Here:Say Storytelling

In May 2021, Here:Say worked with Midland Center for the Arts in Midland, MI, to stage a show to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of a historic flood that wreaked havoc on the town. Featured performers, including a journalist, MCFTA staff, and the newly appointed fire chief, told their first-person stories about that day.

Stories begin at:

Katie Guyer 00:46

Conversation with virtual guest Katie Miller 50:27

What happens when the best-laid plans don't go as planned? "Best-laid plans" features first person, true stories recorded by the performers at home.

Stories begin at:

Jill Howe: 01:14

Anne Bonney: 08:28

Lesley Tye: 16:56

John Klapko: 25:12

Nancy Baker: 36:49

Conversation with Micah Hart starts at  47:50

We put the FUN in dysfunctional! Here, scheduled performers told true, first-person stories of things not working out as expected.

Stories Begin At:

Jen Loup 00:28

John Klapko 11:10

Kayla Frost 20:55

Dave Murphy 32:55

Anne Stanton 44:28

Virtual Chat with Jen Loup 57:53

We're sang the body electric at the first Here:Say Storytelling of the 2020s! Scheduled performers took the stage to tell true, first-person stories about the corporeal.

Stories begin at:

Lesley Tye 00:34

Richard Swanson 14:16

Ben Whiting 26:59

Betty Miller 36:35

Jodi Ann Stevenson 48:27

In-Studio chat with Christal Frost and Joe F. 01:00:04

It was the last Here:Say Storytelling show of the decade! So nerds, weirdos, freaks and geeks, lend us your ears so you can listen to the recording of these performers' true, first-person stories that show we're all misfits here!

Stories Begin at:

Karin Killian 00:36

Rob Ford 11:20

Tim Keenan 17:51

Laura Gornicki 25:31

Skyler Fort 37:00

Heather Hudson 47:26

In studio chat with Anne Bonney 56:40

Ready or not, here we come! Scheduled performers at this storytelling show told true, first-person stories about keeping out of sight and looking for something elusive.

Stories Begin At:

Dean Conners 0:33

Betsy Hammerberg 11:32

Jen Loup 19:50

Anne Bonney 31:49

Karen Stein 43:45

In-studio chat with Lesley Tye 57:49

Well... how did we get here? At our last mainstage show of Season 6, scheduled performers took the stage to tell true stories about how they ended up in certain spaces and places.

Stories Begin At:

Nancy Baker 00:40

John Klapko 13:56

Matt Soderquist 28:20

Jen Loup 37:40

Karen Stein 50:17

Conversation with in-studio guest Pete Kirkwood 1:00:48

What does it take to believe something? What does it take to be believed? "Believe" was a live storytelling event of the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center. Inspired by true tales of children and adults who yearn to believe and be believed, TBCAC recognizes the power of story to shift mindsets and create social change. Scheduled performers told true, first-person stories of times they were trying to believe or be believed.

Stories begin at:

Matt Soderquist 01:02

Dave Murphy 11:05

Dr. Amelia Siders 23:54

Daniel Stewart 33:46

Heather Hudson 51:48

In studio guests Christal Frost and Dr. Amelia Siders 1:09:27