites: Amundsen, Scott, and the Race For The Pole" recounts heroic and tragic events in Antarctica one hundred years ago. Scott and his four companions fought their way to the Pole only to find the Norwegian flag flying there: Amundsen had beaten him by five weeks. Crushed by disappointment, utterly exhausted and short on food and fuel, Scott and his companions froze and starved to death on the return journey, just eleven miles from a huge cache of provisions and supplies.

This a tale of the agony and the ecstasy, of accomplishment and failure, of a glorious victory overshadowed by an even more glorious defeat. January 21st, 22nd, 28th, and 29th

Got A Love Jones?

Love is fire, but will it warm your heart or burn your house down? Portland Story Theater's Valentine’s Show is always the hottest date in town for Valentine's, with wine, chocolate, and true stories of love in all its mystifying complexity.

Lynne and Lawrence plan to bring back some of your favorite guest artists and some new tellers too for a fast-paced evening of heart-warming, heart-wrenching and hilarious stories about all the facets of love including the dreamy, the mystical, and the scandalous! February 11th, 12th and 13th

PST's Solo Fest Singlehandedly!

Portland Story Theater’s Solo Performance Festival, Singlehandedly, will rock the City of Roses for the third year in a row. Look for some new faces, along with your PST favorites, as each artist singlehandedly holds the stage and creates a universe of words. April22nd, 23rd, 29th, 30th, May 6th, 7th, 13th

Thanks again for being a friend of PST!

May the narrative be with you.