Traditional Stories for Contemporary AudiencesTim Ereneta is a storyteller based in the San Francisco Bay Area, who brings to life old fairy tales for modern audiences. But don’t expect pixie dust, unicorns, and rainbows. Tim tells the stories with all their gory details: where parents abandon their children in the woods to witches and monsters, and happy endings include villains "getting the axe."
An experienced presenter for family audiences, Tim enjoys sharing lesser known European wonder tales and world folk tales to the delight of listeners of all ages.
Tim has several programs for adult listeners, including--
Chart Toppers of 1349!: Angels. Devils. Shapeshifters. Wizards. Heroes. Monsters. Princes. Paupers. Death. We’re counting down the mischievous and macabre stories that blazed up the European charts seven centuries ago!
Fie, Foh, Fum: There’s a giant, living atop a beanstalk, who has few things to say to the intruder hiding somewhere in his kitchen.
Happy Endings are Overrated: The Life and Times of Prince Charming: You’ve heard her side of the story. Cinderella. Snow White. Sleeping Beauty. Now hear the stories behind the stories from the prince who was there.
Storytellers Unplugged: what happens when storytellers take the stage without their stories? This ensemble creates them on the spot in this witty, poignant, and surprising improvisational theater.
Based in Berkeley, California, Storyteller Tim Ereneta brings to life classic and forgotten fairy tales from a new perspective, available for storytelling and spoken word events, or as a one-man solo performance for house concerts, conferences, and theatrical venues.
Sold Out at the San Francisco Fringe Festival.
Selected as one of the Top Five Acts of the 2005 Rogue Performance Festival
"Droll, funny and original" --The Fresno Bee
"Tim is a contemporary, hip storyteller... original and authentic. His style is gracefully conversational with an ironic sensibility that gives his work depth and yet doesn’t rob it of a comic center. He is understated, wry, and in every way a sophisticated an urban and urbane teller." -- Gay Ducey, Artistic Director of the Bay Area Storytelling Festival
As a playwright and actor, Tim brings over 19 years of theatre experience to his storytelling. For ten years, he was in the mainstage company of BATS Improv, one of San Francisco’s most popular improvisation troupes. He has performed in schools from San Jose to Sacramento. He was the recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Grant for 2006, awarded each year to a storyteller of major and unique performing talent who has not yet received wide public recognition. He is a co-founder of Storytellers Unplugged, an ensemble of performers who use improvisation to reveal the power of story in our everyday lives.
Some places where Tim has told stories:
*Bay Area Storytelling Festival, El Sobrante, CA
*Cinema San Pedro, San Jose, CA
*Emergent Storytelling Series, Phoenix, AZ
*Foothill Farmlands ARTS Festival, Sonora, CA
*Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA
*Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
*The Marsh, San Francisco, CA
*The Purple Onion, San Francisco, CA
*Rogue Festival, Fresno, CA
*San Francisco Fringe Festival
*San Francisco Improv Festival
*Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival, Athens, Georgia
*Tell It on Tuesday, Berkeley, CA
*Telling Tales Festival, Berkeley, CA
Tim is also an experienced workshop presenter. He has led classes and workshops for the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, BATS Improv, the National Storytelling Network Conference, and the Northlands Storytelling Conference. Workshops available:
* Improvisation for Storytellers
* Vocal Characterization
* Improvisation for Families and Classrooms
* Compelling Communication
* Storytelling at the Fringe
