Storytelling Places and Spaces

Depending on the organization, you may be able to pitch a story, take a workshop, or have a place to practice a story you are working on. This listing has groups that I know about, but not necessarily every groups out there.

• Storytelling Places local to the Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA)  area
  • DC
    • Perfect Liars Club
      • https://www.perfectliarsclub.com/washington-dc-shows.html
    • Story District
      • https://www.storydistrict.org/
    • The Story Collider
      • https://www.storycollider.org/upcoming-shows
    • The Moth in DC
      • https://themoth.org/events/results?eventLocations=6486&typesOfEvents=&eventDate=
    • Smut Slam
      • https://dc.smutslam.com/
    • Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)
      • https://asapasap.org/
  • MD
    • The Stoop Storytelling Series
      • https://stoopstorytelling.com/
    • National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) 
      • https://www.nabsinc.org/
    • Voices in The Glenn
      • https://voicesintheglen.org/#:~:text=Voices%20in%20the%20Glen%20is,and%20the%20enjoyment%20of%20stories.
    • The Grapevine Storytelling Series
      • https://fsgw.org/grapevine
  • VA
    • Better Said Than Done
      • https://www.bettersaidthandone.com/
    • Hoot and Holler
      • https://www.facebook.com/hootandhollerstories
    • Tales and Ales
      • https://www.novatalesandales.com/
    • Secretly Y’all
      • https://www.secretlyall.org/
    • This is My Brave
      • https://thisismybrave.org/
    • Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)
      • https://asapasap.org/
    • Virginia Storytelling Alliance (VASA)
      • https://virginiastorytellingalliance.org/
    • Tell Me More Live Storytelling
      • https://www.tellmemorelive.org/about/
    • Storymasters Toastmaster Club
      • https://www.meetup.com/District-27-Storytelling-Club/?_cookie-check=90AQxXVqJXz_7JjD
    • Blue Ridge Story Space
      • https://www.facebook.com/blueridgestoryspace

• Storytelling Places online and other places (note; these places may have physical places as well as an online space. They just aren’t in the DC. MD, or VA areas)

• Artist Standing Strong Together (ASST)
  • https://www.artistsstandingstrongtogether.net/
• Six Feet Apart Productions
  • http://www.sfapshows.com/
• GRIT: True Stories That Matter
  • https://www.facebook.com/truestoriesthatmatter
• National Storytelling Network (NSN)
  • https://storynet.org/
• Story Jam
  • https://www.storyjamshow.com/
• The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers
  • https://www.twistedtellers.org/
• Stories from The Stage
  • https://www.pbs.org/show/stories-stage/
• Mortified Live
  • https://getmortified.com/
• RISK! Live Storytelling
  • https://www.risk-show.com/tour/
• Story Crossroads
  • https://storycrossroads.org/
• Do Not Submit
  • https://www.donotsubmitchicago.com/
• Replay Storytelling Presents…
  • https://replaystorytelling.com/
• Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia
  • https://kuumbastorytellers.org/
• Storyluck
  • https://storyluck.org/
• Society X
  • https://www.thesocietyx.com/
• Story Arts of Minnesota
  • https://www.storyartsmn.org/
• Totally True Things: A Socially-Conscious Storytelling Show
  • https://www.lifestage.me/storytelling-1
• Durham Storytellers – Monthly Storytelling Gathering
  • https://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/storytellers-directory/Durham-Storytellers.html
• The Iridescent Robot Storytelling Club
  • https://www.dawnxanklincomedy.com/blurred-blerd-blog/tag/Iridescent+Robot+Storytelling
• Mezrab Live Storytelling
  • https://mezrab.nl/
• Northeast Storytelling
  • https://www.nestorytelling.org/
• Worldwide Virtual Storytelling Guild
  • https://www.nestorytelling.org/virtual-storytelling-guild/

Links to past post about storytelling groups

Connecting Storytellers to Storytellers (blogs and websites)

Connecting Storytellers to Storytellers (Workshops, Classes, and Coaching)

Connecting Storytellers to Storytellers (Facebook Groups)

Have a storytelling place or organization you want added to the list? Email me at storytellingonpurpose365@gmail.com to get it added to the list!