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Featured Presenters

Donald Davis

Donald Davis

Donald is a master storyteller and teacher. In both roles, he invites each listener to come along, to pull deep inside for one's own stories, to personally share and co-create the common experiences that celebrate the reative spirit. For Donald Davis storytelling "...is not what I do for a living...it is how I do all that I do while I am living." www.ddavisstoryteller.com
MaryGay Ducey

MaryGay Ducey

MaryGay Ducey performs, teaches, and organizes storytelling for all ages as a National Storytelling Festival performer, a children’s librarian, the director of the Bay Area Storytelling Festival and teacher of storytelling at UC Berkeley. From a commission by the Smithsonian to an appearance on Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, MaryGay’s wit, widom and stories delight and enrich. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Doug Lipman

Doug Lipman

Doug Lipman became a storyteller nearly forty years ago when he told a ten-minute story to class of unresponsive children, and for the first time gained their undivided attention. The rest, as they say, is history. Doug’s specialty as a storyteller is teaching—making adept, confident storytellers out of his pupils and inspiring all within the reach of his voice to want to tell stories themselves. www.storydynamics.com

Additional Guest Presenters:

Lorna Czarnota

Lorna Czarnota

specializes in telling Celtic and historical stories as well as using story for healing. Certified in Trauma Counseling, Lorna uses story in runaway shelters, detention centers, and treatment facilities. Additional venues include libraries, schools, museums, conferences and festivals. www.storyhavenstudio.com

Katherine J. Farmer

Katherine Farmer is the Interim Director of the Noorda Regional Theatre Center for Children and Youth at Utah Valley University. She has degrees from the University of Washington and Brigham Young University and is a director, professor, researcher, storyteller and mother. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Debi Richan
Nannette Watts

Cherie Davis, Debi Richan and Nannette Watts

Award-winning tellers individually, when these three team up, it’s a powerhouse of storytelling skill, experience and energy not to be missed. The co-directors of Story Camp, Cherie, Debi and Nannette have performed together and separately, teaching numerous children and adults how to launch their own adventures in storytelling. www.cheriedavis.com; http://professionalstoryteller.ning.com/profile/DebiRichan; www.nannettewatts.com

Jackson Gillman

Jackson's background in mime and signing is apparent in the physical eloquence of his telling. “Gillman is a masterly storyteller[…]. His only prop is the space which he uses with a painter‘s appreciation for visual composition.” –Christian Science Monitor. www.jacksongillman.com
Meg Gilman

Meg Gilman

Storyteller, teacher, writer, visual and performance artist, Meg Gilman tells stories to people of all ages. She conducts workshops on storytelling and creativity, serves on the Healing Story Alliance Advisory Council, and loves improvisation. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
John Graham

John Graham

A professional actor for over twenty years, and a teacher of professional voice uses for ten John is now an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Utah Valley University, where he teaches voice, movement, and stage combat. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Priscilla Howe

Priscilla Howe

Priscilla Howe’s travels have taken her through the U.S. and abroad, to Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria and Belgium, with a bagful of puppets and a headful of stories. Haling from Kansas, Priscilla has been a full-time storyteller since 1993. Incidentally, she is also searching for the best restaurant pie on earth. www.priscillahowe.com
Michael McCarty

Michael McCarty

Michael discovered the storytelling profession and his life’s work back in 1992. Since then he’s been running his mouth around the country and around the world. He loves his job! www.havemouthwillrunit.com
Debra Morningstar

Debra Morningstar

--Yukhika-l'atuhse? (She tells us stories), enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin--has presented storytelling programs, cultural residencies, keynotes, and Healing workshops across the U.S. and Canada for the past 23 years. Debra artfully weaves Native flute, drumming and chant into her performances. www.debramorningstar.com
Loren Neimi

Loren Niemi

A storyteller, organizational consultant and trainer, and teacher in the Communications Department of Metro State University, Loren is also the author of “The Book of Plots” and co-author of “Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories.” www.storytelling.org/Niemi
Jo Radner

Jo Radner

Jo creates personal tales and stories about Northern New England. Oral historian, folklorist, and storyteller, she favors characters whose lives defy simple explanations. Jo is past president of the American Folklore Society and the National Storytelling Network. www.joradner.com
Steffani Raff

Steffani Raff

Raff blends her creative spirit with love of life to craft memorable tales that jump-start the imagination. A gifted teacher and mentor, Steffani is also the creator of Pirates in Pajamas, a program to help parents and families create stories for and with children. http://professionalstoryteller.ning.com/profile/SteffaniRaff
Barry Rellaford

Barry Rellaford

Barry is the President of GreatWork, a company that focuses on helping people and organizations discover, express, and enhabit the purposeful work we are meant to do. He is also the chairman of NSN's Storytelling in Organizations Special Interest Group. www.businessleadernw.com/speakers/rellaford_bio.html
Corinne Stavish

Corinne Stavish

An award-winning storyteller whose stories focus on Jewish, Biblical, historical, and personal narratives, Corinne has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival and other acclaimed venues, and was awarded Detroit Jewish Woman Artist of the Year 2001. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it