2011
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Next
performance: Wednesday,
March 30 |
The
Stories of Our Lives
An oral history
project in Arlington, MA
Eighteen 4th-8th grade students interviewing senior citizens and
then
presenting a public program in which they will tell the stories they've collected.
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"Mary
Margaret O'Connell, Thursday,
April 21
Medford (MA) Library Wednesday,
March 16 |
2010
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Tuesday,
March 16—Leominster Crossings, 1160 Main St., Leominster,
, Saturday,
March 13—Wellesley
Public Library Saturday,
March 13—Irish Cultural Center, 200 New Boston Dr.,
Canton |
2009
December
31: First Night, Boston Stories for Children firstnight.org Which One of Us is the Mother Now? Tales from the Nursing Home November 5, Waltham Public Library November 6, Unitarian Universalist Church, Needham November 12, Medford Public Library November 19, Middleborugh Public Library November 20, Independent Christian Unitarian Church, Gloucester |
"Stories of the Sun, Moon, Stars and Constellations"
August 4: Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA
August
6: Boyden Library, Foxboro, MA
August
7: West End Branch of the Boston Public Library
August
12: Medford (MA) Public Library
August
19: Wellesley (MA) Free Library
August
5 : "Mary
Margaret O'Connell, Lowell Mill Girl"
Lowell Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
July
8: "Campfire
Stories / Sun, Moon, Star Myths"
Reading (MA) Public Library
April
8: "Mary
Margaret O'Connell, Lowell Mill Girl"
Irish Cultural Center, Worcester, MA
February
8: Stories and Chants for Children
The Natick Collection, Natick, MA
2008
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"Mary Margaret O'Connell, Lowell Mill Girl" for banquet
August 15: Three shows in Charlestown for ReadBoston |
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August 12: Thayer
Public Library, Braintree, MA
"Wild Stories" for "Wild About Reading"
July 29: Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, MA
"Wild Stories" for "Wild About Reading"
July 28: Two shows for ReadBoston
Wang YMCA, Chinatown, Salvation Army, Roxbury
July 9: Three shows for ReadBoston
Jamaica Plain Head Start, Lena Park Child Development Center, Dorchester.
Bromley Heath Housing Development, Jamaica Plain
July 7: Three shows for ReadBoston
West Roxbury Community Center, West Roxbury/Roslindale YMCA,
Washington Beech Community Center, Roslindale
June 19: Tewksbury (MA) Historical Society @ Tewksbury
Senior Center
"Mary Margaret
O'Connell, Lowell Mill Girl"
March:
private schools, public schools, after-schools, and private functions
in Providence, RI, Nashua, NH, and around Massachusetts.
March 12,
Holbrook Historical Society, Holbrook, MA
"Mary Margaret
O'Connell, Lowell Mill Girl"
March 6,
Irish Hibernian Hall, Worcester, MA
"An Evening with Nora
Joyce, wife of James Joyce"
February
26-29, Sharon does Vegas!
16 shows at schools and libraries in Las Vegas over four days.
2007
September
20, Medford
(MA) Public Library
World premiere of
"The Snapping Turtle of Wright's Pond"
August 15,
Boston Public Library, Copley Square
July 5, "Catch The Beat" with musician Victor
Cockburn
Nevins Library, Methuen, Mass.
An
Evening With Nora Joyce Appropriate only for audiences over 18. Two Standing-Room
Only performances at the March 8, West Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library March 10, South Boston Library March 15, Waltham Library March
18, The Irish Foundation of Lawrence,
Sargent Auditorium, June 14, Medford Public Library |
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May 1, Hamilton Library, Hamilton, MA, "The Strike for Bread & Roses: Lawrence, 1912"
March 24: Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke, MA, “Irish Stories for Families”
March
19: Dedham Library, Dedham, MA, “Irish
Stories for Everyone”
March 6: Faneuil
Library, Brighton, MA, “Irish Folktales
for Everyone”
February 20: Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke,
MA, “Stories
from Around the World:
Focus on Puerto Rico and Ireland”
February 1:
Destination
World, Lawrence,
MA, "Rainforest Stories of South America"
January 20: Robbins Library, Arlington, Mass.,“Stories from Around the World”
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December
31 • First Night Boston Hynes Convention Center “Turtles, Alligators, and Crocodiles” Stories, Chants, and Songs for Families “Irish Stories for Families” "Stories, Songs, and Chants from Around the World" |
November 14: Flint Public Library, Middleton, Mass., Susannah Winslow of Plimoth Plantation
Family
Shows @ Jimmy Tingle’s Off-Broadway Theatre
Davis Square, Somerville
November 5, “Irish Folktales for Families”
November 12, “Wizards, Witches, and Magic Spells”
November 19, “Alligator Pie: Stories of Alligators, Turtles,
and Crocodiles”
October
30: Jimmy Tingle’s Off-Broadway Theatre, Davis Square, Somerville
“Ghostwise: First Annual Halloween Tales
LANES Benefit”
with Tony Toledo, Sharon, Raelinda Woad, and Catherine Conant
Stories
from the Ecuadorian Rain Forest
August 1, Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, Mass.
August 9, Boston Public Library, Copley Square
August 22, Medford (Mass.) Public Library
April 22:
Shift Change!, an evening of stories, comedy, and monologues
for adults
The Congregational Church of West Medford
March 16:
Watertown's Arsenal for the Arts, "Stories
for an Evening"
March 6: Haverhill (Mass.) Library, "Mary
Margaret O'Connell"
February 19: Concord Museum, Warm Words Storytelling Festival
January 22: Fitchburg (Mass.) Library, "Mary Margaret O'Connell"
2005
November 6: Robbins Library, Arlington, "Irish and Jewish Stories for Adults and Children over 10", Dovetails with reading of Snow In August, by Pete Hamill.
