UPCOMING SHOWS

BACKFENCE Unhinged: Unraveling the guts of true stories.
Coming to your ears in FEB on XRAY.fm!

With your hosts Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson

  • Storytelling Showcase

    THURS FEB 20 / SIREN THEATER / DOORS 6:30 — SHOW 7:00 / 17+

    Come see incredible people tell their sweet & funny stories workshopped in our Next Level Storytelling class.

    Hosted by instructor, Frayn Masters

    STORYTELLERS:

    Amity Worden
    Ash Allen
    Mikey Shethar
    October Moore
    Rae Trotta
    Tanya Awabdy

  • Presented by XRAY.fm, Portland Mercury & Powell's Books

    SAT MARCH 15 / POWELL’S BOOKS / DOORS 6:00 — SHOW 7:00 / 17+

    Every ticket holder will receive 15% off books for the night!!

    We’re closing down the Pearl Room to bring you a private mixed media storytelling show featuring stellar Portlander's telling true 'AM I THE VILLAIN?’ stories.

    Stories will be shared in all kinds of forms: the OG straight up way, a choral format, through visuals, poetry, musical accompaniment, and video shorts.

    Hosted by FRAYN MASTERS
    Music by CHAACH!!!

    STORY PERFORMANCES by:
    Adman, Author of Me and My Family and Me
    ANDREW DICKSON
    High School science teacher
    DARSHANPREET GILL

    Creative currently stuck in Portland
    BRI McKIZZIE
    Poet laureate of crushes
    JENNA FLETCHER

    Creator of solo show Aberdeen, Frontman of Lost Lander
    MATT SHEEHY

    Actress, VO Artist, Basketball Mom
    OCTOBER MOORE

    and host of You’re Wrong About podcast
    SARAH MARSHALL

  • Presented by XRAY.fm, Portland Mercury & Powell's Books

    SAT JUNE 14 / POWELL’S BOOKS / DOORS 6:00 — SHOW 7:00 / 17+

    Every ticket holder will receive 15% off books for the night!!

    We’re closing down the Pearl Room to bring you a private mixed media storytelling show featuring stellar people telling true 'UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS’.

    Stories will be shared in all kinds of forms: the OG straight up way, a duo format, through visuals, poetry, musical accompaniment, and video shorts.

    Hosted by FRAYN MASTERS
    Music by CHAACH!!!

    STORY PERFORMANCES by:
    Author of Anya's Ghost, Leave Me Alone
    VERA BROSGOL
    Stanford Lecturer, Writer, Rhetorician
    HARRIET JERNIGAN
    Things I Hide from My Dad solo show
    TRAVIS ABELS
    Comedian, Writer, Teacher
    MEG FERRILL

    More storytellers announced soon!

  • Presented by XRAY.fm, Portland Mercury & Powell's Books

    SAT NOV 15 / POWELL’S BOOKS / DOORS 6:00 — SHOW 7:00 / 17+

    Every ticket holder will receive 15% off books for the night!!

    High-Risk, High Stakes Storytelling!

    Hosted by
    FRAYN MASTERS & MINDY NETTIFEE
    Music by
    CHAACH!!!

    With STORYTELLERS…

    Last Winner —Tattoo Artist, Scorpio: CIARA LYNSEY @ciaralynsey.pokes

    6-Time Roulette Winner, Creator Front Porch Sessions: CHRIS WILLIAMS @shanklin33

    Comedian, Animal Lover, Mississippi born & raised: ASH ALLEN @ashallencomedy

    World renowned storyteller, 7 X Just for Laughs award nominee: JON BENNETT @jonbennettcomedy

    One more stellar storytellers announced soonish!

    More about Roulette

    Storytellers spin a giant game show wheel, it lands on a mystery prompt. They have just 5 minutes to come up with a true 5-minute story based on that prompt! It’s like we invented a new game called truth AND dare. The audience votes on a winner at the end of the night – both the storyteller winner and one lucky audience member win a veritable bevy of prizes from our sponsors.

TRUST ME… IT’S A GODDAMN HOOT!”

— Wm. Stephen Humphrey, Portland Mercury