There’s nothing better than seeing Rockstar Storytellers in person, but these will do in a pinch! Check out what the Rockstars have been up to through video clips, audio recordings and press clippings. And remember, additional videos from the most recent season can be found on our Vimeo page!
RS on Three Minute Egg
RS for Camel Indie Spirit
RS on Minnesota Public Radio
phillip andrew bennett low‘s “25 Confessions”, recorded for the Rockstar Storytellers’ “Romantic Fun Time Sexy Naughty Show” (Season Four)
Rob Callahan appearing in “Alas, Poor Rockstars” (Season Four) at Bryant-Lake Bowl
Rik Reppe representing RS on SPNN
BUT DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT…
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“stand-up, slam poetry, improv, creative non-fiction, and spoken word, this celebration of the Twin Cities’ impending Pride festival… just might be the strangest (and best) trip to the library you’ve ever taken”(6/19/12) |
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“[an] inspired troupe of yarn-spinners”(5/31/12) |
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“the storytellers will bring razor sharp wit and riveting narrative skills to the stage so you will most certainly laugh, possibly until your side has in fact split... a stellar lineup of funny writers and literary comedians” (3/29/12) |
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“For anyone who’s ever been pranked, fooled or unpleasantly surprised, take solace in knowing you’re not alone. Literary-scene troubadours the Rockstar Storytellers are putting their self-deprecating personal experiences of being punk’d to good use” (3/29/12) |
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“The Rockstar Storytellers have had more seasons than Firefly, Arrested Development, the Addams Family, or The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien… next season [will be] known — in this writer’s heart, anyway — as ‘Season Five: Take That, Battlestar Galactica!’ ” (7/22/11) |
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“…the Rockstar Storytellers possess more than enough quick-witted acumen to consistently deliver eclectic, engaging, and uproarious material.” (7/21/11) |
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Rockstar Storytellers welcome new members, ready fifth season (7/19/11) |
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“We love the danger of an open mic night. The possibility of rambling rants or the overabundance of swear words, or in better cases, thoughtfully designed prose that may just blow our minds. Enter Word Ninjas, hosted by the rowdy word-slingers better known as the Rockstar Storytellers.” (5/10/11) |
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“Founded in 2007, this spoken-word collaborative performance group has time and again proven to be more than simply a one-hit wonder.” (1/5/11) |
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“[a] seasoned group of yarn-spinners… the Rockstar Storytellers’ creativity knows no bounds.” (12/10/2010) |
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“Equal parts stand-up comedy, spoken word and monologue, the Rockstar Storytellers infuse the art of storytelling with a shot of Gen-Y attitude.” (12/9/10) |
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“…some of Minnesota’s finest writers, prose stylists and performance artists” (8/19/10) |
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“…an epic lineup of clever tales and high-brow/low-brow literary stylings” (7/22/10) |
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“…edgy tales of woe, wisdom and awkward situations” (5/21/10) |
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“The Rockstars get sexy… ludicrous and funny” (2/6/10) |
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“The team has more than sarcasm in common; each member brings energy, skill, and polish to the stage, honed in independent acting, writing, and spoken-word careers.” (1/27/10) |
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“The Rockstars as a group push the boundaries of storytelling…” (10/16/09) |
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“One of the bigger draws from this year’s Fringe was the collective work by the Rockstar Storytellers, who not only produced a number of hits, but also even offered trading cards for fans to collect.” (9/9/09) |
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“…a busy cadre of improv and stand-up comedians, slam poets, actors and playwrights who, among them, had their hands in a dozen different shows in this year’s Fringe.” (9/7/09) |
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“…yet another rousing, multi-faceted showcase… the perfect opportunity to pop your proverbial Rockstar cherry” (7/21/09) |
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“Spoken word that really rocks” (6/18/09) |
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“…experimental storytelling at its most exuberant! Each month, the eclectic band of performers that make up Rockstar Storytellers holds a festive tale-weaving extravaganza” (5/25/09) |
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“…polished, take-no-prisoners style storytelling… The Rockstar Storytellers show no sign of slowing down” (5/20/09) |
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“…[the] talented tale-weaving collective Rockstar Storytellers is about as unconventional as it gets” (2/24/09) |
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“The storytelling sound-system Rockstar Storytellers have made the transition from upstart group to Twin Cities spoken-word staple… greatly entertaining” (12/24/08) |
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“The Rockstar Storytellers, as a group, sport a polished, radio-style storytelling, dripping with coffee-and-cigarette-soaked hipster irony” (3/6/08) |
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“Let’s face it—storytelling may be the primordial art form, born at the dawn of language. However, modern performance telling, with its small but dedicated, heavily middle-aged audience, has just never managed the same level of cool as rock ‘n’ roll. But this year, a group of 10 younger local performance artists banded together to take back some of the cultural cachet storytelling deserves… Laden with Fringe Festival credentials, the cast promises to not just twiddle your emotional dial, but to take a monkey wrench to your presuppositions about what storytelling should be.” (1/2/08) |
