Stories Found

About This Episode It's Micro Monday and this week we're headed to fair Verona with the wonderfully weird and hilarious short comedy, The Balcony by Allison Page. About the Playwright Allison Page is a writer & comedian in Nashville, Tennessee. She was a semifinalist for the 2025 Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission for  There Have Been a Series of Miracles at Shrieking Ridge , and was a proud 2024 T...

About This Episode It's Micro Monday, and we're bringing you a fast, funny audio comedy: History in the Making by Clinton Festa! History in the Making was the 2023 Cary Playwrights' Forum Playslam winner. About the Playwright Clinton Festa started his career as a cartoonist and writer for his campus humor magazine.  His plays have been produced nationally, in Canada, and in the UK, and are publish...

About This Episode This fan-favorite story by the incredible storyteller, Ladi Loera, returns as part of our Best of Stories Found series — now featuring our new format that brings the story right to the front of the episode and then offers a behind-the-scenes interview with the storyteller. Whether you're hearing this story for the first time or the fifth, 5 Calls , perfectly nails the nerve-wrac...

About This Episode It's Micro Monday! This week we're featuring the short audio comedy, VOWS by Jonathan Wickremasinghe-Kuhn About the Playwright Jonathan Wickremasinghe-Kuhn grew up in Selma, Alabama and attended the University of Southern California, where he received both his BFA in Writing for Screen and Television and his Master of Professional Writing degree. He has performed story-telling m...

About This Episode ​This ​week on Stories Found, ​we're ​talking ​to ​one ​of ​our ​favorite ​playwrights, ​Clinton ​Festa, ​and ​then ​hearing ​his ​surreal ​comedy, ​ The ​Experience . The play follows a couple dining at a restaurant with a twist - instead of food, they serve emotions. Frustration, rejection, nostalgia - it's all on the menu. With snappy dialogue and excellent pacing, Clinton cr...

About This Episode Welcome to Stories Found Micro Monday. This week we've got the one-minute comedy, Burger Bard by Patrick Bates. About the Playwright Pat Bates has been writing plays since he was a kid. Now, he's written for stage and screen, optioned a screenplay, and won some awards along the way. In his spare time, he writes crime/horror/science fiction under the name Jack Bates. About the Ca...

About This Episode This week we're talking to Mark Gifford and hearing his hilarious story, The Brink of Chaos. About the Storyteller Mark has been a full-time professor of composition and rhetoric at The University of Texas at San Antonio for 18 years and counting. He is also a producer for Testify, a monthly storytelling show in Austin, Texas. Mark is also the co-creator and co-producer for Like...

About This Episode Welcome to Stories Found Micro Monday -- Halloween Eve edition. This week we've got a special treat, the one minute dark comedy, The Palatka Museum of Natural History by Kimberly Murray-Patel. The Palatka Museum of Natural History recently won the coveted top honor at the Whiskey Theater Factory 's annual one minute play competition. That means that this play was written in only...

About This Episode Thanks for joining us for our special Halloween edition of Stories Found! This week we're talking to one of our very favorite playwrights, Brian Rust, and then hearing his eerie dark comedy, Spam Calls from Hell . About the Playwright Brian Rust  (he/him) is a Boston-based actor and writer who makes chocolates and searches for cryptids in his spare time. High points of his caree...

About This Episode Welcome to Stories Found Micro Monday --  Spooky Edition. This week we've got the eerie 1-minute play, A Foggy Day in a Certain Part of Scotland by Mark Harvey Levine. About the Playwright / Storyteller Mark Harvey Levine  has had over 2000 productions of his short plays everywhere from Bangalore to Bucharest and from Lima to London. His plays have won over 45 awards and been pr...

About This Episode This week we're talking to the uber talented Austin writer and storyteller, Jeff Knight, before hearing his fantastic story, Bella and Blue. About the Storyteller Jeff Knight is a storyteller, poet, songwriter, and aspiring novelist in Austin, Texas. He is currently working on a murder mystery set in the world of craft beer, and featuring an intrepid Great Dane as part of a hero...

About This Episode It's Micro Monday! This week we've got the hilarious one-minute play, Dog Park , by one of our very favorite playwrights, Bethany Dickens Assaf. About the Playwright / Storyteller Bethany Dickens Assaf  is a freelance playwright, dramaturg, and theatre artist and a co-founder of  Whiskey Theatre Factory . As both a writer and producer, she is obsessed with plays that deconstruct...

