• Intermediate Storytelling

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Do you have a sense of the basics but want to refine your ability too craft and tell stories? Have you been on the Moth stage and want to expand […]

  • Storytelling: From Page to Stage

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    The longer we live, the more personal stories we have to tell. This course will focus on the basics of personal narrative storytelling and the process of adapting those personal […]

  • Ruby Rain “In the Palm of Her Hand”

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    “A Touching Experience” – final and fifth part of “In the Palm of Her Hand”, a shamanic storytelling exploration of the five senses as doorways into memory, imagination, intuition and soul. Ruby Rain – clown, storyteller, multi-media artist and X-rabbi – invites audience participation into sparking a more curious relationship with their own bodily awareness. […]

  • Story Your Fringe Show Online

    Online

    It’s the season for Fringe. It’s one thing to apply and another to have a stage worthy performance. This two session, online workshop will move your idea to story and necessary staging for a 55-minute Fringe show. You bring the concept, American School of Storytelling Founder, Loren Niemi, who has done at least one Fringe […]

  • Wayfinding the Wilds: Tracking A Myth- Encore!

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    The wilderness has always held attention somewhere in the overlap of unrestricted fascination, deep terror, and enduring mystique. As a living symbol, it represents the unknown and the unpredictable- the very medium of Life itself. Drawing on the languages of poetry, music, myth, and story we’ll venture headlong into the underbrush of the timeless soul, […]

  • Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays June 2026

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. This event presented in […]

  • Christopher Nelson “I Have My Ways: Teaching Stories”

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    In “I Have My Ways: Teaching Stories”, retired elementary school teacher Christopher Nelson shares some of the funny, alarming, and touching stories from his career as an educator. Sufian Zhemukhov joins with his guitar for a wonderful night of stories and music! Teller bios: Christopher Nelson- Drawing on my experiences as an educator, I learned […]

  • Working Class Stories

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Join Frank Gioia and Barry MacDonald for a night of working class stories- from the streets of 1950s Brooklyn, to military service in Vietnam, to the grueling work of resurfacing […]

  • Jim Stowell “Ranger Jim Part 2”

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Stories from Jim’s 46 year-long love affair with nature. Jim told Part 1 at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival.  “This is must see theater.”  “Don’t miss Ranger Jim.” “Ranger Jim is a show I didn’t have on my schedule originally but several people said it was their favorite show. When Jim Stowell began his show I thought […]

  • NSN 2026 Conference: Prairie Voices

    West Texas A&M University Canyon, TX

    Every year, the National Storytelling Network invites voices from across the globe to come together in celebration of story. In 2026, we’ll gather in the Texas Panhandle, where the sweeping prairies and the grand walls of Palo Duro Canyon set the stage for Prairie Voices – Honoring Heritage, Inspiring Tomorrow. Here, stories will echo across generations—heritage meeting innovation, the […]

  • 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Minnesota Fringe connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences by creating open, supportive forums for free and diverse artistic expression. As the producer of the largest performing arts festival in the Midwest, the annual Minnesota Fringe Festival event fills tens-of-thousands of seats with audiences viewing dozens of works at hundreds of performances by more than 1,000 […]