NSN Conference Fringe 2007 – St. Louis  

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THURSDAY, JULY 12		FRIDAY, JULY 13		SATURDAY, JULY 14
10:00-11:30 pm	Linda Gorham	10:30  – 12:00 noon	Jean Ellisen	8:45  – 10:15 am	Steve Otto
	Red Light Reflections		As Luck Would Have It		Those Were the Days
	Adult subject matter and language)		(No content warnings)		(No content warnings)
	Nedra Grey		Michael Lockett		Dan LeMonnier
	From Woman To Wombyn		Cooking up Stories and Treats with the Normal Storyteller		Cotton Patch Community
	(Adult subject matter and language)		(No content warnings)		(No content warnings)
		3:30  – 5:00 pm	Nothando Zulu	3:30  – 5:00 pm	Daniel Romano
			Life's Certainties		The Anti-Authoritarian Puppet Show
			(No content warnings)		(Puppet violence, pointed political and social satire and mildly suggestive sexual situations.)
			Steven Henegar		Martha McLeod
			Embarrassment & Death		Heroines of Justice
			(Contains references to meat products)		(No content warnings)
		10:00 – 11:30 pm	Jan Andrews/Jennifer Cayley	10:00  – 11:30 pm	John R. Anderson
			A Book of Spells		A Man Dies and Goes to Hell
			(Adult subject matter)		(Adult subject matter and language)
			Meg Gilman		Chetter Galloway
			Sitting with Kali:One Sure Thing		Sex, Drugs & Storytelling – Who's Your Daddy?
			(Adult subject matter and language)		(Adult subject matter, language and nudity)

 Descriptions

THURSDAY, JULY 12,    9:00-11:00 pm

Linda Gorham     Red Light Reflections

Scary? Scary is sitting at a red light in the midst of a mid-life crisis wondering "what if?" (Adult subject matter and language)  

Nedra Grey  From Woman To Wombyn

A collection of stories regarding matters of the heart; invoking women to release their feminine energy, challenge societal programmed ways of behavior, to ask why, to provoke thought and thus create change. (Adult subject matter and language)

 FRIDAY, JULY 13,  10:30 am – noon

Jean Ellisen     As Luck Would Have It

Stories of luck, good and bad, explored through legend and personal narrative. Do we court good luck or make efforts to abate bad luck? How lucky are you? (No content warnings)

Michael Lockett     Cooking up Stories and Treats with the Normal Storyteller

Multi-sensory presentation of "have hotplates, will travel…" in which the daring storyteller will tell Johnny Appleseed and other apple stories while cooking up apple treats for the audience to consume. (No content warnings)

 FRIDAY JULY 13,  3:30  – 5:00 pm

Nothando Zulu      Life's Certainties

A comical look at the events of aging – especially by women!! A hilarious (when either it's not you or you're looking back on it) expository of the inescapable changes that we will most certainly endure. (No content warnings)

Steven Henegar      Embarrassment & Death

Growing up was trickier than Ozzie and Harriet let on --Naked at the YWCA; the class trip visits the slaughterhouse; our perpetual neighborhood baseball game encounters the falling fighter pilot. (Content Warning: Contains references to meat products.)

FRIDAY JULY 13,    10:00 – 11:30 pm

Jan Andrews/Jennifer Cayley      A Book of Spells

The witch in Hansel and Gretel meets a young mother; another mother learns to fly. Stories of magic realism by English author, Sara Maitland. (Adult subject matter)

Meg Gilman  Sitting with Kali:One Sure Thing

Glimpses into the symbiotic relationship between a woman and her ‘inner coach’, as she journeys through loss of innocence, fear, politics, and spirituality. Sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, often maladjusted. (Adult subject matter and language)

 SATURDAY, JULY 14, 8:45  – 10:15 am

Steve Otto      Those Were the Days

Growing up during WWII gave us something we never gave our kids – imagination! Find out and maybe remember what it was like to be a kid during those classic times. (No content warnings)

Dan LeMonnier      Cotton Patch Community

The life and writings of Clarence Jordan, the co-founder of Koinonia Community; the author of the "Cotton Patch Gospels" and the "spiritual father" of Habitat for Humanity. (No content warnings)

 SATURDAY JULY 14,  3:30  – 5:00 pm

Daniel Romano     The Anti-Authoritarian Puppet Show

Puppets rise up against kings, cops, corporate crooks and featuring Punch and Judy (in it's bawdy, head-bashing glory) Puss in Boots (watch the cat dethrone the king) and other subversive socks, wood and cloth.  (Puppet violence, pointed political and social satire and mildly suggestive sexual situations.)

Martha McLeod   Heroines of Justice

Hear how the actions of three African-Americans – 6 year-old Ruby Bridges, 16 year-old Barbara Johns, and Rosa Parks led to some of the most provocative and important events in the civil rights movement.  (No content warnings)

SATURDAY JULY 14,    10:00  – 11:30 pm

John R. Anderson     A Man Dies and Goes to Hell

A one man show full of zany characterizations, satirical skits and parody songs that explore the effects of the over-domineering male ego.  (Adult subject matter and language)

Chetter Galloway     Sex, Drugs & Storytelling – Who's Your Daddy?

One does not become wicked suddenly. So why is there such drama when an artist shows his morality? This is a frank look at the hypocrisy of storytelling.  (Adult subject matter, language and nudity)

Storytelling: Reflecting Our Past, Creating Your Future