Storytellers Featured at our Festival

• Eva Abram – Ancestral tales from Africa (2007).
• Charlotte Blake Alston – Storyteller and singer of the African and African-American oral tradition (2011).
• Patrick Ball – Celtic harper and storyteller (1996, 2011).
• Naomi Baltuck (1997).
• Noa Baum – Stories from diverse cultures, her own Jewish heritage and personal experience (2018).
• Diana Bigelow (1997).
• (The late) Brother Blue – The street storyteller of Cambridge, MA. A powerful performer of parables, life stories and idiosyncratic retellings of Shakespeare’s plays. (1999)
• Morris Bond – Stories of experiences as a logger on the Olympic Peninsula. (1996)
• Antoinette Botsford – Canadian metis (French Canadian / Native American) stories with drum and song. (1995)
• Bryan Bowers – Master of the autoharp, and personal stories from growing up in Virginia (2014).
• Batt Burns – Traditional Irish seanachie (1997).
• Charlie Chin – Traditional Chinese storytelling. Charlie Chin was named a community folklore scholar by the Smithsonian Institution. (2002)
• Ray Christian – Slam style stories from Ray’s military service and growing up African-American  (2019)
• Alton Chung – Japanese and Korean roots, and a Hawaiian upbringing form the basis of Alton’s personal stories and cultural tales (2008, 2017).
• Brian Conroy (2004).
• Kevin Cotter – New Zealand, South Pacific, Maori stories (1997).
• Decee Cornish – Multi-cultural storytelling and the African American experience (2018).
• Allison Cox – Multicultural storyteller from Puget Sound, author of the Healing Heart books of storytelling (1996, 1997, 2004, 2012).
• Sharon Creeden – Ancient tales of justice. (1996).
• Kathy Currie – From Pouslbo, WA; tales of local history (2005).
• John Dashney (1997).
• Donald Davis – Master of the personal story, from North Carolina (1996, 2008).
• Pleasant DeSpain – Author of several collections of tales to tell; captivating and riveting. (1995)
• Mary Dessein (1998).
• Don Doyle (1998).
• Jeff Doyle – Funny stories from personal experience (2018).
• Mary Gay Ducey – Teller of personal, historical, and traditional stories. (1996, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2014)
• Dayton Edmonds – Native American storyteller, minister, artist, puppeteer, and musician (2004, 2009).
• Elizabeth Ellis – A grand dame of American storytelling. Don’t let her silver-haired Southern appearance fool you! (2017)
• Eth-Noh-Tec – Myth, movement, and music from Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang bring Asian stories to life (2005).
• Diane Ferlatte (1997, 1998).
• Jennifer Ferris – Dry, understated humor, delightfully surprising.  (2017).
• Lyn Ford – Affrilachian Home Fried Tales; a soft-spoken, humble, masterful teller of Appalachian, African American, and other tales (2012).
• Zelda Foxall (1998).
• Michale Gabriel – Founder of Storytelling International, cross-cultural stories for diplomacy, peace, and understanding. (2002)
• Tom Galt (1998).
• Harlynne Geisler. She was the resident storyteller for the San Diego Museum of Art. (1996).
• Anne Glover – Stories illustrated with sign language or string-figures. (1995)
• Nan Gregory – folk tales and fairy tales, myths, legends, stories from history, literary stories and stories from her own life. (1995, 1997)
• (The late) Robert Greygrass – Native American actor and storyteller (2012).
• Elaine Grinnell – Jamestown S’Klallam teller of the stories of her people (1996, 2008).
• Karen Haas – Pacific Northwest living history (2007).
• Mary Hamilton – Kentucky storyteller of tall tales, personal stories, and folktales (2004, 2013).
• Omar & Lori Hansen – Theatrical tandem tellers of personal stories woven in with classic folktales, legends and myths (2007).
• Bill Harley – Singer, songwriter, storyteller, playwright who can help you remember what it was like to be a kid (2012).
• Michael Reno Harrell – Humor, heart, songs, and stories about growing up in rural North Carolina (2011).
• Debra Harris-Branham – Seattle storyteller of African and African-American stories (2003).
• Rene Harvey (1998).
• Rebecca Hom – Olympia, WA teller of world tales with personality (2006).
• Beth Horner –  high comedy and stunning drama: childhood farmyard escapades, eerie folktales, a bawdy spoof on romance novels (2003).
• Will Hornyak – updated folktales from around the world (2002, 2012).
• John Hottowe – A Makah tribe patriarch from Neah Bay. (1996)
• Dolores Hydock – High energy vivacious style fills the stage. Stories of family fireworks, food fads, true love, turnip greens, and other peculiarities of everyday life. (2019)
• Andy Offutt Irwin – Comedic troubadour (2009, 2013).
