Scandalous
stories about the sexy, sketchy, and salacious
February 10th, 2023
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
This is our most popular show! These stories are exactly what they sound like - a little R rated storytelling about sexy stuff, iffy stuff, not-so-smart stuff, and the like. Don't bring your kids or your 85 year old grandma to this one.......unless your 85 year old grandma is down for some drama, and then we'd love to see her there.
Tickets on sale NOW, you sassy thing!
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5559225
The Big Tasty
A delicious buffet of stories
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
It's our big return to the stage after a 2 year hiatus! Come taste a succulent sampling of stories from your favorite storytellers and some new faces as well. This show is upbeat, energetic, funny stories to celebrate community and some semblance of normalcy. We can't wait to see you!
Thursday, May 26th 7 pm (Doors at 6:30)
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE!
Masks are not mandated but respect for everyone's choices for safety is required!
(The below shows are dates TBD 😉 Stay tuned.....)
Juke Box
Stories that celebrate the music that shaped us
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
Music plays such a huge role in memory-making. Where were you when you first heard that song? What song did you dance your first dance to? What jam always brings you out to the dance floor? What was playing during that painstaking teenage break-up? Come hear stories about the music that makes our lives!
TATTOOS
stories about beloved and beleaguered body art
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
This is a show where we'll share stories about the behind-the-scenes of body art, both loved and loathed. We will have storytellers share their tales behind their tattoos, complete with photos and the like - projected behind them while they tell the tale.
Dear diary
Hilarious stories about keeping secrets
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
Come have fun with a night of stories about shhhhhhh, secrets! These stories will reveal long-held diary entry gems, revealed personal jokes, insider family drama, mysteries revealed for the first time - live on stage!
Stories to celebrate GNV LGBTQ+ Pride
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
This show is to add to the celebration that is Gainesville Pride. We want to bring together members of the LGBTQI+ community and allies for a night of supportive, celebratory, and powerful storytelling. This is our second time hosting this very special show.
This show will be at The Wooly, our beloved home for G&G GNV storytelling here in Gainesville.
Guts & Glory GNV's passion is to hold the space for stories of all shapes, sizes, and persuasions.
*Please note that this is not a commissioned show by Gainesville Pride. This is an independent Guts & Glory GNV event.
Pants on Fire
Who's telling the truth? You be the judge.
The Wooly - 20 North Main Street
Our "Pants on Fire" show features 3 storytellers, one who is lying and the 4th who is a fibber. The audience has to question the storytellers about their stories and crack the code! This time, we're infusing these wild stories with holiday magic to see if we can stump the storytellers or if they'll stump us!
This is one of our most popular shows. Come see what it's all about!
Real. Live. Stories.
Guts & Glory GNV's mission is to bring live, original, true, first-person, polished storytelling to Gainesville.
We believe that storytelling builds community, gives Gainesvillians a chance to put a voice to their stories, and connects artists with a greater audience in our beloved town.
Since most of our stories - from the ones we tell at dinner parties to the ones that we hold more close to the chest - are about guts and/or glory (or the lack thereof!), we named our gig accordingly. That's what you'll see on stage: the good, the bad, and the ugly. And all true.
Our regularly scheduled shows happen at The Wooly and Cypress & Grove Brewery, but we do things all over town.
Guts & Glory GNV takes inspiration from such storytelling organizations as The Moth, This American Life, and Story District DC.
"I couldn't sleep after the show. I just felt excited about life."
"We love the message y'all portray and how accepting and loving the environment is."
"The energy was incredible."
"That was the cheapest form of therapy."
"I moved here from NYC and have been looking for something like this."
"I really had no clue what we were in for. So fun, so powerful...such a cool space where people were just vulnerably HUMAN for 2 hours. Absolutely loved it."
