Storytelling Workshop

Diane will be leading Storytelling Workshops for the third grade students of the Marsh Grammar School in Methuen, MA! Retelling a folktale is part of the English core curriculum and with Diane’s follow-up workshop, students will gain all the tools … Continue reading

Tell Me A Story @ Newton After School Association Conference, Newton South High School

newton south high school 140 Brandeis Road, Newton Centre, MA, United States

Learn how to tell a folktale in your words in this interactive workshop! Diane leads workshop participants in group exercises that will develop everyone’s expressive abilities. Explore your voice’s potential and learn how to create a character using Diane’s method … Continue reading

The Creative Voice Workshop @ Dancing Tree Story Workshop, Needham MA

Dancing Tree Story Workshop, Gorse Mill Studios 31 Thorpe Road, Needham, MA, United States

Storyteller Diane Edgecomb’s unique vocal and physical training helps us to strengthen the connection between the imagination and the voice, increasing its flexibility, authenticity, expressiveness, range and resonance.

Workshops @ Newton After School Conference, Newton MA

Newton South High School 140 Brandeis Road, Newton Centre, MA, United States

Diane presents two interactive workshops for after school staff at this popular conference. Topics include: Tell Me a Story- on the art of telling a story and Storytelling and the Art of Play - motivating children to tell their own tales.

Storytelling Residency @ Blackstone Innovation School, Boston, MA

This four week residency enhances third grade students' narrative abilities. An approved artist educator on the roster of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Diane knows that an immersion in storytelling develops within each person clear and concrete communication skills. Her residencies stress vocal range and flexibility, active listening skills, visualization, and the ability to frame intangible feelings into physical and vocal language. These residencies skillfully develop young students’ expressive and imaginative abilities within the narrative form.

Storytelling Residency @ Blackstone Innovation School, Boston, MA

This four week residency enhances third grade students' narrative abilities. An approved artist educator on the roster of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Diane knows that an immersion in storytelling develops within each person clear and concrete communication skills. Her residencies stress vocal range and flexibility, active listening skills, visualization, and the ability to frame intangible feelings into physical and vocal language. These residencies skillfully develop young students’ expressive and imaginative abilities within the narrative form.

Storytelling Residency @ Blackstone Innovation School, Boston, MA

This four week residency enhances third grade students' narrative abilities. An approved artist educator on the roster of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Diane knows that an immersion in storytelling develops within each person clear and concrete communication skills. Her residencies stress vocal range and flexibility, active listening skills, visualization, and the ability to frame intangible feelings into physical and vocal language. These residencies skillfully develop young students’ expressive and imaginative abilities within the narrative form.

Storytelling Residency @ Blackstone Innovation School, Boston, MA

This four week residency enhances third grade students' narrative abilities. An approved artist educator on the roster of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Diane knows that an immersion in storytelling develops within each person clear and concrete communication skills. Her residencies stress vocal range and flexibility, active listening skills, visualization, and the ability to frame intangible feelings into physical and vocal language. These residencies skillfully develop young students’ expressive and imaginative abilities within the narrative form.

Tell Me A Story Workshop @ First Church, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston

First Church, Boston 66 Marlborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts

In this intergenerational storytelling workshop, we’ll play with the basics of storytelling: learning how to re-tell a classic folktale in our own words and exploring storytelling games that help us discover anecdotes from our own life to share.

“Art & Spirit” in Residency at First Church Boston, MA

First Church, Boston 66 Marlborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Diane will be artist in residence for the week of March 16th-24th at First Church Boston as part of their acclaimed Art & Spirit series. At the Sunday service on March 17th she will be joined by Kurdish musician Andrew Mazlum Aytac on saz.

The Storyteller’s Paintbox Workshop @ Silk Road House, Berkeley, CA

Silk Road House 1944 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

Would you like more expressive tools in your paintbox? Come explore a whole range of new ways to enhance your storytelling and spoken word art in this interactive workshop that tunes up all of our expressive tools.

$40

Crafting an Eco-Narrative – a Workshop Intensive @ the National Storytelling Summit, Fremont CA

National Storytelling Summit Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, Fremont, CA, United States

Diane brings her innovative workshop on nature and environmental storytelling to the National Storytelling Network conference and summit this July. The 2019 Summit is a great chance to see some fabulous performances, award-winning keynote speakers and participate in a variety of workshops over a four day period, conducted by the “cream-of-the-crop” of storyteller presenters. The best storytelling conference around! Don't miss it!! Registration is now open! Take a quick look at the schedule of events HERE! https://storynet.org/nsnevents/conference/general-conference-schedule

Crafting an Eco-Narrative – a Workshop Intensive @ the National Storytelling Summit, Fremont CA

National Storytelling Summit Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, Fremont, CA, United States

Diane brings her innovative workshop on nature and environmental storytelling to the National Storytelling Network conference and summit this July. The 2019 Summit is a great chance to see some fabulous performances, award-winning keynote speakers and participate in a variety of workshops over a four day period, conducted by the “cream-of-the-crop” of storyteller presenters. The best storytelling conference around! Don't miss it!! Registration is now open!

