Fugitive Stories and Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard are partnering again for four afternoons on the farm. July’s theme is “Another Chance.”
Hearing a true story in a live performance is fun, moving, and transformative. Every event brings surprises. As always, Fugitive’s featured tellers include Moth and Massmouth Story Slam Winners and Champions, theater professionals, comedians, authors, podcast producers, teachers, and university professors. Several folks from the local community will also be telling their tales, some for the first time.
$15/online • $20/door
Online sales end at noon on the event date. Plenty of tickets at the door.
Seating starts at 2:30pm. Storytelling starts at 3pm. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance. This is an outdoor event. In case of rain, please check our website after noon on the day of the show. Our back-up location is the Harvard, Mass. UCC Church, 5 Still River Road (on the Harvard Common).
Please put Old Frog Pond Farm, Harvard, in your GPS. (The street address sometimes take you to the other side of the woods.)
ABOUT OUR CO-HOST, OLD FROG POND FARM
Old Frog Pond Farm is a 25-acre farm in Harvard and one of the few Certified Organic Orchards in Massachusetts. In the fall they open for pick your own apples and raspberries. Every year, the farm hosts an Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit and gathers for Plein Air Poetry.
Visitors to the farm can purchase a ticket to take a self-guided tour around the pond and through the woods discovering the sculpture, native plants, and abundant wildlife that’s makes their home here. The self-serve farm stand is filled with fresh certified organic produce. fruit@oldfrogpondfarm.com
FEATURED FUGITIVE TELLERS
In addition to several local, hand-picked tellers, Fugitive brings regional, award-winning storytellers (see below).
Ben Cunningham
Ben is a multifaceted artist and storyteller whose recent story aired on the “Growing Up Black” episode of GBH’s “Stories from The Stage,” a 25th Annual Webby Award winner. With first place titles from 2011 and 2017, Ben is the only two-time winner of the Massmouth’s storytelling championship, the “Big Mouth-Off.” His performance on Story Collider — true, personal stories about science — was featured on WBUR’s The ARTery.
Kate Buhler
Kate is a multiple Moth StorySLAM winner who makes her living traveling the world as a consultant for luxury hotels, restaurants, and resorts. This provides the opportunity to meet amazing people and create new stories everywhere she goes. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, and gives talks on the question, “Why is good service so hard to find?" Kate has recently written, Inhospitable: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Service. For her, storytelling is an artform and a passion that strengthens the bond of human connection.
Brendyn Schneider
Brendyn has been a professional storyspinner for 17 years. He has performed at fine venues such as the Cutler Majestic Theatre, Club Passim, WBUR CitySpace Boston, and Old Frog Pond with action-packed organizations like The Moth, Fugitive Productions, Emerson College, and the ’GBH TV Show, “Stories from the Stage.” By day, he’s a job search instructor/career advisor, helping folks find their professional match. He frequently uses the principles of storytelling while advising job seekers. For more, venture to brendyn.schneider@gmail.com
Catherine Weber
Catherine — a two-time Moth StorySLAM champion — is an award-winning poet, artist and storyteller, community organizer, and marketing professional with a passion for the arts, education, and the environment. She has been telling stories and reading her poetry for more than a decade in the Boston-area. She is also founder and director of Art on the Trails ArtOnTheTrails.com, an annual juried art exhibition that is mounted in the Beals Preserve in Southborough.