In a world of screens and social media videos, the face-to-face, real-time connection between teller and audience is rare and powerful. Kyra Freeman has been fascinated by storytelling since childhood. A former school library media … Continue
Retired soldier. Songmaker, Storyteller — making little effort to separate song, story, truth, meditations on the meaning of truth, and outright lies. Raleigh, NC 919.870.1152 jchriswise@nc.rr.com
ContinueI am currently a construction safety training manager traveling around the world educating construction workers how to do their jobs without killing themselves or their co-workers. As a Navy brat, former Marine, over the road … Continue
Born in Mayodan, NC on 11-22-1940. Lived first two years in a mill company house with neither running water nor electricity. Family moved to Elizabeth City County, VA. In 1942 when his dad took a … Continue
Anne first encountered the storytelling community in the early 2000s, when she produced Norton Dill’s award-winning documentary, Kathryn: The Story of a Teller, a long-time favorite at the Shoals. A storyteller herself now, Anne has … Continue
Dr. Bruce Kirchoff is a scientist, storyteller, and improviser. He loves telling stories and working with groups to help them develop the group mind that is necessary to work together effectively. He is committed to … Continue
Dianne Hackworth has been telling stories professionally since obtaining a Masters in Storytelling in 1990. (An unprofessional teller all her life.) She has been titled a “Storyteller Enabler” due to the numerous events, workshops, and … Continue
Alicia Markov-Newan was born in Illinois, and is blooming where she has been planted: North Carolina. She began her career in healthcare as an RN with a Bachelor’s of Science in Health Education. From working … Continue
Cyndi Bailey Morgan was an active local storyteller since1988, became a middle school librarian in 1998, told stories to students there for almost 20 years. Now retired, widowed, and a grandmother of 4 seeking to … Continue
Pepper was raised by a family full of beautiful, crazy southern women. She listened to them tell family stories on Sunday afternoons from her favorite place, beneath her Grandmaw’s big old mahogany kitchen table. It … Continue
