Storytelling Celebration

Michael is a multicultural storyteller of African, African-American and international folk tales, historical tales, stories of science, spiritual stories as well as stories of the brilliant and absolutely stupid things he has done in his life. His stories inform, educate, inspire, and amuse. His storytelling style is energetic and enthusiastic.

Laura tells original and traditional stories for all audiences, with a focus on adults, families, and older children. Her stories cover the range of human experience from the most grounded to the fantastical and are a collaborative creation with the audience, drawing listeners into the world of the story.

For over two decades, Dovie's work has been exclusively in the preservation and continuation of Native cultural arts, utilizing the art form of traditional Native storytelling. She has developed a wide variety of traditional storytelling programs for all ages, with the intent of sharing an indigenous perspective on Native cultures, stories, and concerns, based in her own Lakota/Kiowa Apache tradition and including experience working with culture-bearers of Iroquois, Algonquian, and other Native nations.

With a silly putty voice, hilarious heart-filled stories, and amazing mouth noises, Andy Offutt Irwin is equal parts mischievous schoolboy and the Marx Brothers, peppered with a touch of the Southern balladeer. One of the most sought after performing storytellers in the United States, Andy is a perennial favorite of the Teller-in-Residence Program at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee.