THE STORYTELLER named one of the best plays of 2025!

The Willamette Week named THE STORYTELLER as one of six “Performances We Loved in 2025”

Critic Laura Wheatman Hill writes, “The Storyteller by Sara Jean Accuardi won the Oregon Book Award for Drama in 2023. The modern-day retelling of The Tempest takes the Bard’s themes of parenthood, control and letting go and slowly, beautifully breaks your heart as the play unwinds. The magic-filled production, mounted in the lobby of the still-unfinished Artists Repertory Theatre building, was notable for its technical elements, such as the detailed set and complex lighting and sound designs, all of which came together to serve the story. Directed by Luan Schooler, The Storyteller invoked the hopefulness of youth paired with the stark realities of adulthood.”