Enjoy an evening of true stories told live. Eight storytellers will entertain and touch your heart. Tonight’s theme: “Fulfilled.”
Fruitlands Museum and The Trustees of Reservation, in collaboration with Fugitive Productions, is hosting “Hillside Stories,” a new offering of “True Stories Told Live.” Join us for a fabulous evening of storytelling and community! Eight storytellers — four experienced, competition winners along with four local community tellers — will be sharing their stories.
Fugitive Stories brings the craft of true stories told live to audiences in Boston’s western ’burbs. Each night is unique and they never fail to entertain. Hearing a true story in a live performance is fun, moving, and transformative. Fugitive Stories' evenings intimately reveal what we all have in common. You may laugh and sometimes shed a few tears. Every event opens a door to a memory, a new friend, or to your heart. Humanity's earliest stories were about survival, hope, loss, love, and courage. Today’s stories echo the same themes.
About our featured tellers:
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..
Kurt Mullen
Kurt is an award-winning storyteller, writer, teacher, editor, and producer. He has told stories (twice) on GBH’s, “Stories from the Stage.” And in his work for the Stellar Story Company, he coaches and helps cast the show. As a performer, he’s told stories on “The Volume Knob” podcast in Montreal, the “GRIT: True Stories” podcast in North Carolina, and on the “RISK!” true stories podcast in Brooklyn. In magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, Kurt has written about soldiers coming home from war, about his own personal loss and grief and, generally, about the quirky folks who like to go it alone in this world. To learn more about Kurt’s storytelling, writing, and teaching, please visit him at www.kurtmullen.com.
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.
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.
Meg Stafford
Meg is an award-winning author of two memoirs — They are Topic of Cancer: Riding the Waves of the Big C, and Who Will Accompany You? My Mother-Daughter Journeys Far From Home and Close to the Heart — a columnist and observer of humans’ and animals’ delightful quirks, and was a featured teller on GBH’s “Stories from the Stage.” A social worker in private practice for many years, she hears powerful stories on a regular basis and always appreciates the connective tissue that telling our truths creates. And, she embraces the notion that the shortest distance between two people is a laugh.
Save the date: December 4 (Theme: Promise)
Tickets & Information
Location: Fruitlands’ Wayside Visitors’ Center — easy parking and wheelchair accessible
Doors Open: 6:30pm • Performance: 7pm
Pre-register: $15/Members, $20/Non-members
Tickets: $25/door
Beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks available for purchase
Recommended: Ages 16+