Oh, you lovelies! Come out on a dark November night to the warmth of Touchstone Theatre's cafe for Story Cabaret, an event for adults.
The date is Friday, November 14th.
The time is 8 pm.
The place is Touchstone Theatre, 321 East 4th Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015.
The cost is $10 - which includes a glass of wine.
The featured tellers are Chaz Kiernan - and Karen Maurer.
Yep. ME! No wait, that's Chaz.
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| Hey, it was a hot day!! The things I did for my job! |
That's me, right there is an outrageous getup. (You should see me with the paper crown.)
And you, too, can tell stories about anything you like. The theme is "In Celebration of......" All those dots mean, "Pick something". Easy, right?
But there are rules.
Rule #1. The stories must be personal.
Rule #2. The stories must be true or very, very, very close to truth. I mean, no one expects you to remember exactly what your physics prof said when she caught you sneaking the spectrometer out the window.
Rule #3. No notes allowed. Um, except I think I broke that rule last time. Because I read a whole book. It was a picture book, written by Neil Gaiman. Come on! Neil Gaiman!!! I agree. That, alone, is worth breaking a rule for. (And it was only the last five minutes.)
I promise you 30 minutes of true or almost true stories about......... something. It will be a great evening. Join me - and Chaz - and that nice glass of wine.
Last night, I went to
Touchstone Theatre's Christmas City Follies XII. This has become a Christmas tradition for my Mom, my sister, Christine, and I. Every year, we invite a different friend to join us and this year it was my co-worker and partner in crime (past), Suzanne.
The Follies are a Lehigh Valley tradition, a vaudevillian collection of comedy sketches, musical pieces and local lore lampooned. Every year, we wonder how they will top last year's production and every year the ensemble cast produces something wonderful. This is not a greeting card Christmas at all, but it feels oh-so-merry-and-bright.
And, what does this have to do with storytelling? Well,
Mary Wright is one of
The Follies cast members and she is also a super storyteller!
Mary is a tireless proponent of education through the arts, working with theater groups at area high schools, running storytelling and creative dramatic workshops and retreats. Besides all that, she is an all around nice person! She tells stories based on her own life, and the lives of her fore-mothers. She has developed story/theater pieces for arts organizations. She and Cora Hook, another local theater and storytelling star wrote produces and starred in
Two Cronies, a marvelous show on the women's coming of age through "the change".
Back to
The Follies - the show runs Thursday through Sunday until December 18th.
Get your tickets now!
