About Becky Stone

Becky Stone, MA, a native of Philadelphia, PA, has lived in Western North Carolina for the last 30 years.  During that time she has drawn upon her actor training at Vassar  College to become a storyteller. Becky has
performed African-American, Appalachian, and world tales at schools, libraries and festivals. She also researched, developed, and performed historical programs for the Center for Diversity Education in Asheville, The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, the Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater, and the Univ. of North Carolina at Asheville.

Becky participated in Chautauqua for the first time in 2003 as Pauli Murray. We last saw her in 2006 as Harriet Tubman. Becky holds a BA from Vassar College in drama and an MA in Elementary Educational Counseling from Villanova University.

While raising their four children, she and her husband started GreenPrints Magazine, a garden quarterly. Recently, Becky started teaching theater part-time at Veritas Christian Academy in Fletcher, NC.

Becky has been a regular storyteller-performer at the Biltmore Estate for the last 4 years. That still leaves time to act professionally and storytelling. “I am thrilled about returning to Greenville and this wonderful Chautauqua  community. I think you will find Rosa Parks a surprising woman and the emergence of the civil rights movement an empowering experience.”