STORIES GALORE & FRINGES
Stories Galore is back! This conference strand is created with story listeners in mind. You can choose from any performance in the “Stories Galore” or “Fringes All the Way.” What is a fringe? A fringe is a longer storytelling piece that is sometimes experimental or edgy in nature.
FULL WEEKEND STORIES GALORE REGISTRATION
Included in the $150 ticket for the full weekend is admission to all of the Stories Galore or Fringe performances (workshops not included), Friday night concert, Saturday breakfast, Saturday keynote address, Saturday banquet, Saturday evening olio and swaps, Sunday breakfast, Sunday morning performance.
SATURDAY-ONLY STORIES GALORE REGISTRATION
The $100 ticket includes the Stories Galore or Fringe performances (workshops not included), other non-workshop Saturday events, and the Saturday banquet.
Single performance tickets are also available for purchase. For more information on registration and ticket prices, CLICK HERE.
Friday Evening Performance
8:45-10:15 PM
Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother
Performed by Jamie Brickhouse
Four-time Moth champ, Jamie Brickhouse, battles the bottle and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean in his wickedly intoxicating alcoholic odyssey from small-town sissy to louche Manhattanite. Darkly comic, the Washington Post called this five-time award-winning show “stylish,” “polished” and dubbed Jamie “a natural raconteur.”
Audience: Adult (includes adult subject matter and profanity)
About Jamie: The Washington Post calls Jamie Brickhouse “a natural raconteur.” An NSN Grand Slam winner, 4-time Moth champion, he’s appeared on PBS-TV, The Moth Podcast, and tours two, award-winning solo shows: Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother (based on his critically-acclaimed memoir) and I Favor My Daddy. www.JamieBrickhouse.com
Saturday Performances – 10:30 to 5:00 pm
Session A – 10:30 – noon – Stories Galore
Mohawk Storytelling Traditions
Performed by Kay Olan
Kay will share stories from the Mohawk tradition.
About Kay:
Session A – 10:30 – noon – Fringes All the Way
Mother Jones – Her Life and Times
Performed by Claire Nolan
From Irish Immigrant to the Most Dangerous Woman in America – Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, labor organizer of the late 19 and early 20th century, was more than a magazine! She was the “Most Dangerous Woman in America”. Claire Nolan will tell her story in a first person re-enactment.
About Claire: Claire Nolan is an accomplished Storyteller who has performed throughout the Northeast. Through the Great Minds Series of the Schenectady Theater for Children, Claire also tells the stories of women whose lives have made an impact on the way we live today. She is a member of the Story Circle of the Capital District.
Session B – 1:30-3:00 PM – Stories Galore
And Then The Volcano Erupted: a Love Story
Performed by Regina Ress
The true and truly imagined tale of a pair of over-many-life-times lovers who find each other again in a magical Andean town which boasts sensuous hot springs, the Virgin’s Waterfall voluptuously erupting volcano. This kind of conjunction excites the senses and ignites desire.
Audience: Adult (adult subject matter)
About Regina: Regina Ress has performed and taught from Broadway to Brazil in settings from grade schools to senior centers, prisons to Carnegie Hall, homeless shelters to The White House. reginaress.com
Session B – 1:30-3:00 PM – Fringes All the Way
American Heroes through the Ages
Performed by Mike Lockett
This performance is a colorful look at American history through stories and song. Done in costume, Mike will share many stories, including: Birth of America, War with the Pirates of Tripoli, The War Against Mexico, A Civil-War General who Hated Bloodshed, The First Female Confederate Officer, and The Candy Bomber.
About Mike:
New York Teller Showcase
Performed by Local Tellers
Sweetful and the Magic Circus: Cleveland 1963-1973
Performed by Katie Green
What does it take to convert a conforming middle-class white girl to a fearless political activist? How does experience transform our values and put them in motion? This story brings to life the tumultuous 1960’s and Katie’s personal revolution that followed the compelling lessons that went
along with it.
About Katie:
Saturday Evening Performance
9:15-11:00 PM
To Speak
Performed by Rachael Harrington
There is a systematic way in which women’s stories are buried, made to wither for lack of sunlight. Does folklore say anything about this, and can old tales help women reframe their stories? To Speak uncovers traditional stories that speak into the #metoo movement, exploring the power of telling your story and being truly heard.
Adult audiences: Explores issues of sexual harrassment
About Rachael: Rachael Harrington performs traditional and personal stories in schools, festivals, and as a guest lecturer at Rutgers University. She has presented workshops at American Library Association, NJ Association of School Libraries, NJ Education Association, and the National Storytelling Network Summit.
Sunday Performances
Session D: 9:15-10:45 AM – Stories Galore
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton-Albany Girl. American Woman
Performed by Eileen Egan Mack
About Eileen:
Session D: 9:15-10:45 AM – Fringes All the Way
Poking the Rabbi: Traditional and Personal Jewish Stories
Performed by Beth Novik
Wonderful interwoven tales between Beth Novik’s personal narrative and the Jewish folk tales that both delight and teach. This is the kind of Sunday School experience you wish you had!
About Beth: