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Bradbury Storytelling Festival
 

Fifth Annual Bradbury Storytelling Festival "Literary Twists"

 

The 5th annual Bradbury Storytelling Festival will be on Friday, October 29, 2010.
10:30 a.m. Children’s Matinee
6 p.m. Pre-Show Party
7:30 p.m. Evening Performance
Genesee Theatre, Downtown Waukegan


Tickets go on Sale September 10!
Purchase online through Ticketmaster or at The Genesee Theatre Box Office.

Bradbury
 

 

A favorite returns! Don’t miss this year’s award-winning ... 5th Annual Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival

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Enter the 27th Annual Ray Bradbury Creative Contest! Local winner entries will be on display at the festival!
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Contest Entry Form

 
 

About Ray Bradbury & the Bradbury Storytelling Festival

 
NEW 2009 Storytelling Festival Slideshow
 

News & Press Releases...
"Genesee Theatre ghost hunters back on the haunted trail" Feb. 19, 2010 Lake County News-Sun
The Fourth Annual Bradbury Storytelling Festival Conjures a Gamut of Emotions

More About the Festival...
Check out our blog for the latest news about the festival
Slideshow of 2007 Show
Ray Bradbury Biography & Links
Bradbury Lesson Plan Links
Read more about "The Lonely One"

 

About the 2010 Storytellers


 
Bradbury Storytelling Festival: Janice Del Negro
 
 

Janice Del Negro
Performing a selection from Passion and Poison: Tales of Shape-Shifters, Ghosts, and Spirited Women, by Janice Del Negro

Del Negro has published several award-winning collections of her own original stories. She is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School at Dominican University, where she teaches storytelling and literature. Her specialties include retelling traditional folktales and transformation stories, with a emphasis on ghosts and women. A seasoned performer, she’s taken the stage as featured storyteller at such prestigious venues as the National Storytelling Festival, the Bay Area Storytelling Festival, and the Illinois Storytelling Festival.

 

 
Bradbury Storytelling Festival: Jim May
www.storytelling.org
 

Jim May
Performing “The Bottled Imp” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Chicago Emmy Award-winning May has regaled over one million children and families worldwide with his heartwarming folk tales, myths, legends and ghost stories. He co-founded the Illinois Storytelling Festival, and holds the Circle of Excellence Award for storytelling. May is the author of two books, including The Farm on Nippersink Creek, which won the “Best Book” Award from the Public Library Association.

 

 
Bradbury Storytelling Festival: Mike Speller
 

Mike Speller
Performing “Gotcha!” by Ray Bradbury

Speller has spent the past 25 years storytelling on stages and onscreen across the country, including Lifeline and Timeline Theatre in Chicago; the Northlands Storytelling Conference in Madison, Wisconsin; the Orlando and Minnesota Fringe Festivals; and a headline appearance at the Sterling Storytelling Festival.

 

 
Bradbury Storytelling Festival: Megan Wells
www.meganwells.com
 

Megan Wells
Performing a selection from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

In 2007, The National Storytelling Festival honored Wells as a Featured New Voice. Now she serves as Board President of the Illinois Storytelling Festival, and performs original stories statewide at venues like the Art Institute, CSO, Chicago Historical Society, and scores of festivals, libraries, schools and museums. Wells also serves as Artistic Director for the Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival,

 

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