Each year Rockstar Storytellers produces a series of monthly shows, held in the kick-ass theater at Bryant-Lake Bowl. Each season features an overarching structure, and each show features stories that riff on a particular theme, topic or format.
Season One (2007-2008): Undressed
Because America loves clothing metaphors.
December: Liar Liar Pants on Fire: Stories of Betrayal
January: Going Bald Under My Hat: Stories of Things We Hide
February: Tore My Heart Off My Sleeve: Stories of Love and Heartbreak
March: Hot Under the Collar: Stories of Religion
April: Eat My Shorts: Stories of Anger (Mis-)Management
May: Barefoot in the Spring: Stories of Rejuvenation
June: Burning our [Collective, Metaphorical] Bra: Stories of Rebellion
July: Putting On Our Sunday Best (“Best Of Season 1″ live recording show)
Season Two (2008-2009): The Rockstar Chemistry Set
A season of experimentation: new formats, cross-discipline, and off the wall
August: An Evening of Politicization (stories of politics)
September: An Evening of Competition (storytellers voted out, reality-show-style)
October: An Evening of Harmonization (stories with music)
November: An Evening of Humiliation (Rockstar Roast)
December: An Evening of Forced Socialization (holiday party stories)
January: An Evening of Cooperation (duo and group stories)
February: An Evening of Desperation (date night and bachelor/ette story auction)
March: An Evening of Medication (stories under the influence of… various things)
April: An Evening of Versification (stories in poetry structures/verse)
May: An Evening of Inspiration (stories in the style of celebrity authors)
June: An Evening of Miniaturization (flash fiction)
July: An Evening of Best-ification (“Best Of Season 2″ live recording show)
Season Three (2009-2010): The Rockstar Bookshelf
Getting back to our literary roots with themes taken from literary genres
September: Bookshelf Sampler
October: Horror and Mystery
November: Westerns and War
December: Mythology and Fairy Tales
January: Self-Help and Reference
February: Erotica and Romance
March: Chick Lit
April: Young Adult
May: Science Fiction and Fantasy
June: Biography
July: Best Sellers (“Best Of Season 3″ live recording show)
Season Four (2010-2011): The S%#* We Wanted To Do
(“Theme? We Don’t Need No Steenking Theme!”)
September: Rockstar Sampler (Season Four Preview)
October: Ghost Story Slumber Party
November: Words + Music = Awesome
December: Rockstar Game Night
January: Rockstar + 1 (duo stories)
February: The Romantic Fun Time Sexy Naughty Show
March: Doing It Our Way (cover stories)
April: Slammed (story slam competition show)
May: Alas, Poor Rockstars (sketches & plays)
June: One Night in Juvie (writings from childhood)
July: “Best Of Season 4″ live recording show
Recap of Season Four (2010-2011) performances:
|
October: Ghost Story Slumber Party The Rockstars are having a sleep-over. (Okay, not really. But BLB is open until 2am!) There will be spooky stories, tall tales, pajamas, frozen underwear, juicy gossip, possibly make-overs, and definitely horror. So much horror. |
|
November: Words + Music = Awesome Groove your brain and your body as the Rockstars get their funk / rock / folk / jazz / banjo / orchestral symphony on! The hit storytelling group spins tales of music like a geeky clarinet solo over a phat beat of musical accompaniment! |
|
December: Rockstar Game Night The Rockstars are busting out their board, card, video, and (yes dammit) role-playing games to celebrate the season of being forced to socialize against your will. Thrill to tales of game nights past, present, and future! And unlike poor Rudolph, we will let you join in all the Rockstar Games. |
|
January: Rockstar + 1 For safety’s sake, Rockstars are using the buddy system. Receive twice the storytelling awesomeness as each Rockstar teams up with a special guest from outside the group! Or we’ll just grab another Rockstar like we’re taking our own cousin to the prom. No one will know. |
|
February: The Romantic Fun Time Sexy Naughty Show Swoon to tales of love, erotica, romance…maybe some slash if you’re lucky! The awkwardly sexy Rockstar Storytellers are infamous for being as witty as they are naughty, so put on your thinking caps and try to keep your pants on for this evening of intellectual ribaldry. |
|
March: Doing It Our Way It’s the storytelling version of Sid Vicious doing a Sinatra tune! The Rockstars put their own spin on classic stories like a cover band in a crappy bar. Except our bar isn’t crappy. It’s cool. With, like, imported beer and stuff. |
|
April: Slammed We all know art isn’t about competition. But sometimes, it’s fun to try to kick your friend’s ass. By stealing imitating the format of a poetry slam, the Rockstars will rocket through rapid-fire rounds of stories and YOU, the audience, decide the ultimate winner! |
|
May: Alas, Poor Rockstars Like Saturday Night Live but funny! Or Ibsen but less repressed! The Rockstars tackle the challenges of writing stories in the style of sketches and plays! You will laugh, you will cry. The Rockstars probably will too. |
|
June: One Night in Juvie Like fools, the Rockstars want to share stories they wrote in their youth. On purpose! Thrill to the seeds of their natural talent and cringe at the horror of their mad yet underdeveloped juvenile literary skillz! (S-k-i-l-l-z. That’s how “the kids” spell it.) |
|
July: The Best of the S%#* We Did The Rockstar Storytellers annual “Best of” show! Each storyteller rocks the stage with their favorite story of the season in this live recording session made of 100% certified fresh awesomeness. |
