Real People. Real Stories. On Stage.
UPCOMING EVENTS
HOW WE BEGAN
Claire Dee loved the connection and the feelings stories evoked. After a few months, Rachna and Claire grew hungry for more stories, so went to a live storytelling show in Chicago. When they emerged from the show, they decided that Naperville was ready for its first live storytelling event.
In January 2017, that wish became a reality.
The People Tree seeks to
Build community
By stopping to listen to real stories of growth, realization, or transformation our audience grows stronger, more empathetic and sympathetic to those around them.
Support and grow incredible storytellers
Who are the people behind TPT?
CHALLENGES
Just as stories evolve, so has The People Tree.
2018
The People Tree worked with the late Scott Potter to create a series of engaging Micro-stories for TEDx Naperville.
2019
The People Tree’s creative director Kat, moved to California. Improv workshops and High School storytelling workshops were added to the schedule.
2020
The pandemic brought new challenges but also created the opportunity for monthly Greenhouse workshops and virtual ‘one story’ shows on Zoom.
2021
Claire moved to Virginia and continues to mentor Naperville storytellers. Rachna was joined by Erica Katz and Simi Krishnan, two wonderful and experienced storytellers on the Empire stage.
2022
The People Tree created and launched Sprout: Youth Storytelling for Middle and High School students. Claire started an RVA branch of TPT.
A Proud story
teller community
The People Tree is proud of the storyteller community and audience that it continues to build – new relationships formed and old ones strengthened. We are so pleased that our audience keeps coming back, and almost every time, someone new is inspired to submit their first story outline for a future show!
Storytellers return often, and many say that The People Tree has the most attentive, passionate, and supportive audience of all of the shows they attend, What could be higher praise than that?