Welcome to True Tales Live!

Do you love stories? Listening to them? Telling them? We do!

Produced in Seacoast NH, currently mostly online, True Tales Live provides a space for people to tell their first-person experience stories, stories that reflect personal and cultural diversity and help us bridge differences and build understanding and respect for each other. It is also a space to listen to each other’s stories. We believe that storytelling is an exchange between tellers and listeners so we welcome you in either capacity.

Attend a Show

Our 2025 Zoom shows will be: January 28, March 25, May 27, September 30 and November 25. We are also planning for a June In-person Show! Date & Venue TBD.  Find out more on our Attend a Show page.

Become a Storyteller

We want to hear your first-person experience stories. A first-person story is one you participated in. Your true tale must be a story, not an essay, editorial, or a series of anecdotes. If you aren’t sure, bring it to a workshop. Your story needs to be 10 minutes or less and tie in to one of our themes.  Find out more on our Be A Storyteller page.

Come to a Workshop

Please attend our Zoom workshops to practice telling and receive feedback. Join us on first Tuesdays of most months, 7-8:30pm: January 7, February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, September 2, October 7 & November 11.  Find out more on our TTL Workshops page.

Watch or Listen to Past Shows

Watch us on Portsmouth Public Media TV, Comcast Channel 98 Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 PM and Saturdays at 1 PM and anytime on youtube or as a podcast.

A Few True Tales Live Storytellers

Thank you so much for your support – without storytellers and without an audience, True Tales Live would not be about to begin its 11th year on public media in the Seacoast of New Hampshire.