About the Stoop
Stories of love, death, revenge, forgiveness. Failures small and large. Double-crossing and two-timing. Shame and success. Epiphanies that happen just in time…and others that don't. Blood, sweat and tears--and lots of laughs. Each Stoop show features seven storytellers who get seven minutes each to tell a true, personal story about a specific theme. No notes, no scripts, no actors--just true stories, artfully told.
Stoop storytellers are writers, dog-walkers, scientists, poets, moms, manicurists, museum directors, waitresses, TV hosts, taxi drivers…and you! During each Stoop show, a few lucky audience members get the chance to tell three-minute stories on stage. And The Stoop is always looking for storytellers for upcoming shows. If you've got an idea for a story or a theme, send a few brief sentences about it to info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Read about The Stoop in City Paper, The Urbanite, The Baltimore Sun, The Baltimore Examiner, Smart Woman, and Jewish Times.
Laura Wexler, Producer and Co-host
Laura Wexler is the author of Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America (Scribner, 2003), and a senior editor at Style Magazine. She teaches in the graduate creative writing programs at Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College and is a member of the Baltimore Improv Group.
Jessica Henkin, Producer and Co-host
Jessica Henkin has a master's degree in special education from Johns Hopkins University and serves as an early intervention community-based resource teacher for Baltimore County. She hones her theatrical improvisation skills, first developed with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, with the Baltimore Improv Group.
Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, House Band
Formed in 2005, Caleb Stine and The Brakemen have played dive-bars, churches, barns, bowling alleys, and yes…every Stoop except for the first one (they're sorry they missed it).
"Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, an Americana ensemble out of Baltimore, play music that is appropriately trainlike—steady and powerful. Stine, who is lanky and bearded, croons narratives—often without choruses—that wind seamlessly
through cities and relationships." —THE NEW YORKER
Mike Subelsky, Web Developer and Stage Manager
Mike is a computer hacker and improv theater director. He co-founded the Internet startup company OtherInbox and is an organizer of Ignite Baltimore. And he's married to Stoop co-host Laura Wexler!
Glenn Dellon, Graphic Designer
Glenn is the founder of Dellon Design, a creative studio in Mt. Vernon working on projects across a range of media including print, web and architectural.
He has degrees in art history, fine art, graphic design, and publication design. Glenn is really into collectibles, light blue, and cohabitation.
Aaron Henkin, Radio Liaison
Aaron spends his time producing the radio program "The Signal" on 88.1 WYPR-FM and fathering the children of Stoop co-host Jessica Henkin. He is also the owner of a used car that formerly belonged to Stoop co-host Laura Wexler.
The Stoop Would Like To Thank
Storytelling Across the Nation
- San Francisco: The Porchlight Storytelling Series
- New York City: The Moth
- Tucson: The Odyssey
- Washington, D.C.: SpeakEasy
Listen to Stoop Stories
All Stoop Shows are now available in handy podcast form,
or you can listen on LitStation.