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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powel Welliver: Witness | February 11, 2021 | The Stoop, in collaboration with our friends at First Person Arts in Philadelphia, presents an online show featuring true stories and musical performances that investigate the theme of “witness” in story about seeing a giraffe give birth | birth, giraffe, pain, step parent, witness |
| Eze Jackson: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Eliza: Holiday: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Alex Hewett: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| joe jackson: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Dennis Smith: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Janelle Diamond: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Deepak Kaul: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Ty: Holiday: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Shira: Holiday Love/Hate | December 12, 2022 | An evening of holiday highs and lows. You are not alone!!!! Thank you to our sponsors! | |
| Ty: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| DC Buster: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Ivan: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Leslie Hardesty: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Jonathan Gilmore: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Suzie: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Asa: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Meghann Shutt: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Mike Ricigliano: Obsessed | November 15, 2022 | An evening of all-audience Stoop stories about going to extremes as a fan, stan, or devotee. | |
| Tyde Courtney Edwards: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | Carolyn Sufrin Ashley Esposito Tyde-Courtney Edwards Cicely Franklin Cleo Hirsch Stephen Thomas The Stoop Storytelling Series and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in partnership with | |
| Stephen Thomas: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | Carolyn Sufrin Ashley Esposito Tyde-Courtney Edwards Cicely Franklin Cleo Hirsch Stephen Thomas The Stoop Storytelling Series and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in partnership with | |
| Cleo Hirsch: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | Carolyn Sufrin Ashley Esposito Tyde-Courtney Edwards Cicely Franklin Cleo Hirsch Stephen Thomas The Stoop Storytelling Series and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in partnership with | |
| Cicely Franklin: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | Carolyn Sufrin Ashley Esposito Tyde-Courtney Edwards Cicely Franklin Cleo Hirsch Stephen Thomas The Stoop Storytelling Series and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in partnership with | |
| Carolyn Sufrin: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | Carolyn Sufrin Ashley Esposito Tyde-Courtney Edwards Cicely Franklin Cleo Hirsch Stephen Thomas The Stoop Storytelling Series and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in partnership with | |
| Ashley Esposito: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | Carolyn Sufrin Ashley Esposito Tyde-Courtney Edwards Cicely Franklin Cleo Hirsch Stephen Thomas The Stoop Storytelling Series and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in partnership with | |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Pinsker: Head in the Stars | November 12, 2020 | story about traveling to china for a performance | ||
| Sarah Richards: Campfire Tales | June 9, 2008 | Goes camping with parents and fiance and experiences the difference between her german fiance’s outdoorsiness and her parents un-outdoorsiness | camping, cross culture, family trips, outdoor bathrooms | |
| Sarah Sullivan: Getting It Wrong | October 25, 2018 | story about how she spoke out about a past sexual assault | assault, black, father figures, harrassment, lindyhop, Me Too, men, race, rape, swing dance, white, women | |
| Sarah Tooley: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Sarah Tooley: What Makes Your Smile | July 1, 2010 | |||
| Sarah: Glitter, Gefilte, Guilt and Guts | June 1, 2023 | |||
| Sarah: It’s Complicated | November 15, 2018 | Was a super jock – grew up as a boy, “I could totally pass”; identifies as a “feathery soft butch” — goes back and forth with how she expresses herself | Cecil County, Ceciltucky, Jock | |
| Saran He: Modern Love | February 3, 2014 | A tough adolescnence and hairloss a woman finds that the guy she is after is not interested and ends up with a sweet guy who helps her take notes in | high school | |
| Sarenka Smith: Balancing Act | March 1, 2023 | Describes her own balancing act of recovery from addiction along with relationships, work, and taking care of herself. | addiction, awareness, recovery | |
| Sarthi Manchanda: Bridging the Gap | March 9, 2022 | disappointing his father | drinking, gay, medicine, Shame | |
| SB Morgaine: That’s Incredible! | October 20, 2014 | |||
| SB Morgaine: That’s Incredible! | October 20, 2014 | |||
| Scott Carberry: Campfire Tales | June 9, 2008 | Father signs him up for summer Football camp against his will and after camp his father dies from alcoholism and poor health but he’s grateful for the gift of this | ||
| Scott Dance: 21 Club | January 13, 2016 | A religiously raised guy experiences his frist bad night with cheap vodka and his new to drinking freinds | alcohol, drunken nights, first drinks, vodka | |
| Scott Dance: Gimme Shelter | February 7, 2011 | A man’s son starts bringing home “stray” teens who needed a place to stay and turned their home into some sort of shelter over the years | home | |
| Scott Pendleton: Ch-ch-changes | March 13, 2012 | Roland Park boy grows up to be a drug and alcohol addict. Stole from his father on his deathbed. | addiction, alcoholic, betrayal, drugs, heroin | |
| Scott: BMI | ||||
| Sean Beier: The Stoop Says “I do!” | June 9, 2011 | A man recounts the story of his first interaction and meetng with his russian intimidating, watch loving father in law | in-laws, marriage, Russians, watches | |
| Sean Carton: The Stoop Says “I do!” | June 9, 2011 | Man describes his first wedding where his bride takes an hour and a half before walking down the isle. | first marriage, hesitation, long wait, smoker | |
| Sean Hannigan: Believe it or Not | October 1, 2012 | |||
| Sean Hannigan: Vintage Holiday Show | December 9, 2015 | |||
| Sean MacDonald: Twilight Zone | October 24, 2019 | story about not believing in ghosts until there was no choice but to believe | aunties, data, father, ghosts, nursing, old house | |
| Sean Patrick | January 22, 2026 | |||
| Seda Boli: Keep Calm and ____! | February 23, 2018 | A highly educated man from Burkina Faso comes to US illegally and struggles for 15 years to find a way to work, get a GED, and get a green card. | Africa, culture shock, family, foreigner, immigrant | |
| Senator Cardin: A Tribute to Barbara Mikulski | October 12, 2017 | Story of Mikulsk raising hell and getting her BAM-er followers | BAM, Followers, politics, women | |
