Come gather round the Campfire(ball) for an end-of-the-year Winter Soiree featuring live performances from Old Man Toddler, The Campfireball, and music from Kelle Jolly. We’ll toast to the year gone by, look forward to new things on the horizon, and revel in music, story, comedy, and most importantly, each other’s company.
Plus! Bring a wrapped gift for a story-inspired gift exchange! Anything goes, so long as it has a story to it.
Stick around after the performances for some mixing, mingling, and winter cheer.
Featuring….
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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.
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Old Man Toddler is the deeply loved illegitimate child of the popular Asheville improv group, Reasonably Priced Babies. Old Man Toddler is the two-man tandem of Mondy Carter and Tom Chalmers. Old Man Toddler takes one suggestion and turns it into a panoply of characters played by either or both in equal measure. Old Man Toddler is interchangeable improv fun for young and old alike.
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Kelle is an "Affrilachian-Georgia-lina-Peach," embracing a rich blend of cultural influences. Through the art of storytelling and her mastery of the ukulele, she joyfully expresses her folk traditions. Kelle is a firm believer in the power of bringing together like-minded individuals to foster resilient communities. Her heart lies in the Appalachian region, which she proudly calls home.