Laura K. Deal
Photo credit: Kevin Raeder
Laura Deal is a storyteller, writer, dream reader, and teacher with a wide variety of artistic and social interests.
Laura Deal tells traditional, original, and personal tales to children and adults. You can hear her stories on YouTube, the Story Story Podcast, the Apple Seed on BYU Radio, and her CDs, The Diffendaffer Taffy Cafe and Other Stories and Simple, Clever, & Wise. Laura is a 2022 Chautauqua Scholar through a grant from Humanities North Dakota. She has appeared on festival stages (in person and online) across the U.S., and has taught writing classes for over a decade. She’s the author of The Newcomer’s Guide to the Invisible Realm: A Journey through Dreams, Metaphor, and Imagination, and Marbles: New and Collected Poems.
You can find her storytelling and writing work here, and also check out her dream work site First Church of Metaphor!
Examples of Reimagined Tales
Here are a couple of examples of reimagined folk tales that I thought you might enjoy.
Workshop: Reimagining Traditional Tales
I’m delighted to offer a workshop through Story Crossroads’ All Things Story Virtual Workshop Series on reimagining traditional folk tales. April 9, 9-10:30 a.m. MDT
Fairy Tale Variations: Little Red Riding Hood!
Check out the Event Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/646231509979122/ Ticketing Page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fairy-tale-variations-little-red-riding-hood-tickets-253697033657 “Go straight to Grandma’s and do not step off the path . . . “Let Stories
Introductory Dream Workshop
Artists Standing Strong Together presents Monday Night Workshops – The Teacher Within: An Introduction to the Meaning of Dreams, an online workshop conducted by Laura Deal; Monday,
Food, Folx, and Fun!
I’m delighted and honored to be performing in Better Said Than Done’s End of Year Celebration and #storytellingshow “Food, Folx, and Fun!” Join us on
New Voice at Stone Soup Storytelling Festival!
I’m thrilled to be a New Voice at the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival! We were going to be together in person, but pandemic safety moved