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(Sold out!) The Campfireball: Fate

  • Story Parlor 227 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806 USA (map)

Tickets Sliding Scale ($10-15) / $15 day of
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm
Story Parlor | 227 Haywood Road
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Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages available for purchase.

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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 March Campfireball theme is ‘FATE SHOW’. Do you ever wonder if all the little things that lead you to this moment right now are coicidence or destiny? Let’s find out as we put the magnifying glass on the twists and turns of our origin stories.

  • Ray Christian is a ten-time Moth Story Slam Champion, and winner of the 2016 National Storytelling Festival Story Slam. Sharing his stories across the US and Canada, Ray has made several appearances on Moth Mainstage, The National Storytelling Festival (2019, 2022) , and was part of the 2018 tour of Snap Judgment Live! In 2018, Ray has been named as the best known story teller in the south by Bitter Southerner magazine. Glynn Washington, host and producer of Snap Judgement, calls him “a storyteller’s storyteller.” He is distinguished for his exceptional accomplishments as a performer and spoken word performer and his training and experience as an educator and motivator. Ray is currently the producer and host of What’s Ray Saying, a podcast that utilizes history , storytelling and commentary to provide a unique perspective on the African American cultural experience.

    From drraychristian.com