About This Episode This week we're featuring Christian Missonak and his hilarious ten-minute play, A Great Fall . About the Playwright  Christian Missonak is a NYC-based playwright originally from Chicago, where he was a graduate of Columbia College and The Second City Conservatory. Plays: Sheridan (Madlab Theatre), Save Ferris (Under the Gun Theatre), Cooperative (Metropolitan Playhouse). Audio:...

About This Episode It's Micro Monday! Just in time for Talk Like A Pirate Day on the 19th, we've got the hilarious one-minute nautical adventure, Color Guard by Ned Eckhardt Make sure to catch our full episodes every other week featuring some of the most talented humorists in the country. Next week, we've got a fantastic full length episode featuring the ten-minute play, A Great Fall by Christian...

About This Episode This week, we're excited to welcome the amazing storyteller, Ladi Loera, and then listen to his hilarious true story, 5 Calls. About the Playwright / Storyteller Ladi Loera is an artist, animal lover and award winning storyteller. He won the Moth with a story about sympathetic nausea and what it teaches us about love and connection. He is a homebody, whose idea of traveling the...

About This Episode This week, we're excited to welcome the very talented and funny Jonathan Wickremasinghe-Kuhn and then listening to his hilarious story, Off-Target. About the Storyteller Jonathan Wickremasinghe-Kuhn grew up in Selma, Alabama and attended the University of Southern California, where he received both his BFA in Writing for Screen and Television and his Master of Professional Writi...

About This Episode In this episode of  Stories Found , we're talking to one of our very favorite playwrights,  Bethany Dickens Assaf , and then listening to her ten-minute comedy, Bird Girl and The Hammer . About the Playwright Bethany Dickens Assaf  is a freelance playwright, dramaturg, and theatre artist, and a co-founder of  Whiskey Theatre Factory  and the Fragmented Theatre Festival. As both...

About This Episode It's a special Valentine's Day themed Stories Found Micro Monday! Today, we've got the one-minute play, CRIME of PASSION by Ava Love Hanna About the Playwright / Storyteller Ava Love Hanna is a professional writer, published playwright, and award-winning speaker and storyteller. She is continually amazed by how often she is mistaken for a real grown-up. When she's not co-hosting...

About This Episode Welcome to Stories Found Micro Monday -- take a super quick break with us to kickstart your week with a laugh. Today, we've got the one-minute play, Lying in a Pine Forest by Greg Romero About the Playwright / Storyteller Greg Romero is originally from Louisiana, Cajun blood on both sides. His plays, site-specific projects, and sound-art collaborations have been presented in per...

Welcome to Stories Found Micro Monday -- take a super quick break with us to kickstart your week with a laugh. Today, we've got the one-minute play, Living a Lie by Max Langert   About the playwright Max Langert  is a playwright, producer and storyteller living in Austin. His plays have been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas and elsewhere. He's told stories for Listen to Your Moth...

Welcome to our very first Micro Monday -- a quick laugh to brighten the start of your week! Every other Monday, we'll be offering up a short play, story, or sketch in under 5 minutes.  Today, we've got the one-minute play, The Murderlators by Ava Love Hanna   About the playwright Ava Love Hanna is a professional writer, published playwright, and award-winning speaker and storyteller. She is contin...

About This Episode It's time for a special Christmas episode of  Stories Found ! In this episode, we're talking to the charming playwright, Brian Rust, before hearing his hilarious ten-minute play,  Under a Christmas Moon.   About the Playwright Brian Rust  (he/him) is a Boston-based actor and writer who makes chocolates and searches for cryptids in his spare time. High points of his career includ...

About This Episode In this special holiday episode of  Stories Found , we hear the hilarious ten-minute play,  A Very Special Hanukkah Special  by  Mark Harvey Levine . About the Playwright Mark Harvey Levine  has had over 1900 productions of his short plays everywhere from Bangalore to Bucharest and from Lima to London. His plays have won over 45 awards and been produced in more than ten language...

About This Episode In this special Halloween edition of  Stories Found , we're chatting with the multi-talented playwright, composer, director, and performer,  Fred Tacon  and then listening to his hilarious and spooky ten-minute play, Rent-a-Stiff. Rent-a-Stiff  – Mr. Ut, the proprietor of a human taxidermy rental company, is at risk of losing his livelihood due to aging inventory and new competi...

About This Episode In this special Halloween edition of  Stories Found , we're talking to the fantastic playwright and author,  Clinton Festa  and then listening to his super funny ten-minute play,  Picky Zombies . Picky Zombies  – Tragedy strikes at the fancy French cooking school when an inept student under cooks the foie gras leading to a mass zombie infection. The extraction team sent to rescu...