“TRUST ME… IT’S A GODDAMN HOOT!”

SAT JUNE 15 / POWELL’S BOOKS / DOORS 6:00 — SHOW 7:00

Hosted & Produced by FRAYN MASTERS & BRIAN S. ELLIS

Music by CHAACH!

We’re closing down the Pearl Room at Powell’s to bring you a private storytelling event featuring authors and stellar community members telling 8-10 minute personal stories!

Get Ready to hear stories based on the theme MISTAKES WERE MADE from these incredible STORYTELLERS!

Returning audience faves JASON ROUSE Actor, Teacher, Writer and all around sweet person will tell a duo story with COURTENAY HAMEISTER Former host of Live Wire! author of ‘Okay, Fine, Whatever’ and this beautiful and moving Modern Love piece. They are both hilarious people who also tell stories that move you. You’ll get to witness more sides of these two very talented people in the show!

GABI DIXSON 5th Strongest Woman in the WORLD (2021-2023),7x World Record holder (grip specialist!), Social Worker, and Wildfang model. Watch this incredible feat of strength, Gabi holding up two columns. Like big, giant, grecian columns!

KEVIN MALONEY the author of ‘The Red-Headed Pilgrim’  and ‘Cult of Loretta’. A web developer who’s spent some past hours working as a TJ Maxx associate, organic farmer, electrician, high school English teacher, and teddy bear salesman.

BRIANNA WHEELER is an arts & culture writer in Portland, an avid roadtripper, semi-confident roller skater, novice seamstress, and mother. Her first book, a memoir about identity iheritance & the raid that started the Civil War, ‘Altogether Different’ was published by Korza Books in 2023

WE’LL ANNOUNCE OUR FINAL STORYTELLER SOON! EVERYONE WHO BUYS A TICKET WILL RECEIVE A WRISTBAND — SHOW THAT WRISTBAND at the register to RECEIVE 15% OFF BOOKS FOR THE EVENING of THE SHOW!

VIP FOLKS GET RESERVED SEATING IN FRONT ROWS, A TREAT, AN NA COCKTAIL COURTESY OF FOR BITTER FOR WORSE & MORE SWEET THINGS FROM SPONSORS!

ada and arts for all folks please email frayn@backfencepdx.com!

ALBERTA HOUSE / KICKSTAND COMEDY / POP-UPS / ALBERTA ROSE / SIREN THEATER

We have a whole slew of storytelling coming your way in all the venues listed above!

We’ll be putting more shows up on this site soon! Be sure to join our newsletter to be in the know first! You can do so by signing up through the pop up that show up when you come to the website or emailing info@backfencepdx.com.

WOOHOO!