‘Fresh Starts & New Beginnings’ at Arizona Storytellers
Arizona Storytellers Project celebrates the new year with stories about change.
Change can be getting a new haircut, having a baby, deleting a number or leaving it all behind.
For Paradise Valley attorney Kathryn Smith, change came once her daughter left for college.
“As an empty nester, I feel free and afraid. Many of my friends are in the same boat.” Smith said. “Our kids are in college and we’re beginning a new stage of life. In crafting this story, I’m more comfortable with being uncomfortable.”
Smith and three others will share stories about things that changed their lives at the Arizona Storytellers “Fresh Starts and New Beginnings” show Tuesday, Jan. 14, at The Van Buren live event space in downtown Phoenix.
Roxanne De La Rosa was a single mother who wanted a place to call home for her and her daughter. But she bought her first home during the recession, a frustrating process that she never expected to go through.
“I hope that the audience will see themselves in some way through my story and learn the power of letting go. Especially when situations in our lives don’t go as planned,” De La Rosa said.
The show will also include librarian
Catherine Lockmiller and entrepreneur Daniel Campbell.
Arizona Storytellers: Fresh Starts & New Beginnings
When: 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Where: The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix.
Admission: $12. Student: $8. Season Pass: $288. Two tickets for each show during Arizona Storytellers 2020 season.
Supporter Seating: $425. Supporter seating ticket holders get priority seating on the first two rows and their name featured in Storyteller Project show programs.
Details:www.tickets.storytellers project.com
Next show: Love, Like and It’s Complicated.
Dating in the digital age can be exhausting, exhilarating and downright crazy on Feb. 11, at The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Tellers needed. Pitch a story at www.storytellersproject.com/tell.
Become a teller
The Arizona Storytellers Project strongly believes that everyone has a story and everyone can tell it. None of the storytellers who take our stage are professionals. They are your neighbors, friends or co-workers, and they are coached to tell stories by Arizona Republic journalists.
Submit your story storytellersproject.com/tell. pitch at