Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Loren Niemi

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Loren Niemi is an innovative storyteller creating, coaching/directing, performing, producing, teaching and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings for over 45 years. He has done 36 Fringe Festivals in eight cities as solo or ensemble storytelling performances since 1996. Howard Lieberman has been his performing partner for 18 of them, proving as Paul Burchill said in the LA Times: “These two are fascinating performers who manage to whip up a theatrical experience from little more than their mouths and imaginations”.

Loren has participated in over 230 poetry and story slams since 1995 and has won 89 first, second, or third places and 2 grand slams, as well as being a member of the Minnesota 1998 National Poetry Slam team. He is a 2016 recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2020 founded the American School of Storytelling, providing on-line and in-person classes, workshops and performances of the oral arts. For more information: http://www.lorenNiemistories.com or http://www.americanschoolofstorytelling.com