Personal Narrative Performance and Storytelling

ISBN-13: 9780367483135 / Twarda / 2023 / 102 str.

Charles Parrott

Opis

This book offers a clear and replicable method for constructing personal stories / storytelling to be performed on stage for an audience with the intention of sharing the performer’s experience.

Spis treści

1. “Why We Leave Home”: Defining Personal Storytelling  2. “I Didn’t Learn Anything”: Motivations for Telling Stories on Stage  3. “The Goat Is on the Roof”: Choosing What to Talk About  4. “All of This Life, Right Out in Front of Us”:  Identifying Successful Story Structures  5. “Joey Owned Cats”: Composing Stories from Action to Text  6. “If Math Class Were Here, I Would Fight Math Class”: Using Language and Figures of Speech  7. “I Think About the Mask on My Face and I Wonder How Long It’d Been Since I Put It on”: Communicating Meaning Through Embodied Performance  8: “My Hyper Fixation Was a Little More Sinister”: Storytelling Persona and Your Relationship with the Audience

O autorze

Charles Parrott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University, USA. Dr. Parrott is the Director of the KSU Tellers, a student storytelling ensemble focused on solo performance, community engagement, and performance-based scholarship. Under his direction, the KSU Tellers have performed at regional, national, and international festivals and conferences. He has won numerous awards for his innovative teaching and mentorship of undergraduate research.