Enchanted Islands is a dazzling and transportative live storytelling experience for audiences of all ages.

Think of it as Faerie Queen Story Hour. Wandering through the woods, you happen upon the Faerie Queen, clad in otherworldly finery, waiting to tell you a story. This developing and innovative project was created by writer-performer Melody Bates in 2023, in collaboration with costume artist Jennifer Paar and sculptor Peter Beerits.

After delighting audiences in Brooklyn and at the
Hudson Valley Beltane Festival, ENCHANTED ISLANDS returns for a second residency on Deer Isle, Maine in the summer of 2024. Bates will perform the original three stories and an all-new fourth fairy tale (complete with a new couture costume created by Paar) at Nellieville, August 1st-7th. Performance schedule and more information HERE.