Thanks to everyone who came out to last Thursday’s show. I was thrilled to see so many first-timer tellers! They were a big part of the show that night, and I hope they all come back and become regulars.
Once again, I am writing this without my notes so I won’t be able to talk specifically about how each story touched me. So if you missed the show, you’ll just have to believe me when I say there were a lot of magical moments on stage that night.
We even had a surprise visit from our friend Kent Whipple from Unexpected Productions. He was there to support two of his students who had just graduated from his storytelling class. Did those students do a great job? Of course they did! There were actually three former students of his onstage that night and they all did great. Thank you, Kent, for sending such great tellers out into the world.
If you can’t wait for our next show on October 16 (theme: Comfort Zones) you can hang out in the audience with me on October 4 at the Kirkland Performing Arts Center, where I’ll be watching two of my favorite tellers, Emily Pitts and Paul Barach, do their solo shows at the very first Umbrella Fringe Festival. These two are FGS regulars, and I’m so happy to see them get spots in the Umbrella Festival doing full 45-minute shows. Tickets for both shows are free.
Paul’s show: “You Will Forget This” – A Pacific Crest Trail Journey @ 3:30 pm
Emily’s show: Rock Paper Scissors: A Brief History and Tournament @ 5pm
or https://kirklandartscenter.org/kirkland-fringe-festival/
I hope some of you are working on stories for the next FGS show. I’m looking forward to hearing stories of how you got out of your comfort zones. I’ll get the official meetup invite out as soon as I can. I’m always happy to help with stories over the phone, so write me directly at freshgroundstories at gmail dot com to set up a call.
See you next month!
Paul
Fresh Ground Stories 