AN ONGOING ONLINE GUIDED STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE
Find your story.
Free your voice.
Bring your storytelling to life through language, voice, gesture, imagination, and the art of human connection.
An ongoing online program for emerging and mid-career storytellers.
“With speech, sound, music and, above all, inspired imagination, storytelling becomes a way of drawing an audience into another world.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE FOUR RIVERS METHOD
Where the four rivers meet,
storytelling comes alive.
You already carry stories worth telling. The Four Rivers Method helps you uncover them, shape them, and bring them fully to life.
Created by Dr. David Gonzalez over four decades of performance and teaching, the method brings together the four essential currents of expressive storytelling.
Language
Find the words, images, rhythm, and structure that give your story meaning.
Voice
Develop confidence, character, emotion, breath, and musicality.
Gesture
Use movement, expression, and physical presence to make a story visible.
Imagination
Create the inner world that invites an audience to see, feel, and wonder.
YOUR TRANSFORMATION
You don't have to arrive as a polished storyteller.
You arrive ready to become one.
Through expert guidance, generous practice, and a community that believes in your voice, you will move toward more expressive confidence.
Participants can expect to come away with:
✦ Signature stories ready for the stage
✦ A portfolio of adaptable stories
✦ A repeatable process for developing new work
✦ More confidence in performance and professional settings
THE ONGOING EXPERIENCE
Structure to grow.
Space to explore.
Monthly Live Story Workshops
One 90-minute workshop each month combining instruction, guided exercises, demonstrations, and practice.
Monthly Story Labs
A 90-minute storytelling mastermind where participants develop authentic stories through performance, coaching, and community.
Monthly DIY Gatherings
The cohort meets independently each month, with guidelines to practice, exchange ideas, and strengthen community.
Private Sessions
Individually scheduled coaching sessions are available.
YOUR CREATIVE JOURNEY
Keep growing,
keep discovering...
THE SOURCE — Discover the stories that call to you.
LANGUAGE AND SHAPE — Build vivid scenes with structure, image, rhythm, repetition, and meaning.
VOICE & PRESENCE — Explore breath, sound, character, emotion, gesture, and stage presence.
THE CONFLUENCE — Bring all four rivers together in an embodied, memorable performance.
STORIES THAT WORK — Adapt storytelling for education, advocacy, leadership, media, and professional life.
FROM PAGE TO STAGE — Refine, rehearse, and share your signature story.
THIS ROOM IS FOR YOU
Your experience is enough to begin.
You may be an emerging performer, an educator, a writer ready to step beyond the page, or a professional who wants to communicate with more humanity.
YOUR GUIDE
Dr. David Gonzalez
Award-winning storyteller, poet, playwright, musician, educator, and cultural ambassador.
David has brought stories to life in more than 5,000 presentations at theaters, schools, conferences, cultural institutions, and community gatherings around the world.
What changes when
your story finds its voice.
Your place
at the confluence.
Schedule
Tuition
Coaching
Completion
An ongoing rhythm,
held with intention.
DECEMBER — 2, 2026
JANUARY — 13, 2027
FEBRUARY — 10, 2027
MARCH — 10, 2027
DECEMBER — 16, 2026
JANUARY — 27, 2027
FEBRUARY — 24, 2027
MARCH — 24, 2027