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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeya: See Beyond Disability Narrative | March 15, 2024 | The Stoop Storytelling Series, in partnership with The Maryland School for the Blind, presents “See Beyond: Dismantling the Disability Narrative”. | |
| Conchita Hernandez: See Beyond Disability Narrative | March 15, 2024 | The Stoop Storytelling Series, in partnership with The Maryland School for the Blind, presents “See Beyond: Dismantling the Disability Narrative”. | |
| Desmond Jackson: See Beyond Disability Narrative | March 15, 2024 | The Stoop Storytelling Series, in partnership with The Maryland School for the Blind, presents “See Beyond: Dismantling the Disability Narrative”. | |
| DC Colburn: See Beyond Disability Narrative | March 15, 2024 | The Stoop Storytelling Series, in partnership with The Maryland School for the Blind, presents “See Beyond: Dismantling the Disability Narrative”. | |
| Jessica Smith: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | ||
| Subhasree Jain Lakshmi Chand: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | ||
| Michelle Bond: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | ||
| Emily: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | ||
| Liz: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | ||
| Joy Kika: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | Story about being laid off by a failing company | |
| Les: Failing Up | March 6, 2024 | ||
| Stacy Deems: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Jumping out of a plane | |
| Jessica Best: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Leap of faith to believe in Christianity | |
| Len Van De Graaf: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Teaching in the Bronx | |
| Nancy Davis: Leap of Faith | Moving to Russia | ||
| Dan Van Allen: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | hitchhiking on planes | |
| Sophia Garber: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Hiking to fundraise for her friend with cancer | |
| Jewell Johnson: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Following her dreams to move to NYC | |
| Julie Scharper: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Following her girl friend to Peace Corps and falling in love with teaching | |
| Barbara Wilgus: Leap of Faith | February 8, 2024 | Writing a water ballet about Jeff Goldblum | |
| Unique: Transportation | Great bus story with poem | ||
| Desmond: Transportation | |||
| Ellen: Transportation | |||
| Darryl: Transportation | Bike advocacy | ||
| Bakari: Transportation | |||
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Larrivey: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | |||
| Wayne Larrivey: Mistaken Identity | July 18, 2024 | |||
| Wayne Murphy: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | Story about cooking a Thanksgiving turkey on the grill | ||
| Wendel Patrick | February 20, 2026 | |||
| Wendel Patrick: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | |||
| Wendell Supreme: Making Art, Making Change | ||||
| Wendy Rumrill: No Limits | March 6, 2019 | Ran an Iron Man in response to her mother’s death and her divorce | Athlete, autism, biking, death, divorce, Iron Man, resilience, running, sickness, swimming | |
| Wendy Sittner: IIDA Breaking Boundaries “Loving the Earth” | September 25, 2019 | Story about using polluted straws as art | anacostia, art, photography, pollution, straws, trash | |
| Wil Hylton: The Story Behind the Story | September 24, 2016 | |||
| Will Carey: Creation Stories | April 19, 2010 | Story about finding out his best friend dated the woman he loved. Created a mix tape | ||
| Will Carey: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Will Hines: Taking a Leap | January 6, 2018 | Has a Beatles podcast. Decided to record an episode in Abbey Road studios while teaching an improv workshop in London | Beatles, Buskers, cat sounds, Colin Ratliff, Got to Get you into my life, improv, Lady Madonna, London, piano, podcast | |
| Will Marbury: Wit and Wisdom | April 6, 2024 | |||
| Will Young | December 11, 2025 | |||
| William Egginton: Tales from the Crypt | October 24, 2022 | |||
| William Koyota: Coming Out Stories | September 24, 2015 | |||
| William Wright: Coming to America | April 7, 2008 | Story about the first 24 hours of his traveling from England to America to take a job at a record shop in Pikesville in the 80s | ||
| Windy Cooler: These are the People in Our Neighborhood | June 23, 2023 | |||
| Wolf Bindu: Invisible Labor | October 15, 2020 | story about being a healer | anger, healer, shaman | |
| Wolf Bindu: That 80s Show | February 22, 2018 | Flying on People’s Airline in the early 80s | cane, flight, fur, people's airline, pimp, stalled, stuck, tarmac | |
| Woman: Live and Learn | Story of finding work in america as African immigrant | |||
| Women of Destruction | bathroom | |||
| Women of Destruction: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing | January 23, 2020 | story about bathrooms on tours | bathroom | |
| Yana Demireva: Guilty | November 21, 2013 | |||
| Yitzy Halon: Workin’ It | May 3, 2018 | A man who wanted to be a rabbi works his way back up in socieity after he divorces and has a change in faith | dunkin donuts, Jewish, judiasm, orthodox, rabbi, real estate, self-made | |
Jabari Lyles: On Purpose
Story Date: June 20, 2019
story about early memory of being outed...Read MoreJack Neill: Hair!
Story Date: April 24, 2014
A redhead lets his hair grow long to rebel against the nuns. Then he gets...Read More