October 30: Boston Public Library, Copley Square, "Hallowe'en Stories for School-Age Children"
October 20: Medford (Mass.) Public Library, "Stories from Medford's Many Cultures"
October 1: West Medford (Mass.) Congregational Church, Benefit Concert for New Orleans Hurricane Victims
May 12,
Haverhill (Mass.) Public Library / April 21, Brighton Public Library
/ April 3, Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, Mass. / March 31,
West Roxbury Branch Library, "The Pemberton
Mill Disaster"
March 20: Lowell (Mass.) National Park Visitor Center,"Mary
Margaret O'Connell"
March 16:
Waltham (Mass.) Public Library, "The Pemberton
Mill Disaster"
March 6: Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, Mass., "The
Pemberton Mill Disaster"
Sponsored by the Ancient order of Hibernians
February 27: Worcester (Mass.) Public Library, "The Pemberton Mill Disaster"
December
5: National Visitor Center, Lowell, Mass., Moses Greely Parker Series
"The Strike for Bread and Roses, Lawrence
1912"
November 10: Flint Public Library, Middleton, Mass., Stories
for 9- to 14-year-olds
November 7: Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, Multi-media
performance of "Heroes"
with composer/synthesist Paul Lehrman
October 21: Hamilton Public Library, Scary
Stories for Halloween
October 19: Brighton Public Library, Stories for 3- to 6-year-olds
September
13: Swampscott Public Library, Preview for North Shore libraries
September 6 (Labor Day): Bread and Roses Festival, Lawrence, Mass.
"The Strike for Bread and Roses, Lawrence
1912"
August 26-30: Storytelling performances and teaching in Wisconsin
August 21: The Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Mass., Animal Stories
August
4: Boston Public Library, Main branch,
"Explore Other Worlds: Magic and Transformation"
July 25 & 31:: The Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Mass.,
Animal Stories
March 21: Community Church of Boston, Copley Square, "Mary Margaret O'Connell"
March 20: West Roxbury Library , Centre Street, Irish Stories for Children
March 4: Boston Public Library, Brighton Branch , "The Strike for Bread and Roses: Lawrence, 1912"
February
24: Waltham Public Library, Adult Folktales and Amusing Stories
from Ireland, Italy, and Laos
January 29-February 2 and February 26-March 1: Performing and
teaching storytelling for Lesley University on Bainbridge, Fidalgo, and
Whidbey Islands, Washington State
January 24: Boston Public Library, Roslindale Branch , "Winter Stories"
Sharon's
"Mary Margaret O'Connell" has been performed this year
at schools and libraries in Milton, Rowley, New Salem, Danvers, Wenham,
Haverhill, Woburn, and Winchester.
If you'd like to have her come to your town, call your local library!
2003
December 13: Malden Holiday Celebration , Ferryway School
November
20: Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline, Tellabration
with Sharon, Marianne Donnelly, Guy Peartree, and Tony Toledo. Tales
of conjure, ghosts, Ireland, and Sharon's "Hot
Flash!"
(a very funny tale of menopause)
November
15: Labyrinth Coffeehouse at the Congregational Church, West
Medford
Eight Lesley University graduate student storytellers from Sturbridge,
Mass., bewitching and beguiling
with their extraordinary skills,
with Sharon as M.C.......
November 7: New England Regional Genealogical Conference, Sea Crest
Resort, North Falmouth, Massachusetts, "The
Strike for Bread and Roses: Lawrence, 1912"
October 30: Brighton Public Library, "Scary Stories for Halloween"
October 18: Scituate Storytelling Festival, Especially geared to school-aged children
September
19: Brown
& Brew, Tufts University in Medford
"Hot Flash!" (a very funny
tale of menopause)
September
6: The grand opening of 
in Medford
Stories for Children of All Ages.
July 30: Boston Public Library, Copley Square
Sharon's return to Charlestown!
Comedy from the Irish Countryside
and
Tragedy from Lawrence, Massachusetts
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| photo
by James Higgins |
Part
1: Jokes and comical stories collected in 1987
in
Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Galway, and Kerry.
Part 2: Follow the fate of the five members of the Callahan
family who were working at the Permberton Mill on January 10, 1860,
when it collapsed and killed 88 workers.
Originally
commissioned by the Museum of American Textile History.
at the Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker
Hill Street
Read this
great review from
more details here!
March 8: Roslindale Public Library
School performances:
Harvard, Framingham, Dedham, Needham, West Newbury
Medford, Hamilton, Lowell, Springfield and Boston Public Schools
2002
November 18 : Medford (MA) Library
October 27 : Scary Stories for Halloween, Regent Theater, Arlington, MA
July 30: Springfield (MA) Library
August 7: Boston Public Library, Copley Square
May 9:
Thayer Library, Braintree
May 21: Folktales from Around the World, Winchester
(MA) Public Library
April 16-27:
Folktales from Around the World
South Medford (MA) Fire Station / Wesley United Methodist Church, Medford
St. Francis Parish Hall, Medford / West Medford Baptist Church
March 23: Mary Margaret O'Connell, Adams St. Public Library, Dorchester, MA
March 14: Mary Margaret O'Connell, American Textile Museum, Lowell, MA
February 24: Groveland Historical Society, Groveland, MA
2001
November
4: The Boy Who Had No Story
in response to the tragedies of September 11
at the Quaker Meeting Service, Friends Meeting House, Cambridge
September
23: Boston Folk Festival
UMass Boston Harbor Campus