Adam Booth (Angela Durkin, The Journal)
November 8, 2024 | 7 pm @ Lyric Theater
From the 2022 West Virginia Folk Artist of the Year comes “The Heron’s Journey,” an interactive concert that usesspoken storytelling, quiltingand papersculpture to tell an allegory filled with magic, challenges to oppositionandtransformation. Meet the title character Lake in various forms of self-discovery and take part in giving the story wings.Adam Booth performs “The Heron’s Journey”Friday, Nov. 8at 7 p.m. at Lyric Theater in St. Paul, Virginia.Tickets are $15 at the door. Children and students are admitted free. Thisperformance is brought to you by the Pro-Art Association in conjunction withthe Town of St. Pauland the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.For more information and to make reservations visitproartva.org.
Boothblends traditional mountain folklore, musicand an awareness of contemporary Appalachia to create original, forward-thinking story artistry.As a nationallytouring artist, his professional telling appearancesinclude premiere storytelling events across the United States, including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, the International Storytelling Center, the National Storytelling Festival, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the Appalachian Studies Association Conference, the National Storytelling Conference, the National Academy of Medicineand as a Spoken Word Resident at the Banff Centre (Alberta, Canada). He is a member of the Recording Academy and his recordings have received many national honors, including a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Adam serves as the inaugural Storyteller-In-Residence at Shepherd University and is the founding artistic director of Speak Story Series, a premier destination for storytelling in concert.Find out more atadam-booth.com.
Pro-Art partners with a variety of venues, therefore individuals withaccessibility needsor general questions are encouraged to call (276) 376-4520 or emailpro-art@uvawise.edu. For evolving conditions related to weather cancelations, or similar unforeseen circumstances, patrons are encouraged to checkproartva.orgfor up-to-date information.
This engagement of Adam Booth is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.Pro-Art is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the C. BascomSlempFoundation, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Mountain Empire Community
Category: Storytelling, Theatre