History

Story Pirates and Friends!

Enjoy a family night out benefiting Story Pirates’ programs in New York schools. Featuring John Oliver, Kristen Schaal, Michael Showalter and more! More info

Catch us on Sirius XM!

Submit stories for us to perform on Kids Place Live's Absolutely Mindy on May 4th! click here

We Do Parties!

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

Spring Campaign

You can bring the Story Pirates experience to your child’s school – or to one of the neediest communities in the New York City or Los Angeles. Find out how!

Pirates After School!

For the past six years, we have been offering amazing writing workshops, acting classes, puppet classes and dance programs in schools all over the Tri-State area. More info!

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