3 Training Programs for Educational and Medical Communities

That Fading Scent: A Seditious Comedy About Women and Aging

Retiring the Champ is a story about coaching the world's smallest heavyweight through her last big bout; only this fight ring echoes with the sounds of laughter and redemption. The physical journey from downsizing the home and dealing with the medical and elder care establishment, and the social journey involving the delicate weave of family relationships and the spiritual journey of a son from angry boy to soulful adult is the stuff of this tale. Review l Video Clip

About This Story l Bringing this Story to Your Conference or Community l What People Are Saying l About Judith Black

"CHARGE NURSE"
Commissioned by the Pediatric Emergency Nursing Conference of Conn., this story takes you into the heart, mind, and body of an emergency pediatric care. You will travel through laughter and tears, emerging with a view from the other side of the intake desk. 30-45 minutes

ESAU, My Son "This child has ADD, nadirs in Executive Functioning Disorder, Auditory Processing and Long Term Recall, and an attitude. Did I mention the attitude?" All educators know students like this. You spend your professional lives trying to engage them in the process of education. Here is an opportunity to view these students through a different lens. This very funny and poignant tale for parents and educators alike, is about the barbed wire of parenting, and how our children, if we listen and learn, eventually teach us who they are and how to nurture them. 40 minutes

OY PARENTING

  • Esau, My Son: In a family of 'Jacobs' the intellectual inheritors of the tribe and tradition, what happens when you birth an 'Esau,' a hairy lover of meat and hunting? This very funny and poignant tale for parents and educators alike, is about the barbed wire of parenting, and how our children, if we listen and learn, eventually teach us who they are and how to nurture them. 40 minutes
  • How I Learned to love Football: What is a post-feminist, pacifist, mother to do when football is her son's only passion? 15 minutes
  • The Kid Gets Religion: A short and funny tale about what draws a young person into maintaining a relationship with the faith of their family, post Bar Mitzvah.
    12 minutes
  • The Adventures of Nurture Mom: When our children are born we have an image of the perfect life we'll provide. Deeply committed to organic foods, cotton diapers, wooden toys, and peaceful play activities, the 'good' mother plans on raising another Ghandi or King. It is our children who lead us on the road we would not have chosen! 20 minutes
  • Solomon's Story: Did you ever wonder how old souls are called from the heavens and back to do duty on this earth? This tale explains the miracle. 8 minutes


"A WORLD OF TALES"
From the love stories of our immigrant great grandmothers, to hard earned lessons taught to us by our children, to adult yearnings at the sight of our muscled window washers, these tales will have you laughing until your sides hurt and sighing in recognition of our shared human condition. Specific tales and running time are flexible.

"Banned in the Western Suburbs":
Stories of Relationships and Erotica, all from a woman's point of view.  Review

"Tettering on the Edge":
Can one woman balance three suitors, control compulsive ice cream eating and remember what's on the roof of her car before she drives off? Review

"Looking For G-d's Doorbell":
An exploration into that oh so American ritual called Bar Mitzvah. Review

"Adult Children of...Parents":
A comedy about dysfunctional families which seeks to answer the question; Must we become our parents as we raise our own offspring.. Review