Stories on Stage: Debra Gwartney and I Am a Stranger Here Myself

Stories on Stage will host a free, live performance of an excerpt of Debra Gwartney’s current memoir, I Am a Stranger Here Myself. We’ll share details about the actor soon. Kelley Ogden will perform Debra’s story. Again, with only one story to perform, we’ll offer author questions and answers.

The performance will also be live-streamed via Facebook and recorded for later viewing

Gwartney’s most-recent book is part history, part memoir, tapping into personal and historical details that reveal the universal need to belong and the snarl of family history, while embracing womanhood in the patriarchal American West. Gwartney teaches in the MFA Program at Pacific University.

Performer Kelley Ogden, is a familiar face to Stories on Stage fans, and an accomplished performer, director, and producer whose work has been seen throughout the area. Co-founder of acclaimed fringe theater company KOLT Run Creations, she has performed with Capital Stage, Davis Shakespeare Festival, Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, Main Street Theatre Works, and Theater Galatea, among others. Ogden earned her BFA in performance from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.