Letters Aloud

Letters Aloud Reading other people's mail since 2013. All of humanity exists within a vast treasure trove of written letters from fascinating people throughout history.

“Letters are what history sounds like when it is still part of everyday life.”
~Lisa Grunwald

Letters are history being recorded, confidentially, in real time. By taking intimate letters off the page and giving them to professional actors to read aloud, we breathe life into the past and connect it to the present in surprising, inspiring, and profound ways.

01/31/2026
Nice promo of our upcoming Valentine's Day gig at Town Hall Seattle from Nancy Guppy and the good folks at New Day NW.
01/30/2026

Nice promo of our upcoming Valentine's Day gig at Town Hall Seattle from Nancy Guppy and the good folks at New Day NW.

Art Zone’s Nancy Guppy shares her favorite venues and who not to miss!

Very excited to announce our return engagement to Town Hall Seattle on Saturday, February 14th. Come share Valentine's D...
01/06/2026

Very excited to announce our return engagement to Town Hall Seattle on Saturday, February 14th. Come share Valentine's Day with us as we present one of our most popular shows, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME.

With Basil Harris, Jennifer Lee Taylor, Jamie Maschler and host Paul Morgan Stetler.

Tickets on sale now.

Thank you, ! What a fantastic way to end our California tour!
04/01/2025

Thank you, ! What a fantastic way to end our California tour!

Great show in Northampton, MA last night! Many thanks to the wonderful folks at Academy of Music Theatre for hosting us....
10/27/2024

Great show in Northampton, MA last night! Many thanks to the wonderful folks at Academy of Music Theatre for hosting us. Such a beautiful, historic venue.

09/11/2024

Anybody out there well versed with CRMs? I'm looking to hire someone to create an effective, user-friendly, database to contact (and keep track of) schools in order to offer them Letters Aloud's school assembly program.

Making art happen at Forbes Center!
05/04/2024

Making art happen at Forbes Center!

A little pre-show, a little tech, a little house filling up for THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine...
02/25/2024

A little pre-show, a little tech, a little house filling up for THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!

The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

Here’s a warm-up for tomorrow’s THANKS, BUT NO THANKS in St. Paul: a deep-dive into rejection—and how to get over it—wit...
02/24/2024

Here’s a warm-up for tomorrow’s THANKS, BUT NO THANKS in St. Paul: a deep-dive into rejection—and how to get over it—with Minnesota Public Radio’s Angela Davis, including Letters Aloud founder Paul Stetler!

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests dug into the psychology behind rejection and how we can use it to our advantage.

You guys! We’re so excited for our show in St. Paul, MN with not one, but two local luminaries: Angela Davis of Minnesot...
02/24/2024

You guys! We’re so excited for our show in St. Paul, MN with not one, but two local luminaries: Angela Davis of Minnesota Public Radio and Dan Newton aka Daddy Squeeze of Café Accordion Orchestra fame!

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Our formula is simple. Real letters by real people, read by great actors.

Letters Aloud was founded in 2013 by Paul Morgan Stetler as a way to connect a live audience to famous (and infamous) historical figures through their intimate personal correspondence. We’re intensely interested in exposing modern audiences to a rapidly disappearing form of communication—the written letter. The eloquence, pathos, and individual experience of history captured in letters is intriguing, instructive, and often hilarious.

—Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler, Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999