THE PORCH: LIVE STORYTELLING

Friday, September 12, 7:00 PM
$25 General Admission
$15 Students with ID
90 minutes
Meadow Stage (outdoors)

Gaia Music Collective, 2024 Annual Festival. The Porch stories will take place in the same location. Photo courtesy Kaatsbaan.

The Porch is a live storytelling series created by Joey and Lorelei Shavelle that brings members of our Hudson Valley community together for an intimate evening of curated, true stories told without notes. A cast of local residents, who work with The Porch to shape stories from their lives, tell varied and affecting tales under the late-summer night sky. Refreshments at our concessions will be available before and during the performances.

Joey and Lorelei Shavelle began The Porch in their current hometown of Red Hook, New York during the summer of 2015. It has since sold out events at local libraries, coffee shops, friends’ barns, and even The Spiegeltent at Bard College. Previous storytellers have included writers, musicians, academics, teachers, social workers, and assorted local characters. This is the third consecutive year that The Porch has been presented at Kaatsbaan.

Stories will be told on our Meadow Stage next to the Studio Complex. While a limited number of benches will be provided, audience members are encouraged to BYO blankets, chairs, and other lawn-seating items. Camping chairs will be available for $5 rental at the concessions table. The Studio Complex has public restrooms.

Some stories contain content that may only be suitable for audiences 18+

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