The Storytelling Festival

At Little Island, NYC

Created by PigPen Theatre Co.

“The Storytelling Festival is a true culmination of our past decade’s journey and community building,” said PigPen Theatre Co. in a statement. “We’ve had the good fortune of learning much and meeting many during our years performing at school festivals, music festivals, and theatre festivals. To build our own festival is a dream come true.”

Featured in: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Out New York, American Theatre Magazine

Featured Artists:

The Moth, Shaina Taub, BFRJ: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, NY Neo-Futurists, Sarah Kay, Mahogany L. Browne, Jon Sands, Morgan Jay, Phil Kaye, The Westerlies, Riley Mulherkar, Michael Thurber, Chris Thile, Lawrence, Tessa Lark, Daniel Nayeri, Waterwell, The Lobbyists, Eric Berryman, Amber Iman, Bandits on the Run, Ato Blankson-Wood, Bernard White, Literature to Life, Behzad Jamshidi, Diana Oh, Trusty Sidekick, Adam O’Farrill, Ars Poetica, Brian Quijada, Broken Box Mime Theater, Cherrye J. Davis, Daniel J. Watts, Darius de Haas, David Farrell Melton, Ed Rosini, Falsa, Griots in Concert, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Ike Holter, Ishita Jain, Jennifer Jancuska + The BringAbout, Jon Lampley, Jose Llana, Kate Ferber, Kim Blanck, Kuhoo Verma, Le’Asha, Liana Stampur, Lydia Fine and Tony Blahd, Mark Dover, Max Posner, Mike Brun, Mikhail Fiksel, Rajna Swaminathan, Rebecca Haff Lowry and David L. Haff, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Sara Porkalob, Savannah Harris, Stephanie Chou, and so many more…

Photos by Arya Shahi and Marc J. Franklin