History

AfterDark Show!

AfterDarks – for grown-ups only!

The monthly New York Afterdark show takes place at the Drama Book Shop in Midtown Manhattan.
The Drama Book Shop
250 West 4oth Street (between 7th and 8th avenues)
New York, NY 10018

Catch us on Sirius XM!

Listen to Story Pirates on the radio! In our guest appearances on the Absolutely Mindy show, we turn kids' stories into radio plays.Click here to submit your story!

We Do Parties!

Our popular parties are all about your kid – featuring a show that makes the grownups laugh too. Click Here!

Inc Magazine’s Top 22

Story Pirates ranks as one of the top 22 companies on the cutting edge. read more

Once Upon a Time...

Story Pirates was founded in 2003 by a group of people seeking to bring quality education programs to under-resourced New York City public schools. Our approach was to show kids everywhere that their ideas, their words, and their stories are important. We made kids' own stories the basis for a big, loud, outrageous, musical sketch comedy show, because we believe kids' imaginations are worth cultivating and ought to be celebrated.

This big idea drives everything we’ve done in the past eight years, and what began as a twelve-member company has become a well-respected education and media organization providing services to over one hundred and fifty schools and community-based organizations around the country. Our writing workshops and assembly performances have now been seen by hundreds of thousands of children in sixteen states, and our popular movies on YouTube have been seen by millions.

On January 17, 2009, the weekend of President Obama's Inauguration, Story Pirates was invited to present a show at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., taking election-themed stories by local D.C. students and bringing them to life for thousands of people.

During the 2010-11 school year, Story Pirates became partners with the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles