Stories on Stage Sacramento

10/11/2024

Tonight's the night! Come see the hilarity that is Literary Death Match at 7PM at the Auditorium at CLARA Studios!

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10/09/2024

Look who's coming to town just to be with us! Adrian Todd Zuniga, literary dynamo and emcee of Literary Death Match—which returns to Sacramento on Friday!!!

Get your tickets before we sell out (like last time!) ...

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09/26/2024

Meet the judges for Literary Death Match 2! Tickets are going fast, don't wait—we SOLD OUT last year! Get yours at https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/UOTFCXP7TQFOVJIOYHZNWECZ

09/09/2024

Tickets are now on sale for the return of Literary Death Match on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7PM! https://square.link/u/3KTDN2fj

Tell your friends, your family, your enemies, your frenemies!

We can't wait to see you for a second installment of 4 authors, 3 judges, 2 finalists, 1 champion and all kinds of hilarity in between!

08/09/2024

🎉🎟🎉 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT: OUR AUGUST EVENT FEATURING WRITING ABOUT THE LIMITS OF FAMILIAL OBLIGATION!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ PAST DUE: TALES OF DAUGHTERS, DUTY, &, DIFFICULT DECISIONS @ Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅
Friday, August 9th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear two pieces about what we owe our ancestors—and ourselves: RoseMary Covington's "Time Change," a story about the past literally haunting the present, read by Jude Owens, and Alberta Nassi's "Unanswered," an essay about exorcising guilt and regret while continuing to honor the truth of the past no matter how difficult that past has been, read by Janis Stevens

🎯Tickets available at the door!

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08/07/2024

🎉🎟🎉 JUST TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL OUR AUGUST EVENT FEATURING WRITING ABOUT THE LIMITS OF FAMILIAL OBLIGATION!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ PAST DUE: TALES OF DAUGHTERS, DUTY, &, DIFFICULT DECISIONS @ Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅
Friday, August 9th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear two pieces about what we owe our ancestors—and ourselves: RoseMary Covington's "Time Change," a story about the past literally haunting the present, read by Jude Owens, and Alberta Nassi's "Unanswered," an essay about exorcising guilt and regret while continuing to honor the truth of the past no matter how difficult that past has been, read by Janis Stevens

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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08/05/2024

🎉🎟🎉 THIS FRIDAY: OUR AUGUST EVENT FEATURING WRITING ABOUT THE LIMITS OF FAMILIAL OBLIGATION!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ PAST DUE: TALES OF DAUGHTERS, DUTY, &, DIFFICULT DECISIONS @ Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅
Friday, August 9th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear two pieces about what we owe our ancestors—and ourselves: RoseMary Covington's "Time Change," a story about the past literally haunting the present, read by Jude Owens, and Alberta Nassi's "Unanswered," an essay about exorcising guilt and regret while continuing to honor the truth of the past no matter how difficult that past has been, read by Janis Stevens

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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08/02/2024

🎉🎟🎉 JUST ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL OUR AUGUST EVENT FEATURING WRITING ABOUT THE LIMITS OF FAMILIAL OBLIGATION!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ PAST DUE: TALES OF DAUGHTERS, DUTY, &, DIFFICULT DECISIONS @ Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅
Friday, August 9th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actors Jude Owens and Janis Stevens perform work by RoseMary Covington and Alberta Nassi about what we owe our ancestors—and ourselves.

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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05/10/2024

🎉🎟🎉 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT TO HEAR STORIES AT OUR MAY EVENT FEATURING SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actors Katherine Stroller, Stuart E.W. Smith, Voress Franklin, and Jennifer Smith read tales of high fantasy and complicated emotions including princesses and knaves, warriors going to prom, and fears of losing your humanity amidst the treatment of those around us (human and animal alike) by Rhys Shaw (aka Ruby Sketchley), Brian Winters (aka Nick Hugues), Kathy Lynne Marshall, & ayreÁnna Ross.

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR (and at the door)

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05/09/2024

COME HEAR STORIES TOMORROW NIGHT! We have an excerpt from "Someone's Daughter," the first book in Rhys Shaw's "gritty realistic historical fiction" Welexia Series! (This one might just make your blood boil—but that's the point!)

🎉🎟🎉 OUR MAY EVENT FEATURES SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actor Katherine Stroller read the disturbing opening pages of Rhys Shaw's look back at the realities faced by women of the past—no matter how mighty or clever they were.

🎯Tickets available at:
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05/08/2024

COME HEAR STORIES THIS FRIDAY! We have a heart-render coming up about human kindness towards the natural world—it'll restore your faith in humanity, in case you need a bit more of that right now!

🎉🎟🎉 OUR MAY EVENT FEATURES SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actor Jennifer Smith read ayreÁnna Ross's moving real-life tale of compassion and grief about helping a fellow creature pass on from this plane of existence.

