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Program Description
Event Details
Join us for an evening of scary stories with acclaimed storyteller Steve Daut. After the storytelling, participants are invited to explore a spooky StoryWalk® designed for an older audience along the trail at Riverside Park. This event will take place outdoors at the Riverside Park Pavilion in downtown DeWitt. Storytelling begins at 7:30 pm but stop by as early as 7 pm to enjoy cider and doughnuts beforehand. Make sure to bring a flashlight!
This event is open to adults, teens, and older school-age children. In the event of rain the storytelling will be held at the DeWitt City Hall Community Room.
About Steve:
Steve has been telling stories ever since the dog first ate his homework. During his early years in Iowa, he told stories about imaginary aunts, lovelorn people seeking advice, and legendary pets. Growing up on the Mississippi River, he loved Mark Twain stories, and today his Telling Twain book (which received Honors in 2020 from the Storytelling World Awards), program, and podcast reflect that early love. His stories took the form of magic acts for many years, then playwrighting, acting and directing, sketch and standup comedy, and improv. In the spoken word form we call "storytelling", he has found a true home. He fuses all of this breadth of experience together to provide storytelling programs full of humor, heart, and just perhaps - a bit of magic.
Steve has honed these skills, not only through experience, but also training in various aspects of stage performance. Steve is a graduate of numerous performance-based programs, including The Second City, the Purple Rose Theatre, Chili's Comedy Dojo, as well as various storytelling workshops and master classes.