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Word Plays: Storytelling at Proctors 2023/24

If you're one of those people who lingers in your car long after reaching a destination just to hear the end of Garrison Keillor's "The News from Lake Wobegon" or Ira Glass on "This American Life," then Word Plays may be for you.

Many performers will be telling during this season. At each Word Play, a different group of performers tell rarely heard contemporary and traditional stories about celebrating the human spirit. You will discover that Word Plays is a shared experience between the audience and the performer, combining the intensity of a solo performer with the intimacy of a face-to-face conversation.

Each show has its own theme where each story told relates to that theme.


A note from a listener:

"I thoroughly enjoyed today's wonderful storytelling on Zoom.

I attended Word Plays at Proctors whenever my schedule allowed. I am so glad I can hear these great tellers again.

Story is so much more effective in pointing out our common human experience than lecture is."

Click here to watch many of our performers tell stories. Click here to find out about our performers.

PRICE: $12, tickets available at Proctors Box Office (except for Sept. 11 virtual performance.)


Plain and Simple
Oct. 8 The definition of "plain and simple" is: clearly, without any doubt or complexity. Sometimes plain and simple is all you need:

Bread and butter
Sunshine
A smile

Come hear some of the best storytellers in our area share their favorite stories about things plain and simple: Alden (Joe) Doolittle, Kate Dudding, Margaret French, Marni Gillard, Claire Nolan, and Nancy Marie Payne.

Perplexing Problems
Oct. 29 You've probably had to deal with many perplexing problems. Come hear stories, old and new, about people dealing with perplexing problems, and what they did to solve those problems. Our storytellers are:
Fran Berger, Kate Dudding, Margaret French, Marni Gillard, Eileen Mack, Claire Nolan, and Beverly Schwartz.
Persistence
Jan. 14 Calvin Coolidge wrote:

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

Come hear some of the best storytellers in our area share their favorite stories about persistence: Siri Allison, Fran Berger, Kate Dudding, Margaret French, Bonnie Mion, Mary Murphy, Dee Wind and Frank Wind.

Polar Opposites
Feb. 11 Polar opposites can be:

good and bad

night and day

big and little

and many more contradictory extremes.

Come hear some of the best storytellers in our area share their favorite stories about polar opposites: Siri Allison, Margaret French, Marni Gillard, Bonnie Mion, Claire Nolan and Nancy Marie Payne.

Possibilities
Mar. 24 Here are some quotes about possibilities:

The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge, but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create people who are capable of doing new things. Jean Piaget

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. George Bernard Shaw

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. Thich Nhat Hanh

Come hear some of the best storytellers in our area share their favorite stories about this wonderous topic: possibilities. Our storytellers are:
Siri Allison, Alden (Joe) Doolittle, Eileen Mack, Mary Murphy, Nancy Marie Payne, Beverly Schwartz, Dee Wind and Frank Wind.


Click here to see videos of our 15th Season.


Word Plays was inspired by 2nd Story, produced by Serendipity Theatre in Chicago.

Story Circle is one of the first resident storytelling companies
at a US performing arts center

Proctors, 432 State Street, Schenectady, New York 12305