Our first regularly scheduled storytelling show of the year – the last Saturday of the month at The Auld Shebeen in the City of Fairfax, VA – was “Fairy Dust: stories of dreams and illusions.” I always love to find out how storytellers will interpret a theme, and this one was especially fun. We got stories about dogs and names and sleep and Shakespeare. Actually, there was a lot of Shakespeare. Our storytellers dig the Bard.
You can see and hear for yourself by clicking on the links below of videos of each of the storytellers’ performances.
Arthuretta Holmes Martin started the show with a story about her lifelong dream of owning a dog.
Anna Marie Trester crossed the country to be with us and share her tale from across the pond.
Richard Barr’s illusion of a name.
Allison Stevens’ love of sleep contrasted with her high school schedule.
Barbara Fornoff’s trippy dream to join a commune. You dig?
Sandra Hull’s story of a shattered illusion.
Giselle Ruzany likes her coffee Brazilian, like her mom.
Jessica Robinson would love to have a dream, if only she could sleep long enough to get one.
Performing for our lovely Northern Virginia audience each month at The Auld Shebeen is like a dream come true. And getting to hear and see these fantastic storytellers share their true, personal stories of dreams and illusions is like fairy magic.
And if watching videos of a storytelling show feels a bit more like illusion than reality, come to our next show and watch in person. Wouldn’t that be dreamy?
