New England Public Radio and the Academy of Music Theatre collaborated to present four live Story Slam events at Hinge in Northampton, MA in 2014-15. The season culminated on Saturday, April 18 in a main stage Best of Valley Voices production at the Academy of Music Theater. The Best of Valley Voices crown went to Susanne Schmidt who also took first place in November’s Lost in Translation slam! Congratulations to Susanne and the rest of our amazing storytellers! You can find all the stories from the Best of Valley Voices here. Saul Grullon was also a storyteller but due to a technical glitch part of his story was not recorded. We are working on a fix.

Latest episodes of the podcast Best of Valley Voices StorySlam

• 01 - Suitcase Junket Intro
• 02 - Introduction From The Academy Of Music And NEPR
• 03 - Seth Lepore Sets Up The Evening
• 04 - Kevin McVeigh
• 05 - Sera Rivers
• 06 - Daniel Greenberg
• 07 - Sandy Breiner
• 08 - Anna Bowen
• 09 - Kerrita Mayfield
• 10 - Seth Lepore Intermission
• 11 - Josie Dulles
• 12 - Lois Barber
• 13 - Suzanne Schmidt - WINNER
• 14 - Deanne Moore
• 15 - The Suitcase Junket Interlude
• 16 - Bob Reiser
• 17 - The Suitcase Junket Closer
• 18 - Seth Lepore Announcing The Winner