TOLEDO, Ohio -
Oct. 1, 2013 -
PRLog --
Media Contact Person: Glenda Miller,
Tellabration! Producer
Phone: (419) 350-1454
Email: gmiller@buckeye-
access.com
Frogtown Storytelling Guild Presents Tellabration! 2013
Featuring: Condessa CroningerOn Friday, November 8, 2013, Frogtown Storytelling Guild will celebrate its 13
th year of
Tellabration!—a spoken-word concert of "stories for grown-ups"—with Toledo, OH storyteller, Condessa Croninger. She is a founding member of the Frogtown Storytelling Guild and was an active charter member from 1994 to 2011, serving as President (2005–2007)
and producer (2007–2009)
. Condessa began her professional storyteller career in 1990, and has performed and conducted workshops in schools, libraries, churches, community events, and storytelling festivals throughout Ohio, southeastern Michigan, and southern Ontario (Canada). Frogtown Storytelling Guild is pleased to welcome Condessa for this special evening. The concert will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St, Maumee, OH 43537. Tickets are $10.00 each and available at the door.
Condessa is also a consulting arts education specialist and has collaborated in storytelling/
performance projects with numerous northwest Ohio arts and cultural education institutions such as the Toledo Museum of Art, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, the Toledo Zoological Society, the Toledo Botanical Gardens, and the Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center of Lourdes University (Sylvania, OH). She conducts teacher workshops and speaker training for corporate and nonprofit organizations—
including the 2004–2006 United Way of Greater Toledo "Share our Stories/Share our Strengths" initiative, of which she was a co-creator. In 2005, she was proud to become a Kennedy Center-trained Artist Educator for the Ohio State-based Collaborative Initiative Partners in Education.
Condessa is an Outreach Specialist for the Toledo Ballet Association and conducts storywriting and movement workshops to introduce area school children to classical ballet. Her great delight is serving as Narrative Storyteller for the student performances of the Toledo Ballet public productions, including the nation's longest-running production:
The Nutcracker Ballet.
Off-stage, Condessa serves as an artist educator in the Toledo Public Schools Arts Education Project; works in early-childhood and secondary education; teaches etiquette classes; volunteers in community arts programming, fundraising, and special events; collects and exhibits historical clothing and hats; creates and exhibits "nonwearable"
clothing as fine art; serves as the costumier for the Old West End Festival's
King Wamba Carnival Parade & Coronation; and is the "almost-retired"
Art Director of the former 20 North Gallery in Toledo, OH. Her storytelling repertoire features new interpretations of folktales and fairytales from around the world, and renditions of often overlooked historical events.
In 1988, the first
Tellabration! concerts were performed at six locations in the state of Connecticut. J.G. Pinkerton, the originator of
Tellabration!, envisioned the event as a way of fostering and maintaining the art of storytelling. It was a great success and in the following year
Tellabration! concerts soon spread to other states. In 1990,
Tellabration! became a national event with the help of the National Storytelling Association. Its popularity continues to spread and now thousands of storytelling groups worldwide produce
Tellabration! concerts.
The sponsors of Toledo's
Tellabration! 2013 are the Frogtown Storytelling Guild and the Cardone Financial Group. Sharing the spotlight with Condessa Croninger will be talented members of the Frogtown Storytelling Guild, which consists of Marion Hallauer, Pat Lora, Glenda Miller, Tari Miller, Michael Moore, Regina Patrick, Odessa Rowan, Ken Solo, Tim Kreps, and Ken Wielfaert. The stories of the Frogtown Storytelling Guild members span the oral tradition: folktales, wisdom tales, legends, romantic sagas, humorous accounts, and personal narratives that explore the richness of the human condition.
What: Tellabration! 2013: The Frogtown Storytelling Guild's13th Annual Storytelling Concert
Where: Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant Street, Maumee, Ohio 43537
Date: Friday, November 8, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $10 per ticket, available at the door.
For More Information Contact: Tellabration! producer Glenda Miller by phone at 419) 350-1454
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