Stoop Storytelling Series: School Daze

The Stoop Storytelling Series
School Daze: Stories about Education and Miseducation
Smith Theatre, The Horowitz Center at Howard Community College
Thursday, June 14, 7:00 pm

Hear personal stories, told by the people who’ve lived them – not professional storytellers, just everyday folks with astounding tales to tell. School Daze features stories told by educators, parents and students – all true accounts of educational experiences. Stoop storytellers are writers, dog-walkers, scientists, poets, moms, manicurists, museum directors, waitresses, TV hosts, taxi drivers…and you!

About Stoop Storytelling 
The Stoop Storytelling Series is a popular event the Baltimore area in which 7 people get 7 minutes each to tell a true, personal tale on a shared theme in front of a live audience. Since its founding in 2006, The Stoop has featured the stories of close to 1,000 Baltimoreans. These stories are now available on its website and podcast, and are frequently aired on local public radio station WYPR. Guided by the Motto, “Everyone has a story, What’s yours?”, The Stoop’s mission is to showcase the extraordinary stories of “ordinary” people.

The Stoop has featured people telling stories of love, death, revenge and forgiveness. Failures small and large. Double-crossing and two-timing. Shame and success. Epiphanies that happen just in time…and others that don’t. There’s blood, sweat and tears – and lots of laughs. There are no notes, no scripts, no actors – just true stories, artfully told. 

The Stoop Creators

Jessica Henkin works for Baltimore City Public School’s Office of Early Learning Program. She’s passionate about her family, autism education, Baltimore City, keeping her house clean, finding most things funny—and, of course, storytelling. See her onstage with the Baltimore Improv Group.

Laura Wexler is a writer and producer who creates work across multiple mediums. She’s developed a pilot for Amazon Studios, is the author of a nonfiction book about the nation’s last mass lynching, and is currently producing a Virtual Reality film. She is passionate about the power of personal storytelling and regularly presents storytelling workshops for organizations and businesses.

www.columbiafestival.org 
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