Performances

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Thomas Doty's performances are staged simply: no set, no props. They come alive with movements, gestures, expressions, voices and words ... a blend of traditional myths and original native stories.

Imagine this scene a thousand years ago ... or yesterday: Storyteller and listeners eye each other. The teller inwardly gathers the tools of myth. The room breathes deep, and....

Movements create the sun and moon. Creatures tread lightly. Time becomes mythtime, the breath of words connecting listeners to storyteller.

"Listen and watch and I'll tell you a story from a time when animals and people were not so different. I will tell how how it was one night in September in the Klamath country when stars flared, and a quarter moon tipped sideways across the sky, spilling light."

"Listen and watch and I'll tell you how it went with my old friend Coyote as he traipsed through the shadows, pulling in breaths of night air and eyeing sparks of the night stars. Coyote loved watching the stars...."

Stories circle through humor and drama and back to the stillness. Like firelight dimming to old coals, the earth is quiet and listening, quiet as smoke.

But the stories live on. Storyteller and listeners feel full of pictures and ideas, laughter, compassion ... full in a good way.

Thomas Doty has performances available for audiences of all ages and interests.

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