• Joel ben Izzy – Travelling storyteller, Jewish and international stories. (2002)
  
• Jill Johnson – Washinton storyteller of world folktales, original and personal stories and historical pieces (2003, 2014).
• Rev. Robert Jones Sr. – Rockin’ songs, and music through the ages. (2017).
• Dan Keding – Master of world tales, ghost stories, and personal stories (2009).
• Kevin Kling –   Hilarious, often tender stories (2019).
• Johanna Kuyvenhoven – Dutch stories of chickens, farmers, devils and tricksters on the road.
• (The late) Syd Lieberman – Award winning teacher, author, and leading Jewish storyteller (2007).
• Angela Lloyd – Musical storyteller and washboard player (1999, 2007).
• Margaret Read MacDonald – Folklorist, author of numerous collections of stories, international performer. (1995)
• Barbara McBride-Smith (1998).
• Ian McDonald (1997).
• Heather McNeil – from Bend, Oregon, tells superb versions of stories she personally collected in Africa and Scotland (2010).
• Marilyn McPhie – Funny Scottish stories. (1999).
• Robin Moore (2004).
• Chris Morganroth III (1997).
• Todd Jefferson Moore – Seattle actor. He performs his original story of the forest industry. (1995)
• Johnny Moses – Northwest Native storyteller, oral historian, and traditional healer. (1995)
• Rachel Dunstan Muller – Brilliant interweaving of traditional stories with personal experience and recent history (2018).
• Joseph Naytowhow – traditional and contemporary First Nation stories as well as world tales (2003, 2007).
• Rosemary Newday (1997).
• Ingrid Nixon – Up and coming Northwest teller of historical, personal, and traditional tales (2011, 2015, 2019).
• David Novak (1998).
• Jay O’Callahan – Boston-bred storyteller, author, musician, juggler (2006, 2014).
• Michael Parent – Maine stories, where imagination meets the spoken word (2003, 2010, 2015).
• Anne Penfound – Haggis Hunter extraordinaire, explorer, time traveller and storyteller (2015).
• Pat Peterson – Old favorite stories, and originals. (1996)
• Meg Philp – A Queensland Australia teller, Scottish by birth, teller of traditional tales (2013).
• Tom Rawson – Seattle based singer-storyteller (2006).
• Melanie Ray – Canadian teller of Medieval romances, Canadian literature, personal stories and folktales from everywhere. (1995)
• Antonio Rocha – Elegant in gesture and phrasing; a blend of mime, movement, and story. (2017)
• Connie Regan-Blake – from traditional Appalachian tales to personal stories, with humor and charm (2009).
• Anne Rutherford – Portland, OR teller of great lies, original stories and folktales (2013).
• Katy Rydell (1997).
• (The late) Steve Sanfield (1997).
• Dunc Shields (1998).
• Ed Sheridan – Bainbridge Is, WA teller of wisdom tales, love stories, and personal stories of people he has worked with (2003).
• Sky Shivers – Teller of western and cowboy tales (1999, 2006).
• Nejama Shtull – Shares her love for the wild, the natural, and the supernatural. (1996)
• Laura Simms – Mythic storytelling for individual and community transformation (2010).
• Leslie Slape – Tales of adventure, nonsense, satire and pathos. (1996, 1998)
• Carol Soth (1997).
• Cathy Spagnoli – A specialist in Asian tales – of tricksters, ghosts and heroes. (2002)
• Minton Sparks –  tells a fusion of storytelling, spoken word poetry, and music. (2018)
• Jim Stapleton (1997)
• Joy Steiner – Specialist in children’s stories (2009).
• Anne-Louise Sterry – Portland singer, storyteller, children’s specialist (2008).
• Ed Stivender – Actor, comedian, writer and teacher. (1995).
• Gene Tagaban – Tlingit Raven dancer and storyteller (2013, 2019).
• (The late) Max Tell (1998).
• Tim Tingle – Choctaw storyteller (2005, 2014).
• Cherie Trebon (1997).
• Jamie Valadez (1998).
• Kira Van Deusen – Stories of her Siberian grandparents. (1996)
• Paul “Che oke’ ten” Wagner – traditional stories and songs of the Coast Salish people (2011).
• Kirk Waller – African-American storytelling, from Oakland CA (2010).
• Liz Weir – Internationally recognized storyteller and peacemaker from County Antrim, Ireland (2006).
• Kim Weitkamp – Hilarious, heart-rending, musical teller from Virginia (2010).
• Cathryn Wellner – Storyteller, writer, community change facilitator; Cathryn uses stories to help people (1999, 2006).
• Paul Wilson – Cowboy poet, singer, storyteller (2005).
• (The late) Diane Wolkstein – A major figure in renewing interest in oral storytelling; mythology and cultural tales from around the world (2008).
• Clara Yen (1998).
• Yvonne Young (2004).
• Debra Gordon Zaslow – Stories with strong female characters from all over the world. (1999)