The Women’s Storytelling Festival is getting closer! Preparations behind the scenes are at a fever pitch as the festival committee works diligently on all the last-minute details.
We’ll be welcoming, both in person and virtually, twenty-one amazing female storytellers. We’ve collected all of their bios here for you to peruse.
This is the third installment of our Teller Spotlight, where we get to know a little bit about the women who will grace our stages. I’ve asked the tellers these questions:
Question 1: What sort of stories do you usually tell, and for what audiences?
Question 2: What can you tell us about what you’ll be presenting at the festival?
Here are answers from today’s fantastic group of tellers…
Claire Hennessy
1. I usually tell true, personal stories for an adult audience, but recently I have enjoyed telling tall tales thanks to Anne and Norm, and now braided stories, thanks to a workshop I took with Jessica.
2. I am going to be telling all three genres at the Festival – a true tale, a tall tale and a braided tale. My true tale is a bit saucy for adults only, but my braided story is for any age and my tall tale is a little spooky at the end but should be suitable for most ages.
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Ronna Levy
1. I tell true personal narrative stories in open mics and curated shows and story slams throughout NYC. My stories range from humorous to dark to heartfelt.
2. I know it sounds cryptic, but – “Help. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
Stacy Ann Parish
1. I tell personal stories around the theme of things that come “full spiral”. I never use the term “full circle” because I don’t believe anything actually comes full circle. I believe that lessons seem to come back again and again in my life, and each time a lesson is learned, it’s learned on a new level–spiraling up. I tell my stories locally, here in Wisconsin, and my audience is made up of mostly older adults. I don’t get up on a lot of stages, but I run two elder women’s story circles called the “Sages Story Circle” and I have the pleasure of listening to their stories and also telling mine.
2. The story I’m telling is one such full spiral moment about personal freedom.
Robin Schulte
1. For over fifteen years I have worked in the Orlando area schools, sharing folktales and literary stories for literacy enhancement. I work with a tandem partner and our company is Tales Two Tell.
2. The story I am sharing at the Women’s Storytelling Festival is a personal story about a childhood visit to the Drive-In movies with my mom and my sister. We share an intimate experience prompted by a movie my mother chose, one my dad would never have watched.
Andrea Young
1. I usually tell stories about my youth or travel and mostly to BSTD audiences. : )
2. I plan to share a story about a [MESSAGE REDACTED], but it may change, so don’t put my answer in your blog.
We’ll be back shortly with part four our this series!
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