TRUST ME… IT’S A GODDAMN HOOT!”

— Wm. Stephen Humphrey, Portland Mercury

  • BACKFENCE Storytelling 17+

    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 main room at Powell’s to bring you a private storytelling event featuring authors telling 8-10 minute personal stories!

    When you purchase a ticket it also gets you 15% off books in the WHOLE store night of the show!

    STORYTELLERS:

    +COURTENAY HAMEISTER & JASON ROUSE telling a duo story.

    +BRIANNA WHEELER

    +KEVIN MALONEY

    More announced very soon.

    There will be bar featuring NA Cocktails from For Bitter For Worse and Spirits from New Deal Distillery!

  • NEXT LEVEL STORYTELLING w/ Frayn Masters

    NEXT LEVEL STORYTELLING & PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE

    The straight up deets:

    • Mondays May 20, 27. June 10. 5:30-7:30.
    • May 27 will be slightly longer. 5:30-8:00.
    • Performance date decided by class.
    • Rehearsal before show.
    • 6 Students max for maximum attention.
    • 3 In-person classes
    • 2 Private one-on-one sessions
    • 1 Performance at Siren Theatre!

    Sign up by May 7 for a $100 discount!

    You’ve got a lot of cool tools living inside you waiting to dazzle audiences under the lights. Let’s reveal more of what brings your youness to the stage in this super supportive month-long risk-taking adventure.

    You’ve got some chops. You know 5-part story structure. But you yearn for more tasty chops and juicy parts.

    All you need is a playground where taking chances and trying new things gives you breathing space for breakthroughs that make your stories and stage presence to truly sing.

  • UPCOMING SHOWS!

    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!

Thank you to everyone who helped make our KICKSTARTER a success!!!!

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