COMMISSIONS
Explore your chosen subject in a profound way with guidance by Adam
Adam can bring your project to life by transforming your vision into a captivating and immersive experience. With his unique background, Adam is adept at blending historical, cultural, and artistic elements into his performances. Whether crafting a custom story, designing a thematic presentation, or weaving narrative into movement, he brings a multi-disciplinary approach that engages audiences on multiple levels. Adam works closely with you to ensure your message and ideas are fully realized, using his expertise to create a compelling, dynamic experience that resonates long after the performance ends.
A Recent Commission
Fiddlin’ Bobby Byrd, Mountain Musician
Commissioned by the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education - 2024
Theater Experiences
Adam's storytelling ignites theater audiences, taking listeners to new depths of emotional experience. His theater programs range from full-length concert pieces, like those in the Appalachian 20th Century series, to thematic programs made of multiple curated stories.
His solo concerts bring a range of interactive human experiences, including laughter, joy, sadness, tears, and excitement, and are suitable for small to medium-sized theater spaces and auditoriums.
Let me tell you a story.
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Appalachian 20th Century Series
Adam's Appalachian 20th Century is a series of original neo-traditional stories that illuminate the Appalachian experience over a hundred years. Each piece combines two traditional tales, sets them in different decades around historical events, and includes regional music. These stories, distinct from Adam's other works, are available for individual concerts.
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Ghost Stories and Spooky Tales
Like the scary stuff? So does Adam.
YES, he tells spooky stories. YES, they are scary. YES, people jump and call out during these tales, even high school students and adults! Adam's spooky stories include traditional and original stories about ghosts (haints, haunts, & boogers), witches, inexplicable phenomena, and strange creatures from West Virginia.
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House Concerts
A house concert is an exciting, fun way to bring live storytelling into your home. Many house concerts begin with either food & drink provided by the host or a small potluck. This is a party that features intimate entertainment! Adam will tell stories in two sets with an intermission for noshing. House concerts are great opportunities to experience top-notch words art and music only a few feet away from the entertainer.