Types of Programs

Concerts

An hour to an hour and one-half storytelling concerts are available to a variety of audiences. Concerts are are designed to the specific audience type whether adult, families, or children. Concerts often demonstrate the many similarities in story from cultures arond the world.

Storytelling Concerts in Schools and Libraries

School concerts are between 45 to 55 minutes long and can accommodate 500 students in an auditorium setting. Concerts can be conducted back-to-back in Library or media centers to accommodate up to 100 students.

School Residency programs of one to five days are available.

Workshops

Workshops are available from three hours to all day formats.
The workshops are tailored to meet the needs  of  educators, recreational leaders, retirement communities, youth groups, families, and other community and business organizations. The focus of workshops are on such topics as finding and preparing stories for performances, creating stories from personal experiences, creating and telling the stories of your family, organization, or community.

Workshops are designed to greatly enhance communication skills on both a personal and organizational level.

Keynotes and Workshops

These are some of the topics presented in keynotes and workshops:

Multiculturalism
   Building Bridges of Mutual Respect

   Tales of wisdom

    Diversity and storytelling

    Exploring cultures through storytelling

The Oral Tradition
   Entertainment and Distraction or Sharing of Wisdom

   The Modern Storyteller and Reconstructing the Modern Myth

    The Living Hero: A new hero for a new time.

For Teaching and Counseling

The oral tradition and storytelling

Storytelling and literacy

Storytelling as a healing tool

    Working with Grief/ Storytelling and grief counseling

    De-constructing and Reconstructing Personal Identity
    Storytelling and abuse

Telling Personal Stories

   Gleaning stories in family and community

   Narrative and identity: personal, family, community, and culture

Storytelling and Social Justice

Applications of Storytelling in business, health professions, counseling, corporate organization, community building….