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Kona on PBS!

“Getting Away With It”

(Season 8, Episode 5)

Stories From the Stage

Watch Kona’s Episode!

Premiered on PBS and the WORLD Channel on Monday, January 27, 2025.

Winner of a SIGNAL award for Best Driveway Moment Podcast Episode!

Upcoming Shows & Workshops

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
8:00 - 10:00 pm

Puppy Tales: NYC's Only Dog-Friendly Storytelling Show

Stella & Fly, 1705 1st Ave, New York, NY 10128

Welcome to Puppy Tales! NYC’s Only Dog-Friendly Storytelling Show! Join us at Stella & Fly for a paws-itively fun evening where dogs and their humans come together for heartwarming, hilarious storytelling. Expect big laughs, wagging tails, and stories that speak to all species. Hosted by the wildly relatable Courtney Boxwell Taback—mostly a mom, sometimes an actress, and always a storyteller.

Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11 , 2026
1:30 – 5:30 PM

Your Story Matters: A Storytelling Workshop at the Pasadena Playhouse

Carrie Hamilton Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

Storytelling encompasses every person on the planet, no matter your background, field of study, or walk of life. Join writer and storyteller Kona Morris (The Moth, PBS’s Stories From The Stage, RISK!) for a 2-day workshop that will guide you through the process of composing and structuring your stories for any audience. From job interviews to wedding speeches, it is important to feel confident to share your stories because YOUR STORY MATTERS. Learn how to craft your own life experiences into a polished, first-person narrative that you can share with family, friends, and at storytelling events. Open to all experience levels!

Friday, January 30, 2026
7:00 pm

TALE: NYC's Finest Storytelling

The Red Room at KGB, 85 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003

For the past 13 years, TALE brings you the best in NYC’s storytelling! Past storytellers include Roy Wood Jr (Daily Show), Jena Friedman (Borat), and Anthony Haden-Guest (Vanity Fair). Hosted by Harmon Leon (This American Life, 99% Invisible), Gastor Alamonte (Comedy Central), Liz Meile (NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell). Music: CW Headley (New York Comedy Festival.

Friday, March 6, 2026
6:30 - 8:00 pm

Lower Eastside Stories

P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002

Lower East Stories, hosted by Matt Storrs, brings the best NYC creatives (and some surprise guests) together for an early evening storytelling salon. Each month, we’ll host a variety of experts, professionals, and ne’er-do-wells whose work has been featured on The Moth, Comedy Central, PBS, and at fringe festivals around the world.

Saturday, March 7, 2026
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Storytelling Showcase at Bethany Arts Community

Bethany Arts Community, 40 Somerstown Rd, Ossining, NY 10562

NYC’s best storytellers are coming to Ossining—from NPR’s The Moth Radio Hour, Story Collider, Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening, PBS’s Stories from the Stage, the RISK! podcast, and more! Join us for an unforgettable evening of stories hosted by Kona Morris. Past storytellers include: Erin Barker, Gastor Almonte, Annie Tan, Ro Moran, Kelly Spillman, Andrew McGill, and Matt Storrs.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026
7:30 pm

The Grapevine Storytelling

BusBoys & Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012

The Grapevine is home to the best in modern storytelling, which means all kinds of storytelling: truth, fiction, heroes, villains, myths, and legends, in solemn, humorous, and other styles. All the varieties of story that people have told each other for thousands of years; told really, really, well by people who are at the top of their craft. Hosted by: Tim Livengood, and Renée Brachfeld.

Past Shows

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Revealed March 3rd 2024 flyer

Lit-n-Laughs, The Lyric Hyperion, Los Angeles, CA - January 19, 2024

F-Bomb Reading Series, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO - February 10, 2024

How Was It? Storytelling, QED Astoria, New York City, NY - February 17, 2024

Listen To Your Skin Book Release, The Pairing, Kansas City, MO - February 9, 2024

Storytelling Night, ISM Brewing, Long Beach, CA - April 25, 2024

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LBS Poster Feb. 2024

LBSFGS Monday July 1

RISK

It's Funny Now!

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The Power of Endings

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To Have & Have Not

Stories from stage

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Kona Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse Workshop

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Bethany Showcase

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Lower East Side Stories

Grapevine

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