Conflict Resolution

Audience: best for 6 and older

Stories can show us possibilities of non-violent and creative conflict resolution. This program features stories from the world folk tradition. They show us peaceful possibilities and...they are fun! Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear me Program Length: 45 minutes

I Kissed the Blarney Stone

Audience: 6 and up

Irish tales to delight young and old. Includes beautiful Irish airs on pennywhistle and fiddle and rousing sing alongs. Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear me Program Length: 45 minutes - 1 hour

My Bad Bad Dog and other neighbors --Growing Up in NYC

Audience: 8 and up

A program of personal stories from my new CD--My Bad Bad Dog a. Culminating in a short workshop to help participants find and tell their stories. Includes a copy of my new CD "In the Borough" Growing up in Staten Island in the 60s. Program Length: 45 minutes - 1 hour

Stories from the Neighbors

Audience: 4-12 years old and adults too

Folk tales from all over the world. A program may include an introduction to my neighbors and the books about them from Lerner Publications, Everybody Cooks Rice , etc... My interactive storytelling style has the audience making sound effects, singing, chanting and clapping along. We end with a storytelling game to help you "tell your story!"Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear meProgram Length: 45 minutes - 1 hour

Rise up and Tell your Stories!

Audience: Adult or young adult workshops

Knowing and telling your stories to your children or grandchildren is possibly one of the most important things one can do. I will model telling personal stories and using story prompts, participants will find a story of their own to tell and get some experience in telling stories effectively. Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear me Program Length: 45 -1.5 hour

STORYTELLING - your program

Using song, movement, music and audience participation I can present a 30 -60 minute programs of stories from all over the world, and will design a unique program for your event and audience.

Children as Storytellers

Storyteller's Toolbox

Audience: 8 years and up

Learn about the tools of a storyteller by using them. Story and theater exercises help us explore our natural story gifts and we will create the images and words of our own adventures to tell.

Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear me. Program Length: 1 hour workshops on telling tales for 8 years old and up & Workshops on Storytelling ---Available for professional development for classroom teachers and day care providers.

"After Norah's visit we all immediately became storytellers! We look forward to hearing her again" Susan Helen Fitzgerald, Shutesbury Elementary, Shutesbury MA

"Her voice, body language and graceful movements caught the children up in the stories and legends she wove for them. She kept a group diverse in age and ethnic background attentive and encouraged them to tell their own stories...they became storytellers also. "
Marjorie Crowe, Community Services, Attleboro Public Library, Attleboro MA

Wit, Wisdom and Garlic ~ Italian Folktales

Audience: 6 and up

Folk tales from Italy are zesty and flavorful and they contain hard earned "peasant" wisdom. These are my favorites many of which are recorded on my spoken word CD. "Stories Nobody Told Me." Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear me Program Length: 45 minutes

Mary Read, retired pirate

Audience: 6 years and up

Willing to sign on as Mary Read, retired pirate, at your events - historical, piratical or otherwise. Salt, Sea and Piracy with Mary Read Dressed as pirate Mary Read, Norah Dooley, tells tales about the people who sailed in the Golden Age of Piracy, and the wonders of the 7 seas. In the early 1700s Mary Read disguised herself as a sailor to survive in the harsh world and became a pirate by accident when her ship was captured by Captain "Calico Jack" Rackham. Norah tells Mary's story in the first person brandishing pistol and sword and sharing secrets and multicultural stories from her sea bag. Some of her favorites are Maury O'Connor and the Mermaid (Ireland), Arion and the Dolphins (Greek), Ocean Born Mary (New England legend), Mitsue and the Pirates (Japan). Norah plays pennywhistle and leads songs and sea chanties, including : John Kanaka, The Mermaid, & Run the Riggin' Again. While in port, Mary provides 45 minutes to an hour, of historically accurate and engaging fun for families with children. Starting at: $325/negotiable Group Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear Program Length: 45 - 60

Rabbitails

Program Category: * Storytellers *

Audience: pre k

Rollicking and hopping good stories about rabbits - wise, funny, silly, proud and tricky. Stories are from all over the world. The fun is right here! Includes a copy of my new CD, Rabbitails. Ask about block booking discountGroup Size: No maximum as long as all can see and hear me NA Program Length: 45