A storytelling show about you—the audience—The Campfireball is created spontaneously out of whatever stories and lives happen to be gathered together inside Story Parlor at that moment in time. There’s nothing to prepare and nothing to fear—participation is never required, and the show is just as much fun to sit back and watch unfold as it is to play along. Come on out for a night of storytelling you will literally never be able to experience again. Never possible to know what’s coming next, each Campfireball slowly begins to reveal surprises, connections, and communitas as the space transforms from a room of strangers to a room of neighbors.
Workshopped and developed over two years in the master's program for storytelling at East Tennessee State University and showcased at the 2023 Asheville Fringe Festival, host/storyteller Cory Howard (National Storytelling Festival, Moth Grand Slam winner) blends intimacy and absurdity in an effort to shepherd the audience through ridiculous yet reverent ways of drawing out their life experiences.
The February Campfireball theme is ‘LOVE BUGS’, a joyful deep dive into the full gamut that is being a person in the world with a beating heart. Whether your heart is broken, on your sleeve, bleeding, made of stone, made of gold, skipping a beat, or you just ate your heart out, this night of shared collective storytelling is just the ticket for your ticker.
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FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST, writer John Shore, formerly of the Asheville Citizen-Times ‘Ask John’ advice column presenting a live advice segment. Nearly every week the ‘Ask John’ columns were the most viewed articles on the Times’ website. Folks would approach John in restaurants pulling out tightly folded, worn out copies of the paper they had been carrying around, thanking him for how his responses helped their own families in times of need. Now happily retired, John has graciously agreed to share his talents live with The Campfireball audience. This rare experience is not to be missed!