< Back #18 Mind Becomes Tranquil February 21, 2025 Written & performed by Charlie Varon Collaboration: J.P. Tilleman Mind becomes tranquil 00:00 / 05:09 Keep the bonbons coming! Email me when the next one is ready! Email Subscribe Saturday evening, March 8 in Oakland: Charlie Varon's Comic Bonbons LIVE! Info & tickets Previous Next

Voice Work & Narration Charlie has narrated audiobooks, audio tours for museums, and has launched a satiric podcast... Museums Art Institute of Chicago, Getty, Guggenheim, Jewish Museum of New York, LACMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library, MFA Boston, SF MOMA, Walters Art Museum Audiobooks Click for list and samples Audio tour samples MFA Boston Phoenix Art Museum Walters Museum Normal Rockwell Museum Podcast Political/spiritual satire. Created by Charlie in collaboration with David Ford and sound designer Jason Reinier

Turn back the hands of time Charlie Varon's Comic Bonbons #17: Turn back the hands of time Turn Back the Hands of Time 00:00 / 04:43 Written & performed by Charlie Varon Special thanks to J.P. Tilleman Coming up Sun 1/12/25... Free webinar w/me & Kenny Yun

Charlie Varon's satire and other mischief Charlie Varon 's Comic Bonbons #6: Alan Watts, "We Am" We Am 00:00 / 03:03 Written by Charlie Varon & David Ford Performed by Charlie Varon Keep the bonbons coming! Email me when the next one is ready! Email Subscribe

"Grandpa at The Moth" Charlie Varon's Comic Bonbons #23: "Grandpa at The Moth" Grandpa at The Moth 00:00 / 06:51 Written & performed by Charlie Varon Collaboration: J.P. Tilleman Special Thanks: David Ford Serving suggestion: Brew a cup of green tea. Take three slow sips. Close your eyes, and begin listening. Next live show at The Magic Patio in SF - date TBA

Storytelling + community We Are All Storytellers A performance series presented by Charlie Varon and benefiting Or Shalom Jewish Community of San Francisco Saturday evening, April 6, 2024 at Noe Valley Ministry in SF Storytellers: Evelyn Martinez, Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Charlie Varon Buy tickets “We are storytelling creatures, and should have been named Homo narrator , rather than the often inappropriate Homo sapiens . " - Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist and evolutionary biolo gist (1941-2002)

The Nocturnists Charlie has narrated audio tours for museums around the country. MFA_Boston_FrayFelix_Intro charlievaronart charlievaronrockwell charlievaronphoenixfamilytour Clients (partial list): Antenna International * Art Institute of Chicago * Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise * de Young Museum * Earprint Productions * Getty Museum * Guggenheim Museum * High Museum of Art * Jewish Museum of New York * Los Angeles County Museum of Art * Metropolitan Museum of Art * Morgan Library & Museum * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston * Philadelphia Museum of Art * San Francisco Museum of Modern Art * Walters Art Museum Available to record on short notice. Can work with your production team or mine. Contact: charlie@charlievaron.com 415 648 6782

1-on-1 writing coaching with Charlie Varon The world is not set up for us to do our best work as artists. The odds are against us. But with commitment, structure and guidance, we can change those odds. "Not just a great director and writing coach, Charlie helps me navigate my creative life. He is a therapist for artists." Emily Silverman , M.D. , founder of The Nocturnists medical storytelling series "My memoir was stalled for a decade. Thanks to Charlie's guidance, I now have 20,000 words under my belt." Barbara Saunders , writer and writing coach "Charlie has been my collaborator, director and mentor for 20 years. He has helped me stay on my creative path with dignity, self-reflection and joy." Dan Hoyle , playwright and performer “Charlie Varon helps me explore, deepen, and find joy in the creative process. He is a master of character development for both the page and the stage.” Kenny Yun , solo theater artist Email me if you'd like to find out more about my coaching/mentoring, and set up a free 20" consultation .

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"Out of Office" Charlie Varon's Comic Bonbons #20: "The grass is green and the sky is blue" The grass is green and the sky is blue 00:00 / 02:02 Written & performed by Charlie Varon Collaboration: J.P. Tilleman Special Thanks: David Ford Get tix now Buy before May 1 and get $5 off w code COCOA More announcements #1 Don't postpone writing your memoir! Say What You Mean Before You Die New session starts May 1 #2 Can't stand what's happening in this country? Life is better when you're doing something to change it Here's one place to start