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21st Forest Storytelling Festival
Join us at this friendly small storytelling festival. Featuring professional tellers: Judith Black (from Massachusetts), Michael Parent (Maine), Jim May (Illinois), Ingrid Nixon (Washington) and Anne Penfound (Oregon).
There are storytelling concerts from the featured tellers, opening stories from local tellers, workshops with the featured tellers, open mike story swaps, and a concert for families with younger (2nd to 5th grade) children.
Also -- a silent auction, a store with storytelling resources (books, recordings, puppets and other delightful items), raffle for a hand-made quilt and other prizes.
All in the beautiful and cozy Little Theater and adjacent student union building of Peninsula College.
Here is a little more information about our featured tellers.
Judith Black bursts the boundaries of safe and humorous yarns. She is fast-paced, feisty, and "awesomely confident" according to one reviewer. Her stories are made of "strong material, full of stark imagery and powerful themes." They touch many genres, topics, and age groups; she handles authentic issues with laughter and poignancy. Judith's historical stories offer new perspectives of our national history. Her stories of aging and death have been hailed in medical journals as important contributions to the medical community. They arouse questions of ethical and moral issues in medical practices. Her stories exploring Jewish identity are listed among the important tales of Jewish culture. Judith has delighted audiences from the Montreal Comedy Festival to The Smithsonian Institution, to the Art Museum of Cape Town; she has appeared 10 times at the National Storytelling Festival, and is the winner of the Oracle Award, storytelling's most coveted laurel.
Michael Parent gives audiences a vivid window into the rich world of French-Canadian culture a heritage which is rich with songs and stories. Michael grew up surrounded by family that spoke both French and English; he has been drawn to their stories all his life. His award winning stories, "Sundays at Grandma's," and one-man show, "Grandpa's Birthday" grew out of oral history interviews of family and friends. Michael co-authored a book of translated and retold stories from the Franco-American tradition. His one-man show "One More Thing," addresses aging, grief and loss, class consciousness, generational conflict, the connection between work and self-worth, and Franco-American culture and identity. Michael has performed stories and songs in English and French since 1977 at worldwide events including the National Storytelling Festival.
Jim May. When Jim tells a story, he not only entertains and delights, but also captures direct soul-to-soul communication. He leaves a sparkling trail of enthusiastic audiences who have been enlivened by his storytelling. For him, stories are a timeless way for people to enjoy and cherish one another's company. Jim was raised in Spring Grove, Illinois, the small German-Catholic farming community of his ancestors. His stories resonate with the rural voices of the Illinois prairie where stories are an integral part of daily life--a means of weaving the social fabric of the community. Jim is an Emmy award-winning storyteller and author who values live storytelling as an art form for entertainment, education, and for the grounding and healing that is needed in complex, modern times.
Ingrid Nixon is a world-traveling storyteller who brings stories home for audiences of all ages. The value of a youth misspent imitating voices and people is finally realized as she embodies her characters and guides audiences through imagined worlds. She offers folktales a new twist, touches our hearts with her personal stories, and can tell a ghostly tale that might cause you to sleep with the lights on. Ingrid fascinates audiences with stories she has gleaned from her travels, including those of inspiring explorers, like John Muir and Sir Ernest Shackleton. As a National Park Service interpreter she has won several national awards for her work on films about national parks.
Anne Penfound inspires multi-age audiences with her unique interpretation of original and multicultural tales. Her storytelling sparks the imagination and develops cultural awareness while fanning the embers of our experiences to give them life, depth and meaning. She is a roster artist with the Young Audiences Arts for Learning in Oregon and SW Washington, narrator for Mythobolus Mask Theater and a founding member of the storytelling troop "Storytellers III." Anne is a native of the United Kingdom, and professional storyteller since 2002.
Pat Peterson is the emcee par excellence, bringing pure joy to the audience's storytelling experience as she cajoles and guides the performers to bring forth their finest work. An accomplished actress and storyteller, Pat sets the stage with grace, warmth and her occasionally naughty humor.
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LocationPeninsula College Little Theater (View)
1502 East Lauridsen Blvd.
Port Angeles, WA 98362
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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