Crafting an Eco-Narrative – a Workshop Intensive @ the National Storytelling Summit, Fremont CA

National Storytelling Summit Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, Fremont, CA, United States

Diane brings her innovative workshop on nature and environmental storytelling to the National Storytelling Network conference and summit this July. The 2019 Summit is a great chance to see some fabulous performances, award-winning keynote speakers and participate in a variety of workshops over a four day period, conducted by the “cream-of-the-crop” of storyteller presenters. The best storytelling conference around! Don't miss it!!

Crafting an Eco-Narrative – a Workshop Intensive @ the National Storytelling Summit, Fremont CA

National Storytelling Summit Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, Fremont, CA, United States

Diane brings her innovative workshop on nature and environmental storytelling to the National Storytelling Network conference and summit this July. The 2019 Summit is a great chance to see some fabulous performances, award-winning keynote speakers and participate in a variety of workshops over a four day period, conducted by the “cream-of-the-crop” of storyteller presenters. The best storytelling conference around! Don't miss it!!

Creating Characters: Workshop @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA

Ashkenaz Community Center 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

A Master class in Dialogue and Characterization! Spend an afternoon delving into characterization and dialogue in the best way possible- through playful exercises that open up the imagination and activate expressive tools.

$40 – $60

The Golden Thread: 3-Part Workshop @ New Hampshire Theatre Project, Portsmouth, NH

New Hampshire Theater Project 959 Islington St. #3, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Discover the true power inherent in folktales, fairy tales and myths while learning how to creatively adapt them for contemporary audiences in this three-part workshop. Each session opens by tuning up our expressive tools with precise explorations in Voice, Characterization, Narration and Movement so that the instrument we use to tell will be as humming as our interpretations.

The Golden Thread: 3-Part Workshop @ New Hampshire Theatre Project, Portsmouth, NH

New Hampshire Theater Project 959 Islington St. #3, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Discover the true power inherent in folktales, fairy tales and myths while learning how to creatively adapt them for contemporary audiences in this three-part workshop. Each session opens by tuning up our expressive tools with precise explorations in Voice, Characterization, Narration and Movement so that the instrument we use to tell will be as humming as our interpretations.

The Golden Thread: 3-Part Workshop @ New Hampshire Theatre Project, Portsmouth, NH

New Hampshire Theater Project 959 Islington St. #3, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Discover the true power inherent in folktales, fairy tales and myths while learning how to creatively adapt them for contemporary audiences in this three-part workshop. Each session opens by tuning up our expressive tools with precise explorations in Voice, Characterization, Narration and Movement so that the instrument we use to tell will be as humming as our interpretations.

Reading with Expression- an Online Interactive Workshop @ Zoom website platform!

Diane helps participants bring the power of the spoken word alive when reading favorite texts. Especially geared for teachers, librarians that lead story hour and parents who wish to establish a nighttime tradition of reading stories to their children, Diane helps everyone discover the flexibility and fun in their voice, in the process enlivening reading and learning for all who listen.

Storytelling Residency Via Zoom!

This four week school residency is all Virtual and 100% fun! Diane visits Kindergarten and First grade classrooms at Edgewood School in Bristol, Connecticut during the months of November and December to bring Language arts ALIVE with interactive storytelling and story-making ideas.

Storytelling Residency via Zoom

This four week school residency is all Virtual and 100% fun! Diane visits Kindergarten and First grade classrooms at Edgewood School in Bristol, Connecticut during the months of November and December to bring Language arts ALIVE with interactive storytelling and story-making ideas.

“Wench Peach! A Medieval Manor Memoir” @ Sharing the Fire Virtual Storytelling Conference

Diane takes a full-frontal dive into her real-life adventures as a singing wench at Boston's notorious Medieval Manor dinner theater in this unusual coming of age story. While waiting tables for her big break, Diane hustles swill-filled pitchers of beer and serves up a plethora of innuendos, plopping them right beside the French bread, while singing her heart out for bikers and bachelorette parties in the belly basement of this Boston landmark. Lots of communal fun as we join in the faux Medieval sing-a-longs and experience the great leveling power of “free alcohol on tap!”

Join Diane @ the Connecticut Storytelling Festival and Conference

Join Diane at the Connecticut Storytelling Conference and Festival. The weekend of April 29th and 30th we'll be live in downtown New London with great shows, workshops and more! Diane will be performing A Thousand Doorways and "Demons that Never Sleep" a performance of folktales