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Tim Ereneta, Storyteller

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About Me

Storyteller Tim Ereneta brings to life traditional tales for contemporary audiences, available for storytelling events or as a one-man solo performance for theatrical venues. Tim's repertoire includes classic fairy tales as well as grim and gruesome folk tales of the Middle Ages. Appropriate for adult audiences and those who can listen like adults (Ages 11 and up).

He is the recipient of the National Storytelling Network's 2006 J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Grant. His performance was selected as one of the Top Five Acts of the 2005 Rogue Performance Festival, where The Fresno Bee called him "Droll, funny and original."

As a playwright and actor, Tim brings over 17 years of theatre experience to his storytelling, including appearances at the Orlando, Edmonton, and San Francisco Fringe Festivals, Fresno's Rogue Festival, the Bay Area Storytelling Festival, and the Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival in Athens, Georgia. For ten years, he was in the mainstage company of BATS Improv, one of San Francisco's most popular improvisation troupes.

Other stage credits include the original cast of Mary Zimmerman's The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at the Lookingglass theatre and Dino Doesn't Live Here Any More for two seasons at the Lawrence Hall of Science.

Contact Tim at: [email protected](MySpace layout provided by Mike Industries .)

My Interests

storytelling, peak oil, natural history, compost, everything2, chocolate chip cookies, improv, fatherhood, ukulele, donuts, Flickr, live theatre, solar energy

I'd like to meet:

Storytellers. Improvisers. Everything2 noders. Ukulele players. Anyone who owns a ladder. Shahrukh Khan.

Music:

bluegrass, old-time, Tin Pan Alley, Western Swing, alt.country, americana, jazz and pop vocals, surf, rockabilly, film scores, folk

Movies:

Ran. Life of Brian. Wings of Desire. City of Lost Children. Night of the Hunter. Mohabbatein. Some Like It Hot. The Empire Strikes Back. Harold and Maude. Wages of Fear. Kandukondain Kandukondain

Television:

The Backyardigans. The Amazing Race. Arrested Development. Jim Henson's The Storyteller. The Office (UK). The Office (US).

Books:

Impro. East Village Inky. The Omnivore's Dilemma. Last Train to Memphis. War with the Newts. American Gods. Cometbus. Botany of Desire. Phantom Tollbooth. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Anansy Boys. The Storyteller's Journey. Harriet the Spy. The Secret Friend. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.

My Blog

Chart Toppers of 1349!

Coming soon to a castle near you! Or a tavern. Or a dung heap.A>Angels. Devils. Shapeshifters. Wizards. Heroes. Monsters. Princes.Paupers. Death.And a turnip.Fourteenth century pop culture fans, look ...
Posted by Tim Ereneta, Storyteller on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:00:00 PST

What Kind of Stories Do I Tell?

I tell traditional stories: folk tales. fairy tales. ghost stories. I tell them straight up. I prefer to tell them to adults, but I'm happy to tell stories to teens. I can tell stories to kids who kno...
Posted by Tim Ereneta, Storyteller on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:29:00 PST

Welcome, STORYTELL visitors!

If you're visiting from the Storytell listserv, welcome.I don't actually use the blog here (yet), but thought I'd add an entry so that if you are a storyteller or story listener new to Myspace you can...
Posted by Tim Ereneta, Storyteller on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:49:00 PST