We Piddle Around Theater

01/31/2026

Be careful if you are coming to the festival today!

01/30/2026

It will be cold tomorrow, but we’ll be warm inside the Trojan Center Theater! Come join us for one, two, or all three storytelling performances tomorrow and enjoy stories that will truly warm your soul.

Tickets available by calling/texting the numbers below.

01/28/2026

Once again, it’s Pike Piddlers Storytelling Time in Pike County. So, all who enjoy stories with a hoot and a holler or one that seeds salty tears or leaves a lump in the throat come, let “us” tell you stories.

01/27/2026

01/26/2026

01/22/2026

Our next storyteller truly needs no introduction—Donald Davis is a must-see, every single time. We are deeply grateful that he continues to make time for us year after year. From the mountains of North Carolina to the shimmering shores of Ocracoke Island, to the stage at the We Piddle Around Theater, Donald has earned thunderous applause and standing ovations wherever his stories are told.

Like the finest wine, his stories only grow richer with time—meant not to be rushed, but savored and remembered for a lifetime. He carries his audience on unforgettable journeys, leaving them laughing until their sides ache one moment and quietly wiping away tears the next, often within the same story. His expressive face, masterful timing, and unmistakable body language breathe life into every tale, making each moment feel personal and alive.

These stories are more than funny—they are deeply human. They reach straight to the heart, reminding us of who we are and where we come from. There is simply no one else like him.

Friday night is currently sold out. Tickets still remain for all 3 Saturday performances. For tickets call/text 334-685-5524, 516-640-0361 or text 256-997-6351. You may also call 334-735-3675 on nights/weekends.

01/21/2026

Get to know our storytellers for the 2026 Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival.

Next up, we have Josh Goforth! Josh has joined a few times over the years and he is always wonderful. Goforth must have been born musical—he was already playing piano in church at the age of four— but it was an experience he had in the sixth grade that really lit the fuse of his precocious musical career. A performance at Goforth's middle school by Sheila Kay Adams caused him to start thinking about the musical heritage and stories of his native Madison County, NC. Josh was able to listen and learn from local masters like Gordon and Arvil Freeman and Jerry Adams. He is a highly accomplished storyteller and acoustic musician playing close to 20 different instruments. After high school he went to East Tennessee State University to study music education with a Euphonium concentration, and to be a part of ETSU's famous Bluegrass and Country Music Program. In 2000, he played fiddle for the movie Songcatcher, both onscreen and on the soundtrack. He has toured extensively with a variety of ensembles, including the ETSU Bluegrass band, David Holt, Laura Boosinger, and with several bluegrass bands like Appalachian Trail, the Josh Goforth Trio, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Open Road and Carolina Road. He has performed in all 50 US states, all over Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 2000, 2003, and 2005, he was named Fiddler of the Festival at Fiddler's Grove and, after winning the third title, was designated "Master Fiddler" and retired from that competition. He has performed at the Grand Ole Opry, the Lincoln Center, as well as Carnegie Hall. In 2009 he was nominated for a Grammy for his album with David Holt entitled "Cutting Loose". He currently is on faculty at the Academy for the Arts in Asheville and performs all over the world.

For tickets call/text 334-685-5524, 516-640-0361 or text 256-997-6351. You may also call 334-735-3675 on nights/weekends.

01/20/2026

Get to know our storytellers for the 2026 Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival.

Next up, we have Naomi Faw. Naomi is an award-winning storyteller who writes her own material based on her experiences growing up and living in the South-Central portion of the North Carolina Appalachian Mountains. Her stories often involve her family, particularly her Granny. She has a way of pondering the ordinary while highlighting the extraordinary in our lives. She believes that when we listen to each other’s story we connect in meaningful ways.

We are very excited to have Naomi join us for the 2026 festival!

For tickets call/text 334-685-5524, 516-640-0361 or text 256-997-6351. You may also call 334-735-3675 on nights/weekends.

01/19/2026

Get to know our storytellers for the 2026 Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival.

First up, we have Paul Strickland. Paul is a professional storyteller and theatre artist who lives in Kentucky. He has well over 7 hours of unique family friendly stories in his repertoire, including reupholstered folk tales, fairytales for adults and future adults, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened.
Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024.
He was a FEATURED TELLER: NEW VOICE at the National Storytelling Festival in 2023. He was also a Featured Teller at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September of 2023, and has been a featured teller at several major storytelling festivals, including the Cave Run Storytelling Festival, in 2022.
Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him, Paul LOVES telling stories in every imaginable environment, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools, corporate events and even two prisons - where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won "Best of Fest" honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada.

For tickets call/text 334-685-5524, 516-640-0361 or text 256-997-6351. You may also call 334-735-3675 on nights/weekends.

01/16/2026

The Benton Brothers Band will open the 2026 Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival Friday night, Jan. 30, at the We Piddle Around Theater at the downtown crossroads in Brundidge.

01/07/2026

The 25-year tradition will continue the last weekend in January with supper and stories at the We Piddle Around Theater in Brundidge with supper and stories on Friday night and three storytelling concerts on Saturday, at the Trojan Center Theater on the campus of Troy University.