Tell a true story.Your Story!
A new workshop and live storytelling collaboration
with professional storyteller Elaine Gale.
TrueStory Workshop
Taught by Elaine Gale
WORKSHOP RUNS MAY 13- JUN 3, 2025
ON TUESDAYS FROM 6:30-8:30pm
WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ON JUNE 4TH at 7PM
Hello! Does the thought of writing and telling a true story in front of a live audience thrill you-- but you haven't had the chance or known how to go about it?
A true story can be small. It doesn't have to be about something super dramatic or tragic, but can be plucked from the everyday interactions in our lives. The ordinary can be extraordinary.
Telling a story about some aspect of your life after crafting it into shape is a powerful adventure into self-expression, risk-taking and courage. Stories help us understand more about what we all have in common and what connects us in our shared humanity.
In TrueStory, a new workshop and live storytelling collaboration, join theater Scoundrel and Scamp and professional storyteller Elaine Gale, to learn to craft a story both for the page and for the stage.
First, we'll meet for four weeks to pick out a story from the vast curation of your life experiences. Next, we will shape it into beats. Finally, we'll work on the telling of the story. The workshop will culminate in a live reading at the Scoundrel and Scamp stage Wednesday, June 4th.
TrueStory Workshop
When: Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Workshop sessions are on May 13th, May 20th, May 27th, June 3rd
with a final performance on June 4th, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Cost: $250
Who: For Scoundrels ages 18+
Location: The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at The Historic Y
738 N 5th Avenue #131, Tucson, AZ, 85705
The main entrance is located off the parking lot of The Historic Y; the parking lot entrance is accessed from 5th Avenue.
About the Instructor
Elaine Gale was a religion reporter for the Los Angeles Times, an advice columnist and pop culture reporter for the Star Tribune, and a writer for the Boston Phoenix. She taught journalism classes at University of Arizona over twenty years ago. Now, she's a Full Professor at California State University and teaches undergraduate courses in storytelling, public speaking and interpersonal communication. She has served as the Writing Center Director for the Graduate School of Leadership and Change at Antioch University since 2005. She's also a speechwriter, storytelling consultant, and professional speaking coach for CEO's. She co-founded and ran a popular nonfiction reading series and open mic of the same name,TrueStory, for five years in Sacramento.