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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05/07/2024

After coming to Stories on Stage Sacramento presents "Imagine a World: Tales to Make You Think" this Friday night, why not get yourself over the causeway to Davis to hear SOSS Artistic Director Patrick Joshua Laskey's story on Saturday night at Stories on Stage Davis when SOSS actor and writer alum Philip Jacques brings it to life at the Pence Gallery!

Pence Gallery
212 D St in downtown Davis
Doors open at 7:00 PM.
The event is free to attend, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Our second author that we'll be featuring on May 11th is Patrick Joshua Laskey. Originally from Sacramento, p joshua laskey considers himself a Texiforkerisiaínoleondoner—which means he misses all seven other far-flung cities he’s called home. He’s proudly performed as an actor for Stories on Stage Davis and was honored to be named a Board Member Emeritus of the organization after a stint pitching in at events. He is Associate World Literature Editor for The Literary Review and Artistic Director of both Stories on Stage Sacramento and Theater Galatea. His published work includes original, adapted, and translated plays as well as original and self-translated short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. He has received multiple awards across genres including Sacramento News & Review - SN&R's Best Original Play, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Baumeister Scholarship in Creative Writing, Toyon Literary Magazine’s Multilingual Award in Translation, and Reunion: The Dallas Review’s Robert Bone Memorial Prize (twice). More at www.pjoshualaskey.com. We can't wait to share the work and seeing all of you on May 11th!

05/07/2024

COME HEAR STORIES THIS FRIDAY! We have a gut-buster described by its author as "Conan the Barbarian meets Pretty In Pink absurdity with a straight face"! (It's truly laugh-out-loud funny!!!)

🎉🎟🎉 OUR MAY EVENT FEATURES SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actor Stuart EW Smith read Brian Winter's (aka Nick Hugues) astonishing mashup. It's like Romy and Michele's High School Reunion remembering Game of Thrones at The Breakfast Club!!!

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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05/06/2024

COME HEAR STORIES THIS FRIDAY! We have a doozy that tackles Sacramento's issue of an ever-increasing unhoused population through the lens of psychological horror!

🎉🎟🎉 OUR MAY EVENT FEATURES SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actor Voress Franklin read Kathy Lynne Marshall's dark tale of compassion gone wrong.

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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05/05/2024

Hey, Stories on Stage Sacramento fans! Look at what our Artistic Director Patrick Joshua Laskey is doing at Stories on Stage Davis next weekend! Come hear "Reports of My Death," his funny meditation on the question of what it would be like to wake up and find your own obituary in the newspaper, read by Philip Jacques, who was a featured author of ours in February!

It's a Stories on Stage mashup, so don't miss it!

Announcing our final event of this season! Join us on Saturday, May 11th at Gallery where we'll feature the works of Daniel Coshnear and Patrick Joshua Laskey. We will tell you more about the authors and actors in future posts. For now, save the date! Doors open at 7:00 PM. The event is free to attend, but donations are greatly appreciated.

05/03/2024

🎉🎟🎉 JUST ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL OUR MAY EVENT FEATURING SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actors Katherine Stroller, Stuart E.W. Smith, Voress Franklin, and Jennifer Smith read tales of high fantasy and complicated emotions including princesses and knaves, warriors going to prom, and fears of losing your humanity amidst the treatment of those around us (human and animal alike) by Rhys Shaw (aka Ruby Sketchley), Brian Winters (aka Nick Hugues), Kathy Lynne Marshall, & ayreÁnna Ross.

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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05/02/2024

WHAT'S THE KINDEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE? Well, we have a story coming up about human kindness towards the natural world that just might remind you of that moment in your own life—even if it didn't involve a non-human animal!

🎉🎟🎉 OUR MAY EVENT FEATURES SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actor Jennifer Smith read ayreÁnna Ross's moving real-life tale of compassion and grief about helping a fellow creature pass on from this plane of existence.

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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05/01/2024

IT'S WORLD LAUGHTER DAY! And we have a story coming up described by its author as "Conan the Barbarian meets Pretty In Pink absurdity with a straight face"! (It's truly laugh-out-loud funny!!!)

🎉🎟🎉 OUR MAY EVENT FEATURES SPECULATIVE WORK BOTH IMAGINED & REAL!!! 🎟🎟🎟

➡ IMAGINE A WORLD: TALES TO MAKE YOU THINK at Stories on Stage Sacramento! ⬅

Friday, May 10th @ 7pm
@ the Auditorium at CLARA Studios in Midtown Sacramento

Come hear professional actor Stuart EW Smith read Brian Winter's (aka Nick Hugues) astonishing mashup. It's like Romy and Michele's High School Reunion remembering Game of Thrones at The Breakfast Club!!!

🎯Tickets available at:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/AABZ4P4FAS8Q7/checkout/TTO4G4BBOZPTEXRP4WXYWFNR

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