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SCEP Live Online: Storyteller Nyla Fujii-Babb

October 20, 10:00am - 11:00am
Mānoa Campus, UH Manoa Outreach College

Of Asian and Native 51��׻��ian ancestry, Nyla (Ching) Fujii-Babb has been a professional storyteller, artistic director, voiceover talent, producer, and actress for over 40 years in 51��׻��‘i and on the mainland. She has appeared on stage with Kumu Kahua Theatre Company, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, the 51��׻��‘i Ponoi Coalition, The Aratani Japan-America Theatre in Los Angeles, and the Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston. She has appeared in a few locally produced films and has been a voiceover talent for a number of 51��׻��‘i Public Television specials. She has been a featured teller at numerous mainland festivals including the Illinois Storytelling Festival, the St. Louis Storytelling Festival at the Arch, and the Bay Area Storytelling Festival in California. She was an “exchange place” and a “featured storyteller” at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. She has performed as a live-stream actress for Kumu Kahua Theatre Company, the 51��׻��‘i Ponoi Coalition and for the University of 51��׻��‘i Outreach College’s SCEP online. Nyla is on the Board of Monkey Waterfall Dance Theatre Company. A retired librarian, she is also adjunct faculty for the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. The Fall International Storyteller Series is presented in conjunction with the 51��׻��‘i Book and Music Festival.

Ticket Information
Register online here: https://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/events/storyteller-nyla-fujii-babb-13/

Event Sponsor
UH Manoa Outreach College, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Outreach College, (808) 956-8246, csinfo@hawaii.edu,