UPCOMING SHOWS

BACKFENCE Unhinged: Your 29 min comfort listen. 
Coming to your ears Wed’s 7:15am on XRAY.fm!

With your hosts Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson

  • UPCOMING CLASSES

    HELLO!

    Both award-winning storyteller, artistic director, and host of BACKFENCE, Frayn Masters and BACKFENCE assistant producer, comedian. and award-winning storyteller Ash Allen have classes coming up!

    As facilitators we believe in the community storytelling builds plus it’s a great damn time. We offer a super supportive environment with thoughtful feedback.

    Ash has a great a la carte class coming up on July 28th — dip your toe in and test the waters of storytelling!

    Frayn has two fall NEXT LEVEL intensives. One is sold out but there is still one spot left in Fall #1!

    Go SIGN UP and let the good storytelling times roll.

  • 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!!

    We’re closing down the Pearl Room to bring you a private mixed media storytelling show featuring stellar people telling true stories based on the theme ‘SNAP OUT OF IT!’

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

    Hosted by FRAYN MASTERS
    Music by CHAACH!!!

    With STORYTELLERS…

    Returning to the BACKFENCE stage… you’ve seen her as the mayor of Las Vegas in Hacks, the testy chef in Sirens, Abbott Elementary & more
    LAUREN WEEDMAN
    Tattoo Artist, Scorpio
    CIARA LYNSEY
    World renowned storyteller, 7 X Just for Laughs award nominee
    JON BENNETT
    Therapist, Actor, Mom of two
    ZOË MARTININI
    Chef, Food Consultant, Podcaster
    MIKEY SHETHAR
    Award winning poet, BACKFENCE producer
    BRIAN S. ELLIS

    AND ONE MORE ANNOUNCED SOON!

TRUST ME… IT’S A GODDAMN HOOT!”

— Wm. Stephen Humphrey, Portland Mercury