Every person has a story worth telling.

Since 2008, series creator, artistic director, and host Frayn Masters along with BACKFENCE story producers Mindy Nettifee, Brian S. Ellis, and Chris Williams have been curating powerful and engaging story shows for the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

The most exciting part of a storytelling show is we get to mix things up and put wildly different kinds of people together on the same night in a way that will never happen again. A funeral director on stage with author of Wild Cheryl Strayed, a high school science teacher with Parenthood's Joy Bryant, a poker player taking wild chances with Bridesmaid's Wendi McLendon-Covey, a pet psychic with Superstore's Colton Dunn, and a blood spatter expert with Shrill author Lindy West.

BACKFENCE Roulette is a high stakes high risk show. It’s like truth AND Dare. Storytellers have no idea what story they will tell until the spin the giant gameshow wheel and receive a random prompt. Then they have just five minutes to go back stage and prepare a true 5-minute story based on that prompt. At the end of the show, the audience votes on their favorite story, and a winner is crowned!

BACKFENCE Next Level showcases storytellers from Frayn’s performance level class. They go through the same rigors and one-on-one sessions as Mainstage storytellers and bring their stories to life in front of a live audience. The experience of working together over a month bonds the storytellers making for a particularly magical night.

BACKEFENCE Mainstage features storytellers telling a personal 8 to 15 minute story based on the evenings theme. A curated evening of stories that range from straight up hilarious, sad, poignant, sweet, scary, gross and everything in between.