Fringe Performances

 

The Fringe at the NSN is back for its 5th Season!
Explore the limits of storytelling at the National Storytelling Conference.

 

What is the Fringe? The NSN Conference Fringe follows the Fringe Festival model giving artists freedom to create and audiences "the ability to decide for themselves the truly great productions from the good, the bad and the gloriously disastrous." In keeping with the Fringe principle of an un-juried selection process, Fringe performers for the 2010 National Storytelling Network Conference have been selected by lottery.

 

2010 NSN FRINGE LINEUP

 

Maria 'Girl Mark' Alovert

Tales From 20 Years Of The Gutterpunk Underground

A former traveler punk tells tales of freight train riding, squatting, urban homesteading, interactions with crackheads, and the beautiful autonomous community that we built out of it all...

Category: Adult, solo

Content Warning(s): language, adult subject matter, violence

 

Lynne Duddy

Sense of Place

True personal stories about our sense of place, that human phenomenon that fosters our recognition of self, our attachments, and our feelings of belonging.

Category adult, solo

Content Warnings: language, adult subject matter

 

Carol Esterreicher

ALAKAZAM! We Have Talent Too!

“Snapshot” narratives showcase five special education students I coached for their eventual “debuts” in their school’s talent show. Magical demonstrations, props, music, lighting enhancement, and audience participation celebrate their stories.

Categories: Improvisational / Family/Solo/Audience Participation

Content warnings: None.

 

Pete Griffin

“Everything I Know About Leadership I Learned from Beavers”

The Ranger rode into town, not on horseback, but in a Dodge minivan, learning about life through humorous predicaments over 35 years in the Forest Service from Michigan to Alaska.

Category: adult, solo

Content Warnings: adult subject matter (anger mgt, adult health issues)

 

Rachel Hedman

Family Famine: Hunger for Love

Savor feelings of home as storyteller Rachel Hedman combines with musicians in sharing personal and multicultural stories of parent/child relationships. The smallest crumb of love could satisfy the soul.

Categories: Group, Geared for 8-year-olds+

Content Warnings: None

 

Mark Kater

The Trampled Heart: Stories of Life and Love

A look at relationships between men and women through personal, humorous and heartfelt stories and 16th century song.

Category: Adult, Solo

Content Warnings: Language, adult subject matter

 

Audrey Kopp

Tales for Teens

Despite today's plethora of popular young adult stories, mythology and folk and fairy tales can still intrigue teenagers. Come and meet such stories from yesteryear.

Category: Young Adult, solo

Content Warnings: None.

 

Angela Lloyd, MFA

Hand Me Down Storytelling Garments: One Generation to Another

Veteran Storyteller Angela Lloyd offers up clothing and stories in an auction/exchange. Participants are encouraged to offer their own props and stories, leaving the room in costumes others arrived in.

Category: adult, solo, improvisational, ensemble

Content warning: None.

 

Debra Morningstar, Oneida Storyteller -Yukhika-l’atuhse

My Name is Hutta: A True Story

Adopted away from her cultural roots…Hutta’s Earth Walk through childhood abuse and spiritual brokenness—takes an unexpected turn; a riveting and poignant journey of the resiliency of the Human Spirit.

Category: Adult, Solo

Content Warning(s): adult subject matter, violence (incest, sexual abuse)

 

Michael Parent

"The Goofy Show"

Michael presents "The Goofy Show," featuring semi-fictional cousins Artie and Reechard, Professor Frederico Papenfoose, and Rama Lama Ding Dong - characters who inspire goofiness wherever they go. Six laughs guaranteed.

Category: Solo, Adult

Content warnings: Adult subject matter (kids just won't get the jokes). Partial nudity (I may take off my shirt for one of the bits).

 

Regina Ress

Adi, Song of Agan: Epic from the Borneo Rainforest

Extraordinary example of oral literature from the indigenous people of Borneo. “When Regina tells Adi, Song of Agan, there is a sense of the earth in her eyes.” …Jay O’Callahan

Category: solo, epic, delicious

Content Warnings: None.

 

Barbara G. Wong

“What Are You?”

How do you see yourself—and how do others see you—when you’re not just one thing? Stories about growing up Chinese-Cuban-American, before the word multiracial was coined.

Category: Adult, Solo

Content Warnings: None