Starting with her first Theatre of the Spoken Word production in 1991, Milbre has worked tirelessly to move storytelling beyond the festival tent or church basement and onto the proscenium stage. Conceived as fully realized mainstage performances with sets, props and staging, her Theatre of the Spoken Word performances transform folk art into fine art.

Click here for details about the six one-woman shows in her repertoire.

School and Community Performances

Besides her fully staged shows, Milbre presents a myriad of “spoken word chamber concerts” for adult and family audiences, professional, school and community groups. With just Milbre, a microphone and an audience, you’re ready to go. Blending gesture and language in stories from literature, legend and lore, she demonstrates that once upon a time is now.

Click here for sample titles and themes of her 45-90 minute “spoken word chamber concert” performances.

Educational Offerings

Milbre has been an artist-in-residence since 1978, working for state and local arts councils across the USA and in Europe. Her students have been university and college undergraduates; adult conference attendees; mainstream Pre-K to 12th graders as well as ESL, hearing impaired and developmentally disabled children of all ages; at-risk teens; well elders; mentally challenged adults; and minimum and maximum security prison inmates. She has also taught fellow tellers, family business owners, journalists, therapists, ministers, rabbis, lay people and countless teachers earning CEU's.

Click here for Study Guide, sample workshops, residency offerings and bibliographical material.

Workshops for Educators, Librarians, Storytelling Practioners and Others

Workshops can be offered singly or mixed and matched as an all-day package of in-service workshops, continuing education classes, intensives, or university master classes, depending on the sponsor's needs.

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