Well Aged Words

Outrageous Storytelling for Adults

“Storytelling outlives the media of the moment. The old stories are a vein of gold that underlie every movie, television show, and internet phenomenon. In our performances, we play with the media of the moment as it’s embedded in the long-lived stories from myth and folklore.”

Geoffrey Navias, Artistic Director of Open Hand Theater

Join us for an intimate evening of performance with some of the best storytellers of our time. Each performance is followed by an artist reception and a time for conversation.

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Eshu Bumpus and Motoko Dworkin

Eshu is a renowned performer of African tales and an accomplished jazz vocalist. Motoko captivates audiences as she exquisitely blends ancient Japanese lore and original tales with traditional music. Eshu and Motoko are both great storytellers in their own right, but, together, this unlikely pairing of tellers of African and Asian stories is simply amazing.

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8:00 pm
At the Castle on North Salina Street
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Each year we present three evenings of the best award winning storytellers we can find at our Castle on North Salina Street. For the audience we open our intimate theater hall, seating up to eighty people. For the storyteller we provide a warm magical setting. Traditional hauntingly ancient tales, spicy ethnic or contemporary, we invite these talented tellers to awaken the beauty and magic of the spoken word.

You can reserve your tickets for our next exciting season: three evenings with an exceptional new lineup of storytellers for only $45.00. We promise you won't be disappointed with 2011-2012!

Support Open Hand Theater's adult storytelling series next season. Call the Open Hand Theater Box office at 315 476-0466 and become a subscriber to Well Aged Words 2011-2012.

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