The
Talk to
Strangers
Campaign
Calling for consumer awareness, independent voices, and cross-discipline collaboration in film, print, and performance.
The Inciting Incident
In the last 100 years, the delivery of stories has changed drastically. Personal, live storytelling like theatre and oral storytelling has been largely replaced by TV, film, and internet. Reading is arguably in the process of moving from the printed page to the computer screen. Stories are no longer told to us by someone who we can shake hands with and look in they eye, but by people far off in LA or New York.
With things changing so quickly, it's hard to predict how storytelling will evolve. Will theatre become relegated to the realm of high culture? Will we have to eke out our stories from the muddled plots of reality TV shows? Will we never again be able to flip through the pages of a book?
The Moment of Choice
Here at TTSC, we regard live, quality storytelling as vital to humans on a very basic level. And so we believe that now is the time for a resurgence in live & local storytelling.
We recognize that you, as a consumer, have a choice: Just as you can choose to nourish your body with locally grown produce instead of a TV dinner, you can choose to nourish your cultural and imaginative life with college theater instead of reality TV, with indie films instead of formulaic Hollywood productions, and with conversation instead of celebrity scandals. Consider yourself challenged to choose.
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TTSC Links:
- Tell the Truth and Lie About ItCross-training techniques for storytellers.
- Spread the Word!Link to TTSC.
- Local OptionsExplore the many levels of local.
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