Story Story Night
Because everyone has a story. Spontaneous, illuminating, electrifying, inspiring, Story Story Night is a live storytelling phenomenon that provides a forum and a format for Boise and beyond to share real experiences on stage and without notes. The nonprofit program presents a soul-stirring, all-ages flagship season. As well as Story Story Late-Night, the positively shameless, adults-only black sheep arm of the storytelling family. Plus Starry Story Night, a special event highlighting the connections between our individual points of light.
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September 17, 2026 • 66 mins
This special event is inspired by the Museum’s America 250 exhibition, United We Celebrate: The Traditions that Bring America Together, which explores how historic and contemporary traditions connect us as a community, state, and nation.
Hosted and directed by Jodi Eichelberger
with music from Connor J Lies, Mark Stolpe, Jason Young, and Dennis Cooper
Featuring:
Rose Ann Abrahamson
Shari Baber
John Bieter
Tim Blonsky
Lawren...
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August 29, 2026 • 88 mins
Hosted by Alisha Donahue
Music by Ashley Rose
Featuring:
al'ikens Plancher*
Gigi Huntley
Matt Howard
*al'ikens Plancher appears with support from Surel's Place
This is Story Story Late-Night, the positively shameless black sheep of our Story Story Night family where you hear bleep worthy stories recorded live on our unblushing theme. Three featured storytellers intermixed with your 5-minute story slam.
This project is supported in...
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July 31, 2026 • 92 mins
This is Story Story Late-Night, the positively shameless black sheep of our story story night family where you hear bleep worthy stories on an unblushing theme.
Hosted by Alisha Donahue
Music by Jordan Gore
Featuring:
Ben Hess- 480 miles of heartbreak
Taylor Utt- Lost keys, deep water and the tow truck from hell
Chad Estes- lessons learned on the Camino
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July 8, 2026 • 102 mins
True stories told live by the people who lived them.
Hosted by Beth Norton
Music by Niccole Blaze and Jean Cardeño
Featuring:
Sarah Masterson
Victoria Long
Nic Darlinton (winner of the Idaho Humanities Council Outstanding Educator Award!)
Recorded at the Idaho Botanical Garden
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May 21, 2026 • 110 mins
It's our 16th birthday show! In the style of the gameshow "To Tell the Truth," each featured story is told by 3 people and it's up to the audience to figure out who the story belongs to and who are the imposters.
Plus, for the first time ever- story slammers share a story about a crazy adventure in their life... but it can be true or false!
Special guest Mark Johnson starts the night with a story about his long term struggle with...
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April 30, 2026 • 111 mins
FACE TO FACE. STORiES THAT HiT YOU RiGHT iN THE FEELS.
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
Music by E.L. Anderson
Featuring:
Marnae Walker
Harry Beaulieu
Annie Chamberlain
Blank looks? Never here. This flagship season of Story Story Night, we’re giving face in that group chat you definitely want to be in. Somewhere between smiling face with single tear and melt into a puddle face are the realest feelings. Tap into the electric expr...
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March 16, 2026 • 97 mins
Meet the black sheep in the Story Story Night family. Positively shameless, Story Story Late-Night goes there. With raw and real stories on an unblushing theme. Live on stage. Without notes or inhibitions.
Hosted by Beth Norton
Music by Jesse Blake Rundle
Featuring:
Louis Katz
Courtney Murray
Michael Zabel
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February 20, 2026 • 105 mins
FACE TO FACE. STORiES THAT HiT YOU RiGHT iN THE FEELS.
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
Music by Matthew Vorhies
Featuring:
Jodi Peterson-Stigers
Greg Sisco
Shawn Reilly
with special guests:
Chris Alvarez
Nick Rogers
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February 20, 2026 • 104 mins
FACE TO FACE: TRUE STORiES THAT HiT YOU RiGHT iN THE FEELS.
