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Past Performances

Irish Stories - March 12, 2024
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Holiday Stories and Songs - Dec 2023
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Hidden Treasure Tales - July 2023
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Mind and the Brain - March 2023
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Food - July 2022
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Constellations - March 2022
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Spooky Stories and Songs of the Season 2021
October 8 - 9, 2021
Cassy Beach (also Music Director), Marilyn Connolly, Pat Cooley, Becca Easley, Laurel Poe Gallagher, Katie Lahey, Nikki Lahey, Debbie Proska, Alma Read, Rhys Read, Steven Soria, Carolyn Thomas-Davidoff (also Director), Larry Vietsky
This is our annual Halloween Storytelling for adults and older children, which grows out of the Storytelling Class.
 Due to covid restrictions, performances of “Spooky Stories and Songs of the Season” will be a little different this year: 
1st Performance: Friday, October 8th, the show will be held at 6:30 pm, outdoors on the lawn at First United Methodist Church at 232 S. York in Elmhurst. Patrons are requested to bring a lawn chair, and to dress warmly for the outdoor performance on Friday.
2nd Performance:  Saturday, October 9th,  the second performance, will be indoors at the Community Bank, Community Bank, 330 W Butterfield Rd, Elmhurst, also at 6:30. 

Fun Games and Childhood - July 8, 2021
Hear a collection of entertaining tales from the GreenMan Theatre storytellers.
Performers: 
Cassy Beach: "Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad" from The Arabian Nights.
 Julie Brandon: “It Couldn’t Be Worse.”  A Jewish folktale from Eastern Europe.  Adapted from the book “It Could Always Be Worse” by Margot Zermach.
 Marilyn Connolly: “Nesoowa and the Chenoo.” A First Nation Folk Tale from the Pacific Northwest adapted from The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women by Katrin Tchana, Little, Brown and Co.
 Gwynneth Davidoff: “The Gunny Wolf” adapted from a variety of sources.
 Katie Lahey: “Three Strong Women” A Japanese folktale, adapted from the book by Claus Stamm and Kazue Mizomura, Viking Press
 Donna Miller: “An Unequal Race; Or Why the Carabao's Hoof Is Split.”  A folktale from the Philippines adapted from a variety of sources.
 Debbie Proska: “The Young Head of Household” A Chinese folktale adapted from a variety of sources.
 Mary-Carol Riehs: "Tipingee" adapted from Diane Wolkstein's The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales, A. A. Knopf.
 Joseph Schram:  "The Honest Thief" based on the Korean folk tale "The Clever Thief."   Original story.
 Larry Vietsky: “The Fly” A Vietnamese folktale from Best-loved Folktales of the World by Joanna Cole, Doubleday and Co.
 Carolyn Thomas-Davidoff:   "The Three Sillies" A Scandinavian tale adapted from a variety of sources.
 

Spooky Stories and Songs of the Season 2020
Friday & Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24, with a rain date of Sunday, Oct. 25.
We performed a socially distanced, small outdoor performances in Debbie Proska’s backyard.
We also recorded the performance and premiered it on our Facebook page!

African Tales - July 2020
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Immigration - January 2020
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