Judi Tarowsky was a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 25 years and told other people’s stories. Now, as a storyteller, she gets to tell her own.
Judi is a native of Latrobe, PA, and grew up in New Castle, PA. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism at West Virginia University. She worked for newspapers in the Upper Ohio Valley, and also spent time writing for an advertising agency. She now lives in Weirton, WV.
She discovered storytelling in 2006, and after winning first place in the inaugural Strand Theater Preservation Society Storytelling Festival Liar’s Contest in Moundsville, WV, began her study of the craft in earnest. She went on to earn a Graduate Certificate in Storytelling from the University of North Texas Library Sciences program.
Since then, Judi has performed at festivals, libraries, museums, and special events in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Maryland, and Wales. She also has produced and co-produced storytelling festivals at Prickett’s Fort in Fairmont, WV, and at Grand Vue Park in Moundsville, WV. She has been a regular storyteller during the summer at Wilson Lodge in Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV. Her original story, “The Heroes of the U.S.S. Shenandoah” was the keynote for the 90th commemoration ceremony for the crash of the U.S.S. Shenandoah airship in Belle Valley, OH.
Judi enjoys telling her original historic narratives; old folktales and fairy tales, particularly from Wales; original tall tales and stories; and West Virginia ghost stories from the collections of Dr. Patrick Gainer, Dr. James G. Jones, and Mack Samples.
Judi also presents a workshop, “The Art of the Longform Historical Narrative: Researching, Building, and Telling Historical Stories.”
She is a member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild and a past president.

West Virginia Storytelling Guild
Weirton, WV
940.391.1576
storytellerjudi@gmail.com
http://www.tellerjuditarowsky.com