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Festival Schedule

The Connecticut Storytelling Festival is held on the beautiful campus of Connecticut College in New London, CT, overlooking Long Island Sound. All of the Festival events take place on the campus. The 2008 Festival will begin on Friday evening, April 24 and end at 1:00 pm on Sunday, April 26.

To read more about the artists, click on their names.

FRIDAY EVENING

Cummings Arts Center - Evans Hall
6:30 pm Contra Dancing on the Green with Peter Leibert

7:30 pm Once & Twice Upon A Time
Program for Children over 5 and Their Families ­

Hugh Hanley
Linda Humes and Sanga of the Valley
Larry Hunt
Jay O'Callahan
and student tellers , Carol, Martina, Kenny and Ray Crouch

FRIDAY NIGHT

9:15 pm Mid-Nine Cabaret ! for Adults

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SATURDAY MORNING

Cummings Art Center - Evans Hall

7:30-9:00 am Registration & Coffee

8:45 am Pre-Gathering Musical Introduction

9:00 am-12:00 pm A Gathering of Tellers
Smorgasbord of tellers in performance - for adults

• Michael Anderson


• Diane Edgecomb


• Linda Humes with Sanga of the Valley


• Larry Hunt


• Jay O'Callahan


• Liz Weir


• Dawn Wright



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Blaustein Hall

12:00 pm LUNCH

12:30 -1:15 pm LUNCHTIME PRESENTATION Ernst Common Room, Blaustein Liz Weir "Shortening the Road" Storytelling on the path to peace in Northern Ireland.

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON PERFORMANCES

1:30-3:00 pm Cummings Art Center - Fortune Hall


Larry Hunt with Adelka Polak

"Blues' Blues" - a playful fantasy with masks, based on a jazz blues theme, set to blues music



Dawn Wright - Balladeer

"Voices from the Mountains"
A John Henry telling from the Appalachians



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1:30-3:00 pm Cummings Art Center - Room 308
Diane Edgecomb

"A Fire in My Heart: A Storyteller's Journey Among the Kurds"
The dramatic tale of Edgecomb's story-collecting journey in remote mountain villages among a people whose very language has been forbidden is punctuated by colorful folktales collected from the last living Kurdish tellers.



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3:30-5:00 pm Cummings Art Center - Fortune Hall


Susanmarie Cunningham
"A Family Album"
A narrative of autobiographical vignettes told with full-size, soft-sculpture characters.




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Linda Humes with Sanga of the Valley
"Stories and Music"

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3:30-5:00 pm Cummings Art Center - Room 308
Marilyn Meardon
"Ida Lewis, Lighthouse Keeper"
A dramatic monologue recounting the experiences of the intrepid 19th century Newport, RI lighthouse keeper


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Elisa Pearmain
"Stories of Grace and Humor"
from Elisa's personal and folk favorites



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SATURDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

1:30-3:00 pm Blaustein Hall - Various Venues


• Hugh Hanley Songs for Circle Time or Anytime
• Elisa Pearmain Storytelling to Prevent Bullying
• Spencer Shaw Bringing Together Storytellers & Listeners: Enriching Storytime for All Ages
• Paul Recker* The Alexander Technique - enhancing performance by releasing tension and increasing energy * Paul, with his colleague, Michaela Hauser-Wagner, will offer 20-minute introductory sessions of individual instruction in the Alexander Technique during the Festival. The fee is $20. Time slots are limited. If you would like to reserve a time, call Paul directly at 860-614-9506 or email him at precker@comcast.net

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3:30-5:00 pm

Diane Edgecomb The How and Why of How-and-Why legends

Jane Gangi, Ph.D. with Laconia (Lot) Therrio Storytelling IS Literacy and Much, Much More.

Susan Rosano Stories from Hospice

Liz Weir "Listen Up!" - Storytelling in the Curriculum

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SATURDAY EVENING

Blaustein Hall
5:00-6:00 pm

Wine & Cheese Reception (Ernst Room)
hosted by CSC's Board of Directors

Presentation of the Barbara L. Reed Award

6:00 - 7:15 pm Festival Dinner (Hood Dining Room)

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Cummings Art Center - Evans Hall
7:30 pm

JAY O'CALLAHAN
performs
"Pouring the Sun"

The dramatic story of generations of a working-class immigrant family in a Pennsylvania steel city

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SUNDAY MORNING

Blaustein Hall - Ernst Room

9:00-9:30 am

Coffee & Refreshments

9:30-11:30 am

Jay O'Callahan Explores a Work-in-Progress, faciltated by Lorna Stengel

11:30-11:45 am Intermission

11:45-1:00 pm J.G. Pinkerton and Kate McClelland - A Memorial Tribute

Music: Paul Recker

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MORE INFORMATION:

Complete Festival Schedule, Festival Performers, Registration, CEU Credits, Directions, Prospective Artists.