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Testify Testify: A monthly show where performers share true stories live on stage. Everyone has a story.

Testify is a monthly show featuring performers telling personal stories live on stage. Each month has a different theme that ties together stories that span the human experience. Performances take place the first Thursday, at the Barrel O'Fun at the Alamo Drafthouse Mueller.

Come tell your story!Tiny Grocer in Hyde Park has opened their patio on the night of June 24th for an evening of true st...
06/15/2026

Come tell your story!
Tiny Grocer in Hyde Park has opened their patio on the night of June 24th for an evening of true stories. It's a family event, bring the kids, bring the grandparents. Our theme is How It Started!
Check out the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DJ66FWLkV/

Testify Celebrates Pride!A closeted college musician. A homophobic dad who calls Martina Navratilova an “abomination.” A...
06/15/2026

Testify Celebrates Pride!

A closeted college musician. A homophobic dad who calls Martina Navratilova an “abomination.” A mother named Joni White Gloves who believes idle hands should be cleaning something. For years, she keeps her sexuality—and her all-girl, le***an sex-positive punk band—safely out of her parents’ line of sight. Then one gig changes everything.

When her straight-laced parents show up at a relocated show in a gay men’s leather bar, complete with bo***ge wheel and “Hall of” surprises, worlds collide with hilarious, tender fallout. This true LGBTQ+ story explores coming out, family, feminism, and the wildly awkward ways acceptance sometimes begins.

Testify celebrates Pride!A determined 16-year-old, a fire-engine red Jeep Wrangler, and a DMV examiner who decides her c...
06/12/2026

Testify celebrates Pride!

A determined 16-year-old, a fire-engine red Jeep Wrangler, and a DMV examiner who decides her car is “too small” to prove she can really drive. When she comes back a week later in her dad’s massive Chevy Suburban, she’s not just retaking the test—she’s making a point about power, rules, and petty justice.

This funny, relatable driving-test story is perfect for anyone who’s ever followed the directions, nailed the task, and still been told they were “doing it wrong.” Sometimes, taking the high road feels good. Sometimes, it feels even better to be a petty bitch.

Brian Reisman is looking for a wife. Can you help him on his search?
06/11/2026

Brian Reisman is looking for a wife. Can you help him on his search?

Testify celebrates pride!Raised on a rugged Texas ranch, a fearless cowgirl learns early to hide her deepest truths bene...
06/10/2026

Testify celebrates pride!

Raised on a rugged Texas ranch, a fearless cowgirl learns early to hide her deepest truths beneath grit, religion, and expectation. From rattlesnakes to rodeos, her world demands toughness—but nothing prepares her for the quiet terror of forbidden desire. Years later, a life-changing summer on a remote Puerto Rican monkey island cracks everything open. Among strangers, storms, and unexpected friendships, she confronts fear, identity, and freedom for the first time.

This powerful LGBTQ+ coming-of-age story explores shame, survival, and self-discovery in the unlikeliest place—where courage finally means embracing who you truly are.

Liz Kreppel survives an apartment fire. The audience is both horrified, and proud of her.
06/10/2026

Liz Kreppel survives an apartment fire. The audience is both horrified, and proud of her.

Alex Abraham has the audience gasping with a tale of being lost in Russia.
06/09/2026

Alex Abraham has the audience gasping with a tale of being lost in Russia.

Kami Wilt teaches the audience to be prepared with a story full of laughter and gasps.
06/05/2026

Kami Wilt teaches the audience to be prepared with a story full of laughter and gasps.

06/05/2026

Last Night at Testify our Short Story Show!!

Thanks to our uproducers, Mark Gifford, Angela Maldonado, Gloria Rabil, and Ladislao Loera. TO our musicians Richard Hall and Wil, to Austin Community College: ASL & Interpreter Training,and Leigh Romero.

Thanks to our storytellers: Aaron Salinas, Alex Abraham, Liz Kreppel, Brian Reisman, Kami Wilt, Richard Ver Steeg, Peg Gavin, and Lisa Hallee, and as always our wonderful audience.

We're getting ready for tonight's show! Tickets are still available online, but we'll have a few available at the door.
06/04/2026

We're getting ready for tonight's show! Tickets are still available online, but we'll have a few available at the door.

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