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
with musical guest The Kalimoxto Cowboys
Featuring:
Josie Jensen, Peaceful Belly Farm
Dan Ansotegui, Ansots Basque Chorizos
Tiffany Hitesman, the collard greens
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December 12, 2025 • 98 mins
True stories told live by the people who lived them.
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
"Cool Jazz" with Alex Sjobeck & Ben Britton
Featuring these cool humans:
Paul Primus
Sarah Inama
Dakotah Brown
Sponsored by Keenly and Boise Group Real Estate
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October 10, 2025 • 99 mins
The spontaneous story slammers who drop their name at every show have scattered their seed randomly throughout the season. At SLAMMER OF THE YEAR, standout story picks from our latest flagship and late-night seasons gathered together like freshly harvested baskets of fruit. Studio guides Jessica Holmes and Patti O'Hara each cultivated teams of five top-ranked story slammers to lead them to market. They first take turns planting see...
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September 20, 2025 • 94 mins
Positively shameless, the adults-only black sheep of our storytelling family with true stories told live.
Hosted by Alisha Donahue
Musical Guests: The Mall Dark Moths
Featuring:
Jaymie Hogg
Ryan Donahue
Arden Vermillion
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August 18, 2025 • 95 mins
Positively shameless, the adults-only black sheep of the storytelling family recorded live in the Women's Ward at the Old Idaho Penitentiary.
Hosted by Alisha Donahue
with guest musicians The East Carter Lane Warriors
Featuring:
Anna Dillon
Dylan Hass
Jynx Jenkins
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July 9, 2025 • 115 mins
As part of our 15th Anniversary season we revisited a previous theme from 2015- MY OWN PRiVATE iDAHO: Stories of Wild States
Hosted by our OG Host, Jessica Holmes
with DJ Wendy Fox
Featuring:
Nikson Matthews
Lisa Sanchez
Christian Winkle
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May 20, 2025 • 108 mins
FEATURING:
Karen Cuellar- following the leader almost proves murderous
Steve Bunk- making career moves like a BiSHOP
Alice Thompson- a father who is not quite in the BiSHOP's seat
and special guest Amelia Berg, the Executive Director of The BiSHOP's House
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
with guest musicians from Sangha Taiko drumming group
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April 22, 2025 • 108 mins
FEATURING:
Kris Query- when not to be a KNiGHT in shining armor
Andrew Nemr- KNiGHTED by Gregory Hines, but still encounters a dark KNiGHT
Michael Zabel- gets into his SUiT of armor
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
Guest Musicians: The Biotzetik Basque Choir
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March 16, 2025 • 91 mins
True stories inspired by the theme "PAWN" told live by the people who lived them. Curated stories intermixed with a community story slam. Featuring Martha Channer and Richard Rachman.
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February 12, 2025 • 105 mins
True stories inspired by the theme "ROOK" told live by the people who lived them. Curated stories intermixed with a community story slam.
Featuring:
Cami Nichols trapped in a tower.
Joey Maxey gets rooked.
Brig Van Osten strategizes in a reality television assault.
Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger
with musical guests Alex Sjobeck, piano & Derek Ganong, trumpet
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January 24, 2025 • 86 mins
True stories inspired by the theme "KiNG" told live by the people who lived them. Curated stories intermixed with a community story slam.
with guest host George Prentice
and music by the Jewish Elvis, Boise's Neil Diamond (as performed by Guy Finley)
If you'd like to see the stories in addition to hearing them, you will find this episode at https://youtu.be/S6UIHk08fY8
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January 8, 2025 • 110 mins
STORiES ARE STRANGE
Late-Night is stranger. Plotlines turn risqué on this microphone. Wording leans wicked when you’re uncensored. Black sheep, it’s your season, come on down. After the end of our OUTDOORS series, the positively shameless Story Story Late-Night heads iNDOORS to play at the adults-only Visual Arts Collective. With shows themed like a Jim Morrison live bootleg EP—starring featured storytellers inter...
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