For Story Story Night’s 15th anniversary reprise theme, MY OWN PRiVATE iDAHO, I host and tell an opening story about a wayward trip into the Owyhee Desert.
“MY OWN PRiVATE iDAHO” story
Category: Storytelling
STORY STORY LATE-NiGHT postcards
Bird’s-eye view: From the tagline “positively shameless” to the black sheep twist on the mainstage logo, Story Story Late-Night is one of my favorite creative projects of all time. As the co-founder of this 15-year-old storytelling nonprofit, I’ve stepped off stage but still write all the postcards.
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Creative partners: Julia Green
STORYTELLING from “THE ’20s: Stories of the Decades”
I go on a vacation in Africa…in early March 2020. In this special guest slam for the 10th birthday show for Story Story Night, hear the nail-biting story of how I (barely) navigated the travel twist of a worldwide pandemic and sudden global shutdown.
STORYTELLING from “BAGGAGE: Stories of the Things We Carry”
In this featured story, obsessed with the passionate, longing Russian soul, I take off into a strange frostbitten land—and straight into the wintry apartment of a random Russian family. I learn that regret stays frozen in time.
(New happy ending: I’m now dear friends with my Russian host family. Thanks (for literally nothing else) Facebook.)
STORYTELLING from “AFTERMATH: Stories of What Went Down in the Wake”
In a joint featured story, two weirdly archetypal 13 year-old BFFs switch roles and wild styles 20 years later when they reconnect at 33 (weird as ever).
STORYTELLING from “NAKED Stories”
In a spontaneous story slam from NAKED Stories at the very first show of our Late-Night series, I get caught in flagrante delicto in an abandoned shack in the woods by a potential serial killer.
STORYTELLING from “CRUSHES: Stories of Infatuation”
After an ill-fated summer of love, I develop a heated crush on David Sedaris. But when I finally get the chance to meet him…me do not talk pretty one day.
Here’s a remix reflection on this story from Story Story Night’s radio show on Radio Boise nearly a decade after…
