Story By Story:
Sharing the Human Experience

Joe Doolittle and Kate Dudding are hosting a TV program about storytelling. This series features stories and storytellers from the region as well as upcoming events.

August 2010
Our guest is Nancy Marie Payne sharing how she became a storyteller, her upcoming appearances at the 18th Annual Not Just for Kids Storytelling Series in Fort Hunter, NY (just west of Amsterdam) and Summer Storytelling Vespers in Cohoes at The Boght Arts Center, as well as two stories.

Click here to see the slides from this show.

Previous Programs

Our guests in December 2009 were Gert Johnson, Ritam Mehta and Ben Russell from Children at the Well. This is Children at the Well’s fifth year of bringing young people (and their families) of different faiths together in a subtle way, by developing and sharing stories from each young person’s own tradition, rather than by trying to change minds politically. This fall's class of students will be presenting their own storytelling program on Sunday, December 13 at the First Unitarian Society of Schenectady.

Our guest in November was Nancy Marie Payne. Some of her tales, gleaned from history, tell of immigrants, orphan train riders, suffragettes, Underground Railroad characters and female pioneer aviators. Traditional tales and personal stories add a lighter touch to her repertoire. She performs locally and is always eager for new storytelling challenges.

Our guest in October was Goos Terscheggert, a member of Schenectady-Nijkerk Council as well as a long distance solo sailor.

Our guests for September 2009 were James Bruchac and his father Joseph Bruchac. They share information about the third Saratoga Native American Festival on the grounds of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Oct. 3-4. The second festival was the largest gathering of native people in Saratoga Springs since the 1700s.

Starting on September 2008, our previous guests have been: Marni Gillard, Fran Combs Berger, Barbara Chepaitis, Jeannine Laverty, Margaret French, Ilyssa Simsek and John Lyden from Children at the Well, and Siri Allison.

A second benefit for both Story Circle at Proctors and SACC TV-16 was held at Proctors on Thursday, April 2nd: Wine & Chocolate: Stories of Decadence, Blarney and Mirth. You can also read about our first benefit performance.

Public Access TV-16 broadcasted this program to all households in Schenectady County with cable TV. Time Warner Cable broadcasts this program on its public access cable Channel 18 to many other communities in the Capital Region.