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“How do we become . . . us?”
October 5, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$15 – $20What influences who we are? Hearing our weird uncles debating the benefits of being a musician or a magician? Getting that poodle-head perm in second grade?
Storytellers Jeanne Anderson, Will Hornyak, Rick Huddle and Kriya Kaping explore real and imagined experiences — bending a spoon, contending with a sixth-grade bully, becoming the first woman of color to rocket into space — in an evening of stories — “How Do We Become … Us?”
Saturday,Oct 5 in the Clinton Street Theater at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Tickets at the door: $20;
Buy on-line and save. General Public: $15 / Guild Members and their Guests: $12
Jeanne Anderson enjoys recalibrating familiar material to fit a different demographic. She usually regales schoolchildren with stories drawn from her own childhood as well as fairy tales and Shakespearean plays designed to explore everyday issues and encouraging the to see the world from varying perspectives.
From Irish myths and Russian fairytales to Oregon tall tales, Mexican fables and beyond, Will Hornyak weaves a wide web of oral traditions into engaging performances. A featured performer at the National Storytelling Festival, he is an advocate for storytelling as a change agent in personal and collective life and work with “Open Hearts, Open Minds” to bring storytelling, theatre and dialogue to Oregon’s incarcerated populations.
Rick Huddle has performed for audiences young and old in schools and at story festivals across the United States as well as in Mexico, Thailand and Colombia. Rick says that stories, songs, and laughter can help us better understand ourselves and each another – especially those with whom we don’t often agree. He and his wife Kristin are raising twins Gus & Marlo in Portland.
Kriya Kaping comes from a family of storytellers whose motto might as well be “If it doesn’t kill you, it makes for a great story!” When she is it on stage Kriya gathers material in a career specializing in media production, creative writing and public speaking.