The 28th Annual Texas Storytelling Festival
March 7–10, 2013
Denton Civic Center
321 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas
Schedule | Workshops | Master Class | Fringe Performances | Kids Activities
Liars Contest | Location | Lodging | Story Store | Tickets
2013 Featured Storytellers
These featured tellers will join with Tejas storytellers for a lineup of concerts, Ghost Stories and Sacred Tales that are bound to fill up your heart and leave your body limp with laughter.
Some people have "inner-kids". Featured teller Andy Offutt Irwin has an "outer-kid". With a manic Silly Putty voice, astonishing mouth noises and hilarious stories, he is equal parts mischievous schoolboy and all of the Marx Brothers, seasoned with a touch of the Southern balladeer. You'll laugh till your face hurts. |
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| DeCee Cornish is best described as an "urban griot". He brings to life African and African-American history and folklore with compelling eloquence. Street smart and side splitting, his tall tales have taken top prizes at Liars Contests throughout the state. A Touring Artist for the Texas Commission on the Arts, DeCee works extensively with at risk youth. | ||
Back by popular demand, Willy Claflin will be accompanied by his sidekick Maynard Moose. (Or is it the other way around? It's hard to tell.) Master of the fractured fairytale, Willy has delighted children and adults across the nation. Maynard's picture book The Uglified Ducky won the Bluebonnet Award for the most popular children's book in Texas in 2011. |
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A native of Osaka, Japan, Motoko first came to the United States as an exchange student. She has shared the beauty and charm of her Japanese folktales at the National Storytelling Festival and on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". Her personal stories of girlhood in Japan are evocative and deeply moving.
Accompanying Motoko will be our Special Guest Eshu Bumpus. Eshu is a renowned storyteller, an accomplished jazz vocalist and a master of physical characterization. His African tales are filled with music, humor and mystery that created 36 sold-out performances at the Smithsonian. Working with his partner Motoko, the sum is greater than the parts. |
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The Texas Storytelling Festival is made possible with the support of the City of Denton, the City of Denton Parks and Recreation Department, the Denton Benefit League, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Greater Denton Arts Council, the Arts Guild of Denton, TSA members, and our business and community partners.