An NEA Big Read Presentation! Tales of Transformation Adult Storytelling. With fifty years of experience as storyteller, actor, dancer, and human performance artist, “Oasis” Darryl Hasten journeys the realm of story, metaphor, and parable (Real Estate Magazine). Tales of Transformations and Dreams will celebrate the tradition of “fantastic tales” as shown in the 2018 NEA Big Read selection Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link.