St. Petersburg, Florida · Est. 2025

Stories
worth
keeping.

Story Keepers fosters artists who tell authentic stories in new ways — stories grounded in community, curiosity, and care.

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Our belief

We began with a simple belief: stories have the power to bring people together.

Rooted in creativity and community imagination, we create experiences that move beyond the stage, page, or screen and into the spaces where people live, work, and gather.

About Story Keepers

This fall · St. Petersburg, FL

Unexpected,
Unseen.

Three intimate home fundraisers. You’ll know the artist. You won’t know the show until it starts.

Matt McGee, Julia Rifino, Avery Anderson

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Matt McGee · Julia Rifino · Avery Anderson

Wed, Sept 23 · 6:30 PM

Comedy & Laughs

Three artists, one living room, and a show chosen to make the walls shake with laughter.

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Julia Rifino

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Julia Rifino

Fri, Oct 2 · 6:30 PM

Music & Love

An intimate evening shaped by music, tenderness, and the kind of story that stays with you.

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Samantha Marti Parisi

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Samantha Marti Parisi

Fri, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM

Story & Hope

A close-up performance about what we carry and what carries us forward.

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About the series
Audience seated a few feet from the performer during a living-room show
Story Keepers artists and musicians after a cafe performance in downtown St. Petersburg
Performer laughing mid-show in a living room
Backyard audience applauding an outdoor reading under the trees
Company and community members gathered in a living room after a reading
Performer speaking with a guest across a St. Petersburg living room
Musician performing for a cafe audience at a Story Keepers event
Nighttime backyard reading lit by string lights under a tent
Performer seated with a script during a living-room performance
Quiet moment during a living-room performance

Featured

A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de Los Reyes Magos, 1998

November 12–22, 2026

First United Methodist Church, Pinellas Park

The Off-Broadway hit gets its Florida premiere. Written and performed by Iraisa Ann Reilly, directed by José Avilés. 90 minutes · $30 · BOGO.

Event details
A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de Los Reyes Magos, 1998 — Iraisa Ann Reilly laughing in a green satin vest

What we do

01

Develop new work

Readings, workshops, and living-room salons where new plays find their feet before an audience.

02

Produce experiences

Site-specific and immersive productions staged in the real places our stories come from.

03

Build community

A network of artists, producers, and neighbors who make sure new voices have somewhere to land.

Artists gathered in a living room for a Story Keepers salon reading

Produced 2026 · The Pink Unicorn

The stage is wherever people gather.

About the production

Next up · March 25 – April 4, 2027

St. Pete
New Works
Festival

Ten days of readings, workshops, and world premieres staged across the city — a living laboratory built with The Studio, freeFall Theatre Company, and The Off-Central Players.

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St Pete New Works Festival poster — Trace the Story, Experience the City, March 25 to April 4, 2027

Keep the stories coming.

Story Keepers is a nonprofit. Every reading, workshop, and production is made possible by people who believe new voices deserve a room and an audience.

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