Long traditional stories are like a hearty feast in a fast-food world. During the Going Deep Retreat three epic tellers present a great story banquet.
Join us for three days of stories, workshops, community, delicious food, laughter, and relaxation in a beautiful setting.
2009 Featured Stories and Tellers
The Story of the Grail told by Liz Warren
The wonder and grace of earning a second chance.
Liz Warren, a fourth-generation Arizonan, is a storyteller, teacher, writer and co-founder of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Her recording of The Story of the Grail received a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award in 2004 and a Storytelling World Award in 2006. Representing SMCC, she is the producer of the annual Mesa Storytelling Festival. Her new textbook, The Oral Tradition Today: An Introduction to the Art of Storytelling was published in 2008.
The Paths of Osun told by Marilyn Omifunke Torres
The West African Yoruba Epic.
Marilyn Omifunke Torres is known as the WestWinds Storyteller. She is an ordained West African traditional teller of 27 years and received two chieftaincies in 1984 in the village of Imota, Nigeria as a descendent of the “children of slavery on the island of Puerto Rico.” Marilyn is the director of a college-bound program at Tertulia Pre-College Community and is dedicated to incorporating storytelling into all forms of youth leadership and literacy in secondary education.
Gilgamesh told by David Novak
Sex, power and immortality.
David Novak is often featured at the National Storytelling Festival and on concert stages across the US. He received the 2002 Circle Of Excellence award from the National Storytelling Network. Novak comes to platform narration with a background in theatre arts including Shakespeare, clowning, creative dramatics, playwriting and directing. Texas storyteller Jeanine Pasini-Beekman, says of Novak: “In him, the Brothers Grimm and Carl Jung meet Monty Python.” That about sums it up.
Here’s what happens at Going Deep:
Three long traditional stories in evening concerts.
Three intense workshops about the stories.
Afternoons free for massages, palm readings, art activities, naps, walks, games.
Views of barges going up and down the Ohio River.
Delicious meals.
Community.
Laughter.
Aaah.
Founded by Liz Warren, Olga Loya and Priscilla Howe, in conjunction with Scheherezade’s Legacy, Going Deep offers depth, substance, and a rich, filling storytelling experience.
