Puppet Showplace Theatre to
collaborate with storytelling
nonprofit massmouth, inc.
This 2012-2013 season Puppet Showplace Theatre will
be teaming up massmouth, inc., a nonprofit organization focused on promoting
storytelling in the 21st century, for a new partnership to promote traditional
storytelling in Boston. The non-profit organizations are set to collaborate on
all-ages, family storytelling performance-and-workshops with massmouth, inc.'s Norah Dooley as well as adults-only
Folk and Fairytale slams.
Storytelling Workshop Series
Dates
“How to Tell a Great Fairytale,” Oct 8 from 3-5pm -
Experience the magic of a well-told traditional tale, then learn how
storytellers can make fantastical characters and settings come to life using
the power of words and imagination. Bring a favorite fairytale, or use one from
our collections! Register Here
“Family Stories,” Dec 2 from 3-5pm - Heirlooms,
attic boxes, old photo albums...Is your house filled with the beginnings of
great stories? Just in time for the holidays, learn how to turn mementos and
memories into compelling tales that can be shared with friends and family.
Bring a photo or any object that reminds you of a person or event in your life
or family history. Or simply bring a memory that you think would make a good
story. Register Here
Single registrant: $25/person ($20
PST members)
Family pricing: $25/ first participant,
$15 additional ($20/$10 for PST members).
Children under 13 must participate
with an adult.
massmouth, inc.
Founded in August, 2008 by Norah Dooley, Andrea
Lovett and Doria Hughes, massmouth, inc. is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit
committed to promoting the timeless art of storytelling in the 21st century
through digital and social media, education and live performance. massmouth
aims to reinvigorate storytelling in Massachusetts and restore it to its
rightful place as a recognized art form. Additionally, the organization
hopes to improve storytelling’s accessibility to all and empower others to
listen to, create, and share their stories through education and community
outreach.
For more information, check out massmouth's website.
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| Norah Dooley |
Norah Dooley, workshop leader
The massmouth, inc./PST collaboration has been
spearheaded by massmouth founder Norah Dooley. A storyteller,
critically-acclaimed children’s author and educator, Norah started a story
slam series in Greater Boston as co-founder of massmouth, inc. Additionally,
Norah has published six storytelling CDs, and her widely acclaimed picture
book, Everybody Cooks Rice is one of four titles in a series about her
former neighborhood in Cambridge, Mass. She teaches storytelling, performance
skills, directs theater, and performs in schools, libraries and teacher’s
conferences. Norah was the featured storyteller in the Christmas and Spring
Revels in Cambridge and Boston, Mass., the Cambridge River Festival, Newport
Folk Festival, Albany NY River Festival, 3 Apples Storytelling Festival, MA and
at the Clearwater Festival.
For more information about Norah, visit her website.
