This weekend is the Wordstock Festival, the largest celebration of books and authors in the Pacific Northwest. What’s more, The Mystery Box Show will be putting in a special appearance with three Wordstock-exclusive storytellers telling stories of sex and writing! We will be appearing at Wordstock at 5pm on Saturday, October 13th at the Faceout Studio Stage in the Oregon [...]

We are so very excited about the show coming up tomorrow night, with five fantastic (and really surprising) stories to be shared. Developing this show just gets better and better, and it’s incredible to think we’ve come this far in this short amount of time. There is always an eye on the future as well, and right now we are [...]

Hello, folks! Behind the scenes here at the Mystery Box Show, we’re looking for anyone who would be willing to donate a (lockable) cash box and/or a people-counter for use at our future shows, or an SD Card reader to help with video post-production. If you happen to have any of these objects and are willing to part with them [...]

This week has been a great ramp-up for all of the wonderful storytellers that will hit the stage on Thursday night: * We had our own mini-Mystery Box Show at Big Bang PDX during Pride weekend, featuring one of our favorite storytellers who will also appear on Thursday (spoiler alert… it’s Amber Jo!). Look for the video to appear on [...]

A special late-addition, folks! The Mystery Box Show has been invited to perform at Big Bang PDX, on June 17 at NW 5th and Couch. Big Bang PDX is part of the Pride weekend celebrations, and you can bet there will be a ton of celebrating! The festivities begin at 11am, and there will be a ton of spectacular acts, [...]

I was listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, improv4humans, which boasts some of the biggest names in improv comedy. If you like long-form improv, you should really check this podcast out. Anyway. The host, Matt Besser (of the Upright Citizens Brigade), was discussion a recent performance of the famed improv show ASSSSCAT. The show begins with a monologist [...]

We are so excited to announce that the Mystery Box Show now has an official sponsor: She Bop! She Bop is a sex toy boutique in North Portland (909 N Beech Street, to be exact), and if you have never made a visit you really owe it to yourself to check it out. It is one of the friendliest, classiest, [...]

I’m so psyched that our next round of postcard flyers are about to hit the streets. Keep your eyes out for these babies around town, and if you see them, pick one or two up and give them to your friends. Spread the word, y’all!

Mark your calendars, folks, because the Mystery Box Show will be returning to the Brody Theater on Thursday, June 21 at 7:30pm. We’re so psyched to be coming back, and we’ll be bringing you a brand new batch of storytellers with intimate secrets and naughty confessions, and maybe even a few surprises along the way. April’s show was completely sold [...]