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Podcasts

Shows
Spellbound (Halloween) - October 29, 2011
The Choices We Make - October 7, 2011 Unexpected Journeys - September 9, 2011

Storytellers
Keith Casarona - October 7, 2011
Dana Coffey - October 7, 2011
Lynne Duddy - October 29, 2011
Lynn Fitch - September 9, 2011
Lynn Fitch - October 7, 2011
Laura Grimes - September 9, 2011
Kara Hayes - September 9, 2011
Lawrence Howard - October 29, 2011
Niko Moe - September 9, 2011
Roy Staples - October 7, 2011
Ryan Wolf Stroud - September 9, 2011
Ryan Wolf Stroud - October 7, 2011
Ryan Wolf Stroud - October 29, 2011
Julie Strozyk - October 29, 2011
Penny Walter - October 29, 2011
Mary Welch - October 7, 2011

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Spellbound at The John Palmer House
Halloween 2011

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn’t real. I know that, and I also know
that if I’m careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.
— Stephen King

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Portrait of Lynne Duddy by Ó Dubhda,
Portland Story Theater © 2011

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Portland Story Theater "Maryanne's Mirror"

The true story of a haunting that Lynne experienced with her great-great-grandmother's mirror.

Created and told by Lynne Duddy
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Portrait of Lawrence Howard
by Issac Koval © 2009

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"The Dead Finger"

Based on a traditional tale written by Howard Pyle

Adapted and told by Lawrence Howard
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Portrait of Penny Walter by Ó Dubhda,
Portland Story Theater © 2011

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"Jamie"
(Please do not share this story will kids!!!)

Please note that although Penny typicallly creates stories for kids, this story is definitely not for children! It is based on real events while growing up in Eastern Washington and it is scary!

Created for grown-ups and told by Penny Walter
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Portrait of Ryan Wolf Stroud by Ó Dubhda,
Portland Story Theater © 2011

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“The Kushtaka”

A true story about an encounter with The Kushtaka, a legendary mystical monster of the Tlingit and Tsimshian tribes.

Created and told by Ryan Wolf Stroud 29Oct11
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Portrait of Julie Strozyk provided by the artist
© 2011 Julie Strozyk

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"The Weeping Lass at
     the Dancing Place"

Based on a traditional Scottish tale by Sorche nic Leodhas.

Adapted and told by Julie Strozyk 29Oct11
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Urban Tellers: The Choices We Make
October 7, 2011
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“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.”
— Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist. 1905-1997

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Portrait of Mary Welch by Russell Young,
Studio 3024 © 2011

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Portland Story Theater
“Play It Again, Mike”

A story of how a Rottweiler and a woman in mid-life transition encouraged one another to walk in greater freedom.

Created and told by Mary Welch 7Oct11
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Portrait of Roy Staples by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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Portland Story Theater
"Romance After the Big D"

One man's quest for meaning and companionship after an unexpected divorce.

Created and told by Roy Staples 7Oct11
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Portrait of Ryan Wolf Stroud by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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Portland Story Theater
"Lifting The Veil"

Ryan Wolf Stroud tells about his eye-opening adventures serving in a military presidential support unit in Washington, DC.

Created and told by Ryan Wolf Stroud
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Portrait of Keith Casarona by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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"Us vs. Them"

The confessions of a self-righteous fundamentalist. Having spent 52 years in a rigid thought system where there was only good and evil, Keith tells about the cost of being in and out of that organization.

Created and told by Keith Casarona
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Portrait of Dana Coffey by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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Portland Story Theater
"Foreign Waters"

During the seventies, Dana and her family found adventure in El Salvador. Physically dangerous events can be easier to weather than matters of the heart.

Created and told by Dana Coffey
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Portrait of Lynn Fitch by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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Portland Story Theater
"Childbirth Is Not An Emergency"

This is the story of one woman's choice to be a feminist, a rebel, and a pioneer in the home birth movement.

Created and told by Lynn Fitch
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Urban Tellers: Unexpected Journeys
September 9, 2011
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“This has been a long, strange journey with many unexpected twists,
and the final outcome is still far from clear.”
— Joshua Freeman, Professor of History. 1949

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Portrait of Lynn Fitch by by Ó Dubhda,
Portland Story Theater © 2011

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Portland Story Theater
"Discovering True Sacredness"

A journey to Mongolia reveals a way of life that awakens a women's spirit.

Created and told by Lynn Fitch
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Portrait of Kara Hayes by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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Portland Story Theater
"The Girl Who Walks"

Let your feet do the walking to places of healing for a wounded heart.

Created and told by Kara Hayes
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Portrait of Ryan Wolf Stroud by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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Portland Story Theater
"One Last Question"

If you knew this was the last time you'd get to see someone you love, what would you make sure to ask? And more importantly, what would you make sure not to ask? Ryan Wolf Stroud returns to the Portland Story Theater stage with a story about life's big questions, the answers we hope to receive, and the answers we never wish to discover.

Created and told by Ryan Wolf Stroud
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Portrait of Laura Grimes by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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"Public vs. Private"

Laura grapples with her lifelong fear of performing in front of an audience as she explores eternal artistic questions. How deep do you go? How much do you give? And the scariest: What will you find?

Created and told by Laura Grimes
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Portrait of Niko Moe by Russell Young
© 2011 Studio 3024

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"I'm Not Worried About It"

Niko tells a story about what happens when you get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time for the wrong thing.

Created and told by Talen Nikolai "Niko" Moe
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