The historic Newtown Theatre will present “An Afternoon of Storytelling: Tales of Risk and Transformation” on Sunday, June 12 at 2 PM.
During this oral storytelling event, five of the region’s most engaging storytellers will explore the human experience in all its pathos and joy.
Tickets are $15 per person or $12 for theatre members. Any remaining tickets will be sold for $20 at the door on the day of the show (if available).
Meet the storytellers
Robin Moore has told stories to more than one million people and has presented more than 5,000 storytelling programs in a variety of settings. He was named National Storyteller of the Year and Author of the Year by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association.
Ed Stivender has been called “the Robin Williams of storytelling.” Since 1977, when he left his day job as a teacher and turned to storytelling full-time, Stivender has fabulated his way around the globe at major storytelling festivals and in other settings.
Quiet Riot is a team of two brothers: Bill Mettler, Executive Storyteller, and David Mettler, Person in Charge of Noises and Opportunities. The brothers’ collection of eclectic life experiences inspires their storytelling. Their performances have been called “zany,” “spellbinding,” “thought provoking,” “marvelously funny,” and “intelligent.”
Charlotte Blake Alston has spent more than 30 years sharing stories. She breathes life into traditional and contemporary stories from African and African American oral and cultural traditions. In 1991, she was the first storyteller to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra and in 2021 she was named the orchestra’s official storyteller, narrator, and host.
Debra Pieri calls herself an “accidental storyteller.” An award-winning educator, Pieri has been telling stories for 41 years and considers them to be the vehicle through which all possibilities flow.
Details
Doors open at 1 PM and the show starts at 2 PM.
The concession stand will be open.
All tickets are general admission.
All ticket sales are final. Refunds will not be offered for any reason. If you can't attend, you're welcome to give your tickets to someone else. The name on the ticket does not have to match the person using it.
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Please bring your tickets! Electronic or hard copy is fine. We recommend printing them out (or saving them to your phone) as soon as soon as you buy them.
Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.