Tim Stapleton is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow living in Portland, Oregon. He has performed with Portland Story Theater in Urban Tellers®, is an author, painter, actor and award-winning set designer. Tim draws upon an extraordinary experience he had with an intruder to create an edge-of-your-seat scary story. www.twstapleton.com/

SPELLBOUND OCTOBER 24, 2015

Tim Stapleton on stage at Alberta Abbey for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

How do arbitrary boundaries affect lives? This is a story about struggles to cross those boundaries. Howard migrated from San Jose California to Trout Lake Washington, returned to California and came back to Washington. He has worked as a firefighter, carpenter, heavy equipment operator, and electrician. He will no doubt soon be exploring new boundaries.

URBAN TELLERS November 15, 2014

BEING PRESENT

Howard Bulick on stage at the Columbia Center for the Arts for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Jackie tells the story of growing up with her younger brother and becoming unexpectedly caught between grief and disbelief. Jackie has worked as a Library Director and now as a public school teacher as she works on a book of poetry called ‘The Earthmover's Daughter.'

URBAN TELLERS November 15, 2014

BEING PRESENT

Jackie McManus on stage at the Columbia Center for the Arts for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Megan is a teacher in Hood River. She has been in several plays at Columbia Center for the Arts, but this is her first experience with storytelling. She will be sharing a story about her journey away from the familiar can bring us closer to ourselves.

URBAN TELLERS November 15, 2014

BEING PRESENT

Megan Farrell on stage at the Columbia Center for the Arts for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Late night calls, driving the Gorge, and how one woman’s ideas of what it means to live and die well were changed in a year. When asked where she is from, Ann Harris proudly states Hood River, Oregon. She and her husband and two kids have lived here for 18 years. She works for a new program at OSU Extension called OSU Open Campus. It’s all about creating more educational opportunities in the Gorge. If you’d like to find out more contact her at [email protected]

URBAN TELLERS November 15, 2014

BEING PRESENT

Ann Harris on stage at the Columbia Center for the Arts for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Telling about a hike in Papua New Guinea, Mari is a wife, mother, singer, writer, and teacher, and is enjoying the journey.

URBAN TELLERS November 15, 2014

BEING PRESENT

Mari Matthias on stage at the Columbia Center for the Arts for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

If you had to choose between a life in the mountains or the Broadway theater what would it be? Explore the difference between starlight and stage-light in this glimpse backstage.

Howard Bulick lives, loves and laughs in the Columbia Gorge. You may find him living new stories on the rivers and in the mountains of the Cascades.

FOUNDERS, FRIENDS AND FAVES September 25, 2015

Howard Bulick on stage at the Columbia Center for the Arts for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Is there still magic in this jaded world? Something he didn't know he had until he did what he did. Then he found out he always had, but would have never known. John Mink is making his debut on the Portland Story Theater Mainstage with this special show to celebrate our 11th season of storytelling.

FOUNDERS, FRIENDS AND FAVES September 12, 2015

John Mink on stage at Alberta Abbey for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Like a bug to the bug-zapper, oft-times things find their demise in the object they are most attracted to. Warren is currently being destroyed by the very thing he loves more than anything else in this world. It is all very straightforwardly confusing. He wants to suck the marrow out of life but also cannot wait until he has time to do…just nothing. Fatherhood is madness, but it is welcome.

FOUNDERS, FRIENDS AND FAVES September 12, 2015

Warren McPherson on stage at Alberta Abbey for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com

Lawrence Howard is an armchair adventurer, a lover of limericks, and a co-founder of Portland Story Theater. Until recently, he lived a double life as a mild-mannered paralegal by day, super storyteller by night! Have Ladder, Will Travel is the story of a case he will never forget. Find out more about Lawrence and his storytelling at http://www.lawrencehoward.name/

FOUNDERS, FRIENDS AND FAVES September 12, 2015

Lawrence Howard on stage at Alberta Abbey for live storytelling with Portland Story Theater

Hosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

www.portlandstorytheater.com