From FirstNight Boston to colleges,  schools and libraries around the United States storyteller Alicia Quintano brings a unique combination of humor and dramatic interpretation to performances of personal stories, original songs, and selections from world folklore.

 She has taught writing and storytelling to students as young as eight and as old as eighty receiving enthusastic reviews for her creativity and supportive teaching style.

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Notes from Alicia's writing workshops:

The prompt:

"You have a wishing machine but it’s broken.  How do you know it’s broken?”

 After a few responses 3^rd grader Keith raised his hand:

 “Instead of your wish you get something that rhymes with it.”

 Fanciful suggestions followed!  We asked for a dog but got a hog…asked for a chair and lost all our hair…