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January 2020
STORIES ON STAGE
 "A new season of “electrifying prose” and “crackling theatre” unfolds at Stories on Stage Sacramento—with two new heads at the helm."
by Jessica Laskey


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PictureSue Staats

​10/24/2019
Sue Staats: "Outgoing coordinator for Stories on Stage Sacramento - A new chapter"
By Maxfield Morris

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10/21/2019
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tories On Stage Sacramento Closes Out Its Tenth Season. Insight host Beth Ruyak in conversation with Sue Staats and Jen Palmares Meadows

Stories on Stage Sacramento lauded as "Star-Studded Storytime" in sactown magazine's Best of the City 2019!

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sactown magazine - 2019
Star-Studded Storytime 
Forget the popcorn flicks dominating the movie box office, there’s nothing to feed the imagination quite like sitting in a hushed room listening to a great story read aloud by a dramatic actor. At Stories on Stage Sacramento, held at the Clara studios in midtown and currently celebrating its 10th season, the authors are right there in the room with you as local performers bring their works to life, making good on the series’ promise to deliver “electrifying prose and crackling theatre.” (The program’s success inspired the launch of an offshoot series in Davis in 2013.) Each show, which is free to attend (a $10 donation is suggested), typically spotlights an established author and an emerging writer who both introduce their stories before the reading and sign books afterwards—past evenings have featured such literary luminaries as noted dystopian sci-fi author Maggie Shen King, National Book Critics Circle Award winner Anthony Marra and National Medal of Arts-winning memoirist Tobias Wolff. The 2019 season wraps up with two fiction shows in August and September, and a non-fiction performance in October featuring Christine O’Brien, author of Crave: A Memoir of Food and Longing, and local essayist Jan Palmares Meadows, who is working on a memoir about growing up in a gambling-loving family. If you’re looking for entertainment, we think this is one page-turning event worth betting on. storiesonstagesacramento.com —M.W.


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Ed Goldman: 'White Oleander' author Janet Fitch is coming to town,  July 15, 2019
Ed Goldman: Former TV reporter Sue Staats anchors Stories On Stage, July 31, 2019



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1/30/2015
​Award-winning author 
Tobias Wolff kicks off the 2015 season of Stories on Stage Sacramento. Insight host Beth Ruyak talks with him about craft, inspiration, and his approach to teaching creative writing. ​Listen here.
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9/24/15
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson’s novel will be brought to life by actor Kelley Ogden as part of Stories on Stage Sacramento. 
Sacramento News & Review
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9/24/2015
Pulitzer Prize-winner Adam Johnson
​coming to Stories on Stage. "The organizers hit it big with Pulitzer Prize-winner Adam Johnson (“The Orphan Master’s Son”), whose new collection of short stories, “Fortune Smiles,” is getting big-time buzz." 

The Sacramento Bee

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​1/21/2012
Stories on Stage Celebrates Local Writers
by Krista Minard
Sacramento Magazine


8/16/2015
​Between the lines: Word is
​out on ‘Stories on Stage’

​Sacramento Bee
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1/26/2012
Jodi Angel at Stories on Stage, ​in conversation with Insight host Beth Ruyak



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9/22/2011
"Valerie Fioravanti:
Best friend to fiction writers"
Sacramento News & Review


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Who We Are

Sacramento’s award-winning, non-profit literary performance series, featuring electrifying prose and crackling theater, the work of today's best authors performed with theatrical flair. Designated by Sactown Magazine as Best of the City, 2019.

Location

CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios
​for the Performing Arts)

​1425 24th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816

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