Fugitive Stories and Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard are partnering again for four afternoons on the farm. July’s theme is “Perseverance.”
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 • Tickets will be available soon
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 (weather permitting).
If the weather is extreme, we will be presenting at Five Sparks in Harvard. If light rain is forecast, we’ll all stay nice and dry under a number of canopies. Please visit this calendar listing by noon on the day of the show for updates.
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.
Norah Dooley
Norah is a storyteller, children’s author, and educator who performs in schools, libraries, festivals and conferences. Booked through Young Audiences (yamass.org) she specializes in teaching people of all ages how important their stories are. She is the founder of StoriesLive.org, the former director and co-founder of massmouth.org and the “Boston Story Slam” series. She teaches storytelling at Lesley Graduate School of Education and has taught storytelling to undergrads at Tufts, Suffolk and Boston Universities. Internationally, she has lectured on storytelling to teachers and graduate students in Japan and Tanzania.
Paul Doncaster
Paul is a published author, the father of two outstanding young women (and a bluetick beagle), and has been telling stories since 2016. He has told at events throughout New England, performed in two Moth GrandSLAMs, and been featured on the World Channel's “Stories from the Stage.” By day, he is a user experience design professional, listening to the stories of others and using their words to create more user-friendly online experiences.
Jennifer Hillery
Jennifer, like many storytellers, wears various hats. As a storyteller, you can find her at many a Moth storyslam supporting friends or telling stories. She is the proud winner of a Moth Storyslam, has appeared on World Channel’s “Stories from the Stage” and was a teller at a Stellar Storytelling “Stories & Spirits” event. A lawyer by background, Jennifer is now the co-founder of Redwood Speaking, LLC, where she supports individuals and organizations with developing public speaking skills and confidence. You can also find her volunteering in her community and for her alma mater.
Mark Modrall
Mark is a computer programmer from Littleton. He started telling stories in public in 2012 when he ran out of relatives who hadn’t heard that one before. Hopefully he’s gotten better at it since then. He’s won several story slams at the Moth, Massmouth, and a few other places. He’s been a featured speaker twice at WGBH’s “Stories From the Stage” and counts himself blessed that he’s occasionally invited to speak with other much better tellers at great venues like Fugitive Productions.