StoryTelling
Both Dotti and Steve Seitz are story tellers in addition to being puppeteers. Dotti tells stories from her Cheyenne Indian tradition as well as stories from other tribes, and Steve tells an eclectic variety of stories from western and Asian traditions. We weave stories into our shows depending on their content and goals, and we also do shows entirely based on story telling.
A Sampling of Story Titles
Curses and Blessings: A web of stories within a story showing how our assumptions about what events are good and bad are often wrong.
Christmas in Meeville: Shows how a chance encounter with a mysterious man can change how and why we celebrate Christmas.
The Gifts of Walli Dad: Being good hearted and living simply can be difficult for others to understand in a self-centered world, and can lead to funny commplications.
The Wing: A sweet story of adversity turning into beauty.
God’s Cake: How distasteful things can become a wonderful treat.
The Octopus Lady and the Crow: An American Indian tale about not listening to your elders can get you into a lot of trouble.
The Fortunate Fortune Teller: Humility overcoming Greed leads to good fortune.
Grafnagle Stories:
A series of home-grown fairy tales including:
Spirit River
Anjin
King of the Fireflies
The Figure Skates