Gloucester Writers Center

The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town

The Gloucester Writers Center and the Gloucester Stage present…

Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:30 PM

at the Gloucester Stage

FISH TALES: ANCESTORS

Sponsored by Neptune’s Harvest

Real Stories, Told Live

TICKETS

The next Fish Tales theme will be “Ancestors”. Hosted by Storyteller-in-Residence Gabrielle Watling, the show will be performed at the Gloucester Stage Company (267 E. Main Street, Gloucester MA, 01930). Tickets are $25; no one turned away due to lack of funds. This is a fundraising event and all proceeds benefit both two local nonprofit organizations: the Gloucester Writers Center and the Gloucester Stage Company. To purchase a ticket, click HERE. 

2022 marks the 10th year anniversary for Fish Tales. Even during the pandemic, this program kept on its path to share the real stories of local people. At the start, it was just an idea. An adaptation of an idea to be exact. A local storytelling program at the Gloucester Writers Center (GWC) – because at heart every writer is a storyteller. In fact, we are all storytellers. Each day we tell stories about where we’ve been, what we’ve seen, and who we’ve talked to – all with color and flare, seriousness and humor, love and affection. It was Timba Bell who hosted the first MOTH-like program at GWC. And the first Fish Tales was held in January 2013, theme: Hook, Line and Sinker. Six or seven people showed up.

Over the past ten year, Fish Tales has grown from a cozy storytelling evening at the GWC to a happening weekend evening night event every five to six weeks with an audience of 80-150 people at shows in different places in the community. We have a fan base. People tell us that Fish Tales is their favorite event in Gloucester because it showcases real people, telling true stories from the heart. Our storytellers are vulnerable, ready to share, funny and honest, and our enthusiastic audience reminds us that it is a joy and privilege to sit and listen to someone else’s life for a while.   

Thank you to our partners at the Gloucester Stage for making this event possible, and to our friends (and sponsor) at Neptune’s Harvest. Your support makes it possible for all voices to be heard. 

 

Fish Tales – “Cats & Dogs” – October 3rd, 2014

Fish Tales – “Bad Luck” – March 13th, 2015

Fish Tales – “TV” – December 4th, 2015

Fish Tales – “Poetry” – February 5, 2016

Fish Tales – “Analyze This” – Winter 2016

Fish Tales – “Nerds” – March 24, 2017

Fish Tales – “I Protest” – May 22, 2017

Fish Tales – “Birth” – July 25, 2017

Fish Tales – “ROAD TRIP” – November 11, 2017

Fish Tales – “High School” – April 3, 2018

Fish Tales – “Women & Children First” – July 30, 2018

Fish Tales – “Our Town” – October 3, 2018

Fish Tales – “I am More” – October 19, 2018

Fish Tales – “Radio Days” – May 20, 2019

Fish Tales – “Beyond Belief” – December 12, 2019

Fish Tales – “True Love” – February 21, 2020

Fish Tales – “REDO” – May 22, 2020

Fish Tales – “Turning Point” – March 5, 2021

Fish Tales – “Are We There Yet?” – April 12, 2021

Fish Tales – “Boundaries” – August 19, 2021

 

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