Do you have a story that saved your life? What story could you tell to save your life? Were you ever rescued? Did you ever save someone's life or lives ?
NOV 19, DEC 3, and DEC 10 • Workshop Leader: Norah Dooley • massmouth storytellers: TBA
Storyteller's from massmouth and CentralSquare Theater celebrate the art of storytelling with real life stories on the theme: "1,001 Stories From Your Life: Stories That Save Lives, Stories of Lives Being Saved and Life-Saving Stories".
Following a short storytelling demo and workshop on how to create a story from your life experience, audience members will be invited to enthrall the audience with their stories before Central Sq. Theater's show...
Arabian Nights
Enter ancient Persia, and be transformed by the power of storytelling. King Shahrayar, after being driven mad by his first wife’s infidelity, brands all women unfaithful. He takes a new bride every night, until he meets Shahrazad, who enchants him with magical tales spanning the globe, winning his love and respect in the process. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of folk tales from the Middle East and Asia, Arabian Nights is rich with suspense, romance and hilarity – stories irresistible for all ages, At its heart is the power of the imagination to heal, inspire, and transform.
Do you have a story that saved your life? What story could you tell to save your life? Were you ever rescued? Did you ever save someone's life or lives ?
Because your have a life, you have a story. Bring it.
TIX and Info: (617) 576-9278 - massmouth members get a discount. Call for information
450 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139
http://www.centralsquaretheater.org/season/11-12/arabian-nights.html
Norah Dooley, Bio:
Norah Dooley is an “…entrancing storyteller”, ( Scott Alarik, Boston Globe) author, and a versatile presenter in schools, a keynote speaker at teacher’s conferences and a featured storyteller in the Christmas and Spring Revels, Albany River Festival, Newport Folk Festival and at the Clearwater Festival. She is the co-founder of massmouth,inc. and project director of StoriesLive®, a curriculum based, high school storytelling initiative.
Her popular published picture books (Everybody Cooks Rice, 1991, Everybody Bakes Bread,1996, Everybody Serves Soup,2000, Everybody Brings Noodles, 2002) are published by Lerner Books and are about her old Cambridge neighborhood.
Norah has 6 spoken word CDs: are The Music of Angels(1999) Italian Folk Tales (2002) Stories from the Neighborhood (2002) Rabbitails (2006) My Bad,Bad Dog and Other Neighbors (2006) and Winter Tales (2007) all produced by Seat of Her Pants Productions. Norah is on the roster of Young Audiences at yamass.org.
"...Norah Dooley offers a simple theme of commonality that brings people together.” Books, Sunday Boston Globe
