ADULT CONTENT NOTICE: Please note that this performance may contain material only suitable for mature audiences.
CYNDI FREEMAN
Award-winning solo performer Cyndi Freeman is completely at home with risky and frisky tales. You won't want to miss her exciting performance!
About Cyndi:
Cyndi Freeman is a two-time NY Fringe Festival award-winning solo performer and her one woman shows have been presented in New York, Boston, Amsterdam, Ireland, The UK, and Fringe Festivals in Edinburgh and throughout North America. As a storyteller her credits include, The Moth, RISK! The Story Collider and PBS’s Stories from The Stage. Ms. Freeman is a recipient of a grand prize playwriting fellowship award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and four artist-in-residence awards through the Brooklyn Arts Council as part of the SU-CASA program, which has allowed her to run storytelling programs for senior citizens.
Cyndi is a casting director and story coach for The RISK! Podcast and a lead instructor for their sister company The Story Studio. With 12 years of experience as a storytelling instructor Cyndi has worked with a diverse collection of organizations including The Moth, The Federal Bureau of Prisons, The 9/11 Tribute Museum, The New York Public Library, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Zendesk, Row New York, and more. - www.cyndifreemanstoryteller.
KEVIN KLING is a multi-award winning storyteller sure to knock your socks off ...
About Kevin:
Kevin Kling is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from Osseo High and Gustavus Adolphus College. He has performed his stories in libraries, school gymnasiums, The Kennedy Center, Off-Broadway, regional theaters and storytelling festivals around the US. His international tours have included Australia, Europe and Thailand. He has been a commentator for National Public Radio's “All Things Considered”. Mayor RT Rybak named Kevin the Minneapolis Story Laureate in 2014. He has authored five books and produced six CDs. Awards include the Whiting Award, NEA, McKnight, Bush Fellowship, Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board the A.P. Anderson Award, the VSA Jeahny, and the Eric Peterson Award. Kevin is most proud of his work as a teacher, playwright and performer with Interact Center, a company that creates art in the spirit of radical inclusion. kevinkling.com
CAROL BIRCH presents "Thank God for PBS!"
50 years ago, Carol Birch traveled on an NEH grant to develop a storytelling program. Her stop in New Orleans opened her eyes...on so many levels. All these years later, the story of that day - and night - has morphed from shock to laugher.
About Carol:
Carol Birch, a premier Connecticut storyteller, received the National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Oracle Award. In her sure voice, literature’s delectable appeal becomes as appropriately conversational - and as intimate - as her personal stories. Her style revitalizes language; her art is an absence of artifice; and her stories offer memories worth keeping in our restless world. Featured nine times at the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee, Birch has appeared on more than a hundred festival stages around the world, and lectured at more than fifty universities. Her books WHO SAYS? and THE WHOLE STORY HANDBOOK, as well as eight of her recordings, have earned multiple awards. She’s received two grants from National Endowment for the Humanities; traveled on invitational performances in Australia, Europe, and Singapore; and led five storytelling tours through Ireland, Scotland, and England. Media appearances include ABC's Nightline, CBS' Morning Show, and National Public Radio. “[Her] voice is a magnet for ears and the tales she tells make the heart beat with a little more confidence … a warm and enchanting style.” – NUVO Weekly. CarolBirchStoryteller.com
NICK BASKERVILLE will emcee this exciting night of storytelling ...
About Nick:
Nick Baskerville tells stories in the DC, MD, and VA area. As a storyteller, he tells stories for shows such as The Moth, The Story Collider, Better Said Than Done, and TELL: Pittsburg Storytelling Serries. In addition to telling stories, he has hosted storytelling shows for Better Said Than Done and Armed Service Art Performance (ASAP) both online and in-person. You can also check out his blog Story Telling On Purpose at www.stop365.blog