Fred Motley

Storyteller/Griot

Storyteller: Performances as teller include

  • Wake Forest Storytelling Festival, Wake County Public Library, Raleigh, NC
  • North Carolina Storyfest, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Danville Storytelling Festival, Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, Danville, VA

 

Storytelling Artist-in-Residence: storyteller/educator

  • Person County elementary schools, Person County Arts Council, Roxboro, NC
  • Columbus County DREAM Center, Inc. Whiteville, North Carolina
  • Piedmont Regional Summer Governor School (Drama) Chatham, VA

 

Actor

  • Virginia Repertory (Touring), Richmond, Virginia
  • Poetry Alive (Touring) Ashville, North Carolina
  • Triad Stage, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA
  • The Barn Dinner Theater, Greensboro, NC

Fred Motley

View the 2022 DSF performance below.

ASL

Spanish Language

Guest Director

  • Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh, NC
  • Averett University, Theatre Department, Danville, VA
  • Ferrum College, Theatre Department, Ferrum, VA

 

Publication

  • "A time To Listen: An Anthology of Southern Writers" The Writers Guild, Fayetteville, NC
  • "Late Knocking" Writer Ink, Bel Air, Maryland
  • "Danville Black Gold" Danville, Virginia

Education

  • Bachelor of Science Degree (Business Admin.) Barber-Scotia College, Concord, NC

 

Honor and Awards

  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Living Epistle Bible College, Brown Summit, NC
  • Certificate of Recognition, Governor's Award for the Arts, Richmond, VA
  • Outstanding Service in the Arts Award, The Links Incorporated (Eastern Division) Roanoke, VA

Latest Work

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