Here:say Storytelling

Public service announcement: Scheduled performers at the April Here:Say took the stage to tell true *cautionary* tales that will entertain us as much as they help us learn from these storytellers' mistakes! Featuring Chris Lemanski, Jen Loup, Jeff Smith, Simon Joseph, and Elon Cameron. 

On March 19 2018, performers took the stage to tell true stories about lies: lies they've been told, lies they've told others, and lies they've told themselves...   Featuring Jody Betten, Dave Murphy, Daniel Stewart, Lesley Tye, and Matt Soderquist 

In our post-Valentine's love hangover, Here:Say storytellers got into tales of love gone astray... Featuring Betsy Emdin, Brad Lystra, Jonelle Bowers, Heather Hudson, Lisa Rosendahl, and Karen Stein.     

Sometimes what seems like a minor action can lead to an unexpectedly outsized reaction. Scheduled performers will take the stage on this night to tell true stories of times that something in their life has snowballed...  Featuring Karin Killian, Jen Loup, Brad Lystra, and Nancy Baker. 

Sometimes we get a whole lot of life in the span of just one week. Performers took the stage on December 20, 2017, to tell true tales of their weeks that were *that* week. Featuring Jonelle Bowers, Matt Soderquist, Jenn Cameron, Heather Schalge, Pauly Hurlbert, and Karen Stein 

Performers took the stage to tell true stories about times when all eyes were on them or someone else... for better or worse. Featuring Betsy Emdin, Anne Bonney, Brad Lystra, Jonelle Bowers, Pauly Hurlbert, and Elon Cameron. 

Here:Say turns 5 this year! We celebrated at our Season 5 premiere, where featured performers took the stage to tell true stories about birthdays and other annual commemorations. Featuring Jo Paige, Jen Loup, Lesley Tye, Matt Soderquist, Jonelle Bowers, and Christal Frost.

"Summer Reruns" features some of our favorite stories from past Here:Say shows, presented by Interlochen Public Radio at the Upton-Morley Pavilion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. This show is presented in two parts: Part 2, which aired October 8 on IPR, features Jonelle Bowers, Jeff Smith, Karen Stein, and Kate Botello. 

"Summer Reruns" features some of our favorite stories from past Here:Say shows, presented by Interlochen Public Radio at the Upton-Morley Pavilion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. This show is presented in two parts: Part 1, which aired October 1 on IPR, features Dave Murphy, Christal Frost, Elon Cameron, Ben Whiting, and Kate Botello. 

Does it truly feel so good to be reunited? Scheduled performers at the last show of the regular season (Season 4) told us true stories live on stage about reunions that have happened in their lives. (And we decided for ourselves if Peaches and Herb were right.) Featuring: Christal Frost, Heather Schalge, Anne Bonney, Larry Heitman, James Berg, Betsy Emdin, Nancy Baker

Sometimes you've just got to beat a hasty retreat. Performers took the stage to tell true stories about times that they had to get outta that place, if it was the last thing they ever did. Featuring: Lesley Tye, Jen Loup, Eric Patterson, Brad Lystra, Elon Cameron

Sure, we all need somebody to lean on, but sometimes that somebody is nowhere to be found. Performers this night took the stage to tell stories of times they had to go it alone. Featuring: Cameron Hines, Jo Paige, Jonelle Bowers, Jen Loup, Elon Cameron

Here:Say and the State Theatre joined together for a special popup storytelling show to benefit Safe Harbor. Performers from the community took the stage to tell true stories of experiences with housing vulnerability in their own lives. Featuring: Matt Soderquist, Karin Killian, Jonelle Bowers, Elon Cameron, Christal Frost

If it's true that humans contemplate catastrophes as a means to feel better about their own lives, well, you're going to feel supergreat after listening to our performers who took the stage February 20 to tell true stories of calamity. Featuring: Karen Stein, Christal Frost, Daniel Stewart, Elon Cameron, Dave Murphy

Write your name on all the food you bought, use all the hot water, leave a stack of dirty dishes in the sink for a week, write a passive-aggressive note, and tie a sock around your doorknob… on January 16, our scheduled performers told true stories about roommates, and it wasn't pretty! Featuring: Karin Killian, Katie Mae Scripps, Elon Cameron, Jonelle Bowers, Jeff Smith, Karen Stein

Saving the world seems easy enough, no? On December 19 our performers told the tales of the times they at least tried. Featuring: Anne Bonney, Mel Blevins, Brad Lystra, Matt Soderquist, Jo Paige, Jonelle Bowers

Featured performers told real-life tales of birds and bees and all the implications in between at this November 2016 show. Featuring: Rebecca Lessard, Heather Schalge, Karin Killian, Britton Dennis, Paul Stebleton, Elon Cameron

We kicked off our brand new season with "Brand New Day" in our brand new venue, The Workshop Brewing Company! At this event, featured performers told true life stories about new beginnings. Featuring: Matt Soderquist, Jonelle Bowers, Lesley Tye, Elon Cameron, Tony Bero, Daniel Stewart

It's been said we all need to travel more to really get to know ourselves. What did Here:Say performers learn about themselves when they crossed the border...? Featuring: Lesley Tye, Marina Call, Steve Clark, Ben Whiting, James Berg, Jeff Smith, Daniel Stewart, Anne Bonney

Is there a doctor in the house?? Here:Say performers told true tales from their lives of when an assist was needed from the medical professionals... Featuring: Kristy Snyder, Jonelle Bowers, Kathryn Henning Callison, Matt Soderquist, Nancy Baker, Dave Murphy