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Fifth Annual Bradbury Storytelling Festival "Literary Twists" |
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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.
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About Ray Bradbury & the Bradbury Storytelling Festival |
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About the 2010
Storytellers
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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.
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www.storytelling.org
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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.
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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.
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www.meganwells.com
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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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2010 Lead Sponsor:
$2,500
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