StoryTown Radio Show

StoryTown Radio Show StoryTown Radio Show and Podcast performs the true stories, culture and heritage of the Southern App Martin Program for the Arts
McKinney Center at Booker T.

The award-winning Jonesborough StoryTown Radio Show and Podcast is performed as a story-filled old-time radio performance at the McKinney Center. The production is broadcast on the local public radio station 89.5 FM the last Wednesday of the month, with bimonthly podcasts on www.storytown.simplecast.com. These productions celebrate the culture, history, and stories of the people of Jonesborough an

d the Southern Appalachian Region. Since 2011, the show has been performed by a multi-cultural cast of local actors, storytellers, and musicians, creating an audio patchwork quilt of what it means to be home in the Mountains of Tennessee. If you would like to become a member of the StoryTown Radio Show, or would like more information, contact writer/director
Jules Corriere
Jonesborough’s Mary B. Washington School
423-794-6320 [email protected]

We love this cartoon in the Herald & Tribune. The local newspapers were very involved in covering the Hood murder trial ...
07/25/2025

We love this cartoon in the Herald & Tribune. The local newspapers were very involved in covering the Hood murder trial in 1928. This is the last weekend of the show, don’t miss your chance to hear the story & weigh in with your theory. Get tickets to "Can't Get Away With This" at Jonesborough.com/tickets

Meet the Cast & Characters of "Can't Get Away With This": Stephen Goodman as Deputy Fleming/Reporter/Mr. Ledwell/Gossip ...
07/25/2025

Meet the Cast & Characters of "Can't Get Away With This": Stephen Goodman as Deputy Fleming/Reporter/Mr. Ledwell/Gossip and Miriam Robinson as Mrs. Hood/Gossip/Reporter/Mrs. Wood/Mrs. Bear. What can they reveal about the murder of Officer James Hood. Get your tickets at jonesborough.com/tickets and find out. We've got three more shows this weekend.

07/23/2025

Listen to a short story from Don Rogers as he remembers a summer from his childhood.

We don't want to give away too much, but here's a taste of the first weekend of "Can't Get Away With This". We still hav...
07/23/2025

We don't want to give away too much, but here's a taste of the first weekend of "Can't Get Away With This". We still have some tickets available for this weekend. Get your seats at jonesborough.com/tickets and make sure you see this show before it closes on Saturday night. You think you know what happened to Officer Hood? Get in on the action at the play and share your theories.

07/22/2025

The reviews are in! "Can't Get Away With This" is a hit! It's left some people speechless, in a good way. "I had so many thoughts about the play all weekend, and I thought that I’d have my words together this morning, but obviously, I don’t. 😊 I just want you to know that the play touched me."

This Friday and Saturday are your last chances to see this show. We do have some tickets still available at jonesborough.com/tickets

We're very excited to have storyteller Lyn Ford joining us for StoryTown Radio Show: Kitchen Disasters and Culinary Fail...
07/21/2025

We're very excited to have storyteller Lyn Ford joining us for StoryTown Radio Show: Kitchen Disasters and Culinary Fails next week. She said her family specialized in culinary disasters. We can't wait to hear her tale.

https://www.storytellerlynford.com/

"Lynette (Lyn) Ford is a storyteller, author, Ohio teaching artist, certified laughter yoga teacher, and certified laughter wellness ambassador. In recent years, Lyn has added published poet to her titles and achievements, with poems in I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing and Common Threads 2023, and “Callaloo: Black Appalachia Issue”. Lyn is the recipient of a National Association of Black Storytellers Zora Neale Hurston Award and is a 2023 Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellow. Lyn is also a great-grandmother."

We're only 1 week away from StoryTown Radio Show: Kitchen Disasters and Culinary Fails featuring Trivia With Budds and t...
07/21/2025

We're only 1 week away from StoryTown Radio Show: Kitchen Disasters and Culinary Fails featuring Trivia With Budds and the Jimmie D. Band. It's going to be a riotous and rocking good time. Get your tickets now at jonesborough.com/tickets

It’s day two of "Can't Get Away With This". We only have 5 tickets left for the 2:00 matinee and 7:30 show tickets are a...
07/19/2025

It’s day two of "Can't Get Away With This". We only have 5 tickets left for the 2:00 matinee and 7:30 show tickets are also going fast. Don’t miss your chance to see this real life whodunit. Tickets are available at Jonesborough.com/tickets

Meet the Cast & Characters of "Can't Get Away With This". Sophie Evans as Cora Hood Pickens/Sam Denton/Mrs. Haire and Sa...
07/18/2025

Meet the Cast & Characters of "Can't Get Away With This". Sophie Evans as Cora Hood Pickens/Sam Denton/Mrs. Haire and Sarah Sanders as Gossip/Henry Bear/Mrs. Roberts. What do they know about the death of Officer James Hood? Get tickets to the show and find out. Tickets for opening weekend are going fast at jonesborough.com/tickets

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Jonesborough, TN

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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