The Stoop Story Archive contains the true, personal tales shared by thousands of everyday people on our stages since 2006. We’re proud of this amazing collection and invite you to listen, browse by topic or storyteller, check out past shows — and share, share, share.
Archive
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Ladd: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Helena: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Erin: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Cassie Mullinix: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Bendt Hansen: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Anne: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Aaron Henkin: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | OK, we don’t actually want you to tell us your passwords. We want the STORY behind your passwords. We know there is one! | |
| Mary Klopcic: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Mark Thistle: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Lucy Steinitz: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Kim Le: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Judy Bass: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Josh Riley: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Jody Landers: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Dean Landers: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Chris Ousley: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| C.E. Snow: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | Email us with story ideas on this theme for the inaugural Stoop at the Gordon Center! | |
| Rona Kobell: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens | |
| Nancy Riess: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens | |
| Meshelle: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens | |
| Marvin Pinkert: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens | |
| Marc Hartstein: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens | |
| Jennifer Mendelsohn: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens Frida is a 95 year old Holocaust survivor from Poland who had once thought she had lost all her relatives in the war — her granddaughter-in-law was able to tell | ancestry, cousins, family, genealogy, Holocaust, reunions, world war two |
| Evan Serpick: It’s STILL Complicated | May 5, 2015 | After last year’s SOLD OUT show The Stoop returns to Bolton Street Synagogue. Join us for this second annual fundraiser that includes festive food and drink, a silent auction, Ravens | |
| Mike Pecella: And Then I Got High | April 22, 2015 | 3-minute true, personal audience stories | |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChrismaHanuKwanzakaaFestivus: Ryan Heller | December 12, 2023 | |||
| ChrismaHanuKwanzakaaFestivus: Sarah Achenbach | December 12, 2023 | |||
| ChrismaHanuKwanzakaaFestivus: Ty | December 12, 2023 | |||
| Chrissy Ferrera : Kitchen Confidential | November 2, 2009 | |||
| Christian M.: It’s a Mystery | October 28, 2013 | |||
| Christie Strauser: Scaling the Mountain | October 4, 2011 | |||
| Christina and Edward Sledge: The Stoop Holiday Hootenanny 2024 | December 3, 2024 | |||
| Christina Porter: Workin’ It | May 16, 2019 | story about being a Lyft Driver and making connections through her work | connection, empathy, lyft, mental health, strangers, trauma | |
| Christine Harazim: Every Body Has a Story | February 6, 2023 | Getting women comfortable in their bodies as a boudoir photographer | boudoir, empowering, women's bodies | |
| Christine Sajeicki: Getting It Wrong | October 25, 2018 | story about accidently creating a poop sculpture | art, Halloween, poop, statements, war | |
| Christy Chang: Mother Love | May 8, 2024 | |||
| Christy Villalobos: The One That Got Away | September 14, 2023 | |||
| Christy: Over It | January 10, 2024 | Story about her father taking her into the ocean at night | ||
| Chuck Ochlech: Animal Tales | September 22, 2008 | |||
| Chuck Rutheiser: Postcards from the Stoop | June 8, 2012 | chaperoning kids on an internation fieldtrip | ||
| Cicely Franklin: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | |||
| Cija Jefferson: Hair! | April 24, 2014 | An African American girl vows not to get her hair wet with her frenemies in a water park. | ||
| Cindy | June 20, 2025 | |||
| Cindy Walsh: The Stoop Mayoral Show | April 13, 2016 | |||
| Claire French: It’s Complicated | November 15, 2018 | Mom very different from her (opposite end of gender/femininity spectrum); felt like she needed dress like a “woman” at work; after dressing how she actually wanted at work, was passed | jobs, makeup, marketing, promotion | |
| Claire: Moving With Pride | June 18, 2022 | Story about competing in karate as a little girl and the time she had to fight an older boy and they gave him points so he wouldn’t be embarassed even | ||
| Clare L: Brush with Fame | March 21, 2024 | |||
| Clare: Over It | January 10, 2024 | Story about her father helping her during a stressful move prior to his passing | ||
| Clarissa: Stories of Strength | October 10, 2019 | overcoming foster care to get into the military | aunt, challenge, foster, military, social worker, tests, try again, uncle | |
| Clarke Peters: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | |||
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