These are the guidelines to score a story 1. meet the theme in some way 2. be a true personal story 3. have some sort of story arc, beginning and ending 4. told from memory (no notes allowed) 5. meet the time requirements

Our next storytelling class begin August 20! www.testifyatx.com/storytellers...

Please join Testify in welcoming Jeana Rich to the Testify stage. She'll be sharing her story, "Break-Up Playlist" for our storytelling show, Let the Music Play. You can get your tickets here: www.facebook.com/share/19jQ1T...

Music has a way of triggering memories. Good ones, bad ones. Sometimes a melody can soothe the broken heart. Sometimes it's a reminder of where we've been. Music sneaks into our lives in many different ways. These are those stories.

Testify is the longest running storytelling show in Austin, Tx. Our producers love working with storytellers honing their stories, and finding meaning in the tales they share. If you're in Austin drop by and check out the show, or better yet, submit your story and come and tell it on stage.

A short clip from the Susan Mack story, "Skunked." You can see her full story here: youtu.be/hdanLo9a59U

A short clip from the Solis Rough story "Any Song You Can Lip-sync To." Is the artform of drag safe or unsafe, let a drag performer who caught on fire tell you. Storyteller Solis C Rough and his story: Any Song You Can Lipsync.

This is it. This is the picture. In the future, when textbooks explain what fascism in 2025 looked like, it's gonna be this photo of these three dudes acting like whoever was taking the picture of them was the one in the wrong.

A short clip of Aaron Salinas telling his story "Sneezes and Living." Check out his full story here: youtu.be/NmltpqiPbKY

A short clip of Kristen Drenning from her story "Downward Slope." Check out her full story here: youtu.be/9rGwf_ox-n0

Please join Testify in welcoming Holly Richardson to the Testify stage. She'll be sharing her story, "Heat Waves" for our storytelling show, True Colors. You can get your tickets here: www.facebook.com/share/1PZREU...

Our storytellers for our upcoming show "True Colors," Holly Richardson, Richard Ver Steeg, Carin LaCount, Paige Burnett, Jess Freasier, Meredith Hoffman.

Our next storytelling show is on June 5! Come hear some true stories from the folks who lived them.

The Austin Story Slam, May 1 at the Barrel O'Fun

Carol Ramsey closes out our February show with a dog story.

Please join Testify in welcoming Ann Locasio to the Testify stage. She knows that animals speak to those who know how to listen. She grew up in five different countries and has published a memoir about her nomadic childhood called "Growing Up Weird." Get tickets here: www.testifyatx.com

Our next storytelling show is February 6. Six storytellers share a part of their lives onstage. Our theme is "That's What Friends are For." Friends can change our lives. These are stories about relationships that change us, hopefully for the better.

Join us for some stories this Thursday, 12/5. @testifytx.bsky.social @austinwriter.bsky.social

Richard Ver Steeg amazes the audience with his story "Beerpocalypse."

Sometimes the words won't come & you'll find yourself stuck in a scene. The best way to write your way out is to write the shitty version of the scene. Even let the writing be bad if need be. Just. Get. Out. Of. That. Scene. Finish the story then trust your taste to know how to fix it in editing.