Crafting the authentic voice to artfully and truthfully tell our stories.
FREE EVENT! American School of Storytelling is proud to host the founders of New Mexico’s Jules’ Poetry Playhouse- Jules Nyquist and John Roche, joined by special guest Roslye Ultan. Don’t miss this magical afternoon of poetry and stories. Award winning books will be available for purchase. Jules Poetry Playhouse Authors: Jules Nyquist is […]
The Taste of Freedom! A night of delightfully dizzying stories you don’t just hear, you experience. In this deliciously immersive performance, Ruby Rain blends ancient myths with her own magical adventures. Each show explores one of the five senses. The May 11 journey is devoted to Taste. Saliva at the scent of BBQ. Acid reflux […]
Perfect Harmony and other poems performed by poet Timothy Young and violinist Dalyce Elliott Young, with musical support by Brothers Burn Mountain. Timothy’s version and Dalyce’s musical composition for the profound poem, Perfect Harmony, by Ibn El Arabi a 12th Century Andalusian poet, will be featured. The Brothers Burn Mountain duo of Jesse Dermody and […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. This event presented in […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm.
FREE EVENT! Poetry, Music, & Open Mic. As part of a new work showcase writers Henry Kneiszel and SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE will create a unique performance that blends poetry, music, and sound to explore themes related to the changing internet landscape, finding beauty in a strange world, wikipedia, and bugs. Poets will read original work […]
This is a mixed genre open mic for open testimony, held on the first Monday of the month to offer our neighbors and fellow citizens a forum to share their stories- what they have witnessed as an observer, or volunteer; how they living with fear, anger, or anxiety in our current cultural and political climate; […]
Do you have a sense of the basics but want to refine your ability too craft and tell stories? Have you been on the Moth stage and want to expand the stories you tell from 5 to 10 or 15 minutes? Do you have a particular difficult story you have been wrestling with that would […]
In this show, we’re featuring the many songs in one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, As You Like It. Most are new compositions, a necessity given that almost all of the original stage music has lost, but we will also feature a setting by Thomas Morley of “Under the Greenwood Tree” from 1600 that Shakespeare […]
The longer we live, the more personal stories we have to tell. This course will focus on the basics of personal narrative storytelling and the process of adapting those personal stories from written to oral form. By the third session, class participants will have the opportunity to workshop a story in front of the group. […]
“A Touching Experience” – final and fifth part of “In the Palm of Her Hand”, a shamanic storytelling exploration of the five senses as doorways into memory, imagination, intuition and soul. Ruby Rain – clown, storyteller, multi-media artist and X-rabbi – invites audience participation into sparking a more curious relationship with their own bodily awareness. […]
It’s the season for Fringe. It’s one thing to apply and another to have a stage worthy performance. This two session, online workshop will move your idea to story and necessary staging for a 55-minute Fringe show. You bring the concept, American School of Storytelling Founder, Loren Niemi, who has done at least one Fringe […]