Barry Deitz is a life long reader and book enthusiast. His literary performances weave together the life and times of beloved literary and historical figures into narratives that inform and entertain his audiences. His local history programs explore how events in local history are connected with the larger historical and cultural influences in our society.
Past performance titles and topics include:
- Writers In Love
- Life & Times of Henry David Thoreau
- Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot
- The Writing of A Christmas Carol
- When The Road Went Through: The Building of Route 91 in Western Massachusetts
- Emily Dickinson's Garden
- WWI Poetry
- Irish Writers
- Classic Movie Monsters
- Bread & Roses: Women in the Mills of New England
- Poetry of Robert Frost
- Dracula & Vampire Fiction
- Explaining Ourselves: The Revolutionary Correspondence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- Abraham Lincoln in Photographs
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Lewis Carroll and the Writing of Alice In Wonderland
- Visual Literature: The Emergence of Graphic Novels
