A mic, spotlight and a good story is all you need to take a room full of people on a journey. Baltimore Story Fest highlights the best and brightest storytellers in the region. Storytellers create a tapestry with their words that bring audiences into their worlds.
Festival Details
Location
Location is accessible. Lift available.
Dates
May 16 to May 19, 2024
Friday to Sunday
Times
Thursday - 7:30pm Show
Friday - 8pm Show
Saturday - 2pm Short Film Screenings and Discussions /
8pm - Show
Sunday - 4pm Show
The Stoop
5/16 @7:30pm
The Stoop Storytelling Series is a Baltimore-based live show and podcast that features “ordinary” people sharing the extraordinary, true tales of their lives.
Storytelling Shows
Perfect Liars Club
5/17 @8pm
Four people tell a story. Three are true but one is a lie. Listen. Laugh. Interrogate. Vote.
Can you spot the liar?
Mortified
5/18 @8pm
Witness a night of adults telling stories about their lives by sharing their most mortifying childhood artifacts (diaries, letters, lyrics, poems, home movies)… in front of total strangers.
What I Learned in Therapy 5/19 @4pm
Listen to stories that range from heartwarming to the absurd, about experiences with therapy.
Special Events
Short Film Showcase
5/18 @2pm
Short films featuring storytellers telling true stories in visual form.
What I Learned in Therapy Talkback
5/19 - following the 4pm show
Storytellers and therapits talk about the importance of understanding and telling your story
Presenting Sponsors
The Goode Practice provides culturally aware and clinically responsive care to clients and offer services to expand the knowledge of therapists in the community.
At Art in Praxis we believe that art and culture are transformative tools that help make meaning and reimagine our work/world, which is why we integrate creative thinking and care into organizational practices and culture.
Producers & Hosts
Shilonda Couteé
Host -Short Film Showcase
Tuere Ganges
Producer - What I Learned in Therapy
Tickets & Contacts
For inquiries regarding ticket purchases, accessibility arrangements, please reach out to us at:
Media , Sponsorship Requests, Talent and Submissions please contact:
Evette - The Artistic Voice Agency
info@theartisticvoice.com
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Phill Branch is the founder and Creative Director of Baltimore Story Fest. Phill is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. His upcoming memoir will be released by HarperCollins/Amistad in 2025. He is a 2023 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Creativity Grant and a 2019 Rubys Artist Award grantee for storytelling and performance. He was the 2018 GrandSLAM Champion of The Moth in DC. He has performed all around the country and appeared on podcasts with many storytelling organizations including Story District, The Stoop, Story Collider, Perfect Liars Club, and Dear Diary, Currently, Phill is a Resident Artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, he recently directed the documentary "Hampton University: One of the Wonders of the World '' about the history of HBCUs. The film is currently streaming on PBS. His previous film, “Searching for Shaniqua,'' a documentary about the impact names have on our lives, won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. @phillbranch IG/X
General Inquiries - admin(at)phillgoodstories.com
Agent - Faith Childs Literary