Abbie Anderson
Vancouver, Washington

Abbie believes that everybody needs stories, and everybody has stories to tell. Abbie offers tales and workshops for all ages and occasions.

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Glenda Bonin

By combining story, magic, puppetry and humor in performances, touring artist Glenda Bonin has earned a solid reputation for pleasing student and family audiences around the country.

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Sam Butler
Portland, OR

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Alton Chung
Vancouver, WA

Alton Chung grew up with the stories, superstitions, and magic of the Hawaiian Islands. This combined with his Japanese and Korean roots, gives him a unique perspective to tell cultural tales and personal stories with a deep sense of reverence and authenticity.

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Roger Coles
Portland, OR

Roger Coles has a wonderful voice for storytelling, it is rich and warm and friendly, as he weaves tales of the richness of the human spirit, the joys of childhood (his and yours), fool stories, strong women stories and the diversity of the human condition.

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Lynne Duddy
Portland, OR

Lynne Duddy is a native Oregonian who has always been drawn to storytelling. She has a rare gift for creating characters through voice and gesture and honors the feminine point of view, even when telling stories like Beowolf and Grendel.

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Margaret J. Eng
Sandy, OR

Margaret J. Eng presents multi-cultural storytelling programs that integrate stories with songs and biological/life science information.

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Miriam Feder
West Linn, OR

I create written reflections of personal history and cultural tides that take further shape in recorded (pod cast) and live performance. My passion is weaving words and emotions until we remember and embrace who we are and where we come from.

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Lynn Fike
Vancouver, WA

I was introduced to storytelling some fifteen years ago and knew then and there that I wanted to be a storyteller. I grew up in a small town on the Missouri River and was keenly aware of the power of the mighty Missouri. I believe stories run like a river's current through all our lives.

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Sarah Hauser
Portland, OR

Sarah Hauser's influences include her Great Aunt Lola Belle, a Children's Librarian and storyteller, and C. S. Lewis who wrote the then 10-year-old Sarah a letter, which she still has. There's a story here!

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Ruth Ann Homan
Beaverton, OR

Ruth Ann Homan believes that Story is the paradigm for our time. Through her original and personal tales, she shares an awareness with adults about our coping lifestyles.

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Will Hornyak
Milwaukie, OR

Myths, fables, folk tales and fairy tales from around the world find common ground with Will Hornyak's original stories and participation tales in highly imaginative and energetic performances.

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Lawrence Howard
Portland, OR

Lawrence Howard is originally from New York and has been a storyteller since he began to learn and recite the Yukon ballads of Robert W. Service at the age of 10. He has a special love of Yiddish folktale's, epic narrative and Americana.

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Rick Huddle
Portland, OR

Hailing from a long line of teachers and Southern preachers (and a short line of one clown), Rick Huddle has storytelling in his blood.

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Ken Iverson
Milwaukie, OR

Ken Iverson has been telling stories most of his life. An early fascination with Jonathan Winters led him to write and perform stories for friends when he was 17 and he hasn't stopped yet!

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Terry Jordan
Lake Oswgo, OR

Terry Jordan is an accomplished storyteller who has delighted audiences from preschoolers to senior citizens. Her choice of folktale's and personal stories are empowering, educational, and entertaining.

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Pam Maben
Beaverton, OR

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Laura McCormack
Portland, OR

Laura McCormack brings a rich imagination and lively energy to storytelling. Her experience in a variety of performance styles combines to create a unique and vibrant show.

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Foster Nuffer
Vancouver, WA

Foster Nuffer grew up on a 100 acre farm listening to stories about a 100 acre wood. On the farm Foster gained first hand knowledge of animals and how to take care of them, how to work the land and what it is like to walk through dark woods alone. This understanding is woven into his telling of folk tales - his favorite venue.

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Anne Penfound
Portland, OR

A native of the British Isles, Anne Penfound inspires inquiry and exploration as she shares world folk tales from the oral tradition, including African, Native American, Irish, Japanese, English tales.

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Anne Rutherford
Portland, OR

Stories infuse our lives, shaping our actions and guiding our hearts. A good story offers us insight into our world, ourselves and one another.

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Thomas Schroyer
Portland, OR

Thomas Schroyer performs using live instruments, humor, and rhyme. Stories and rhymes tend to reflect the ironies of the world, society, and the struggles of the inner self.

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Leslie Slape
Rainier, OR

Leslie Slape is drawn to tales of interesting women, silly humor, unexpected twists, bravery, and journeys of the soul. She also knows quite a few tales about cats.

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Sarah Stein

Captivating, deeply moving, flair for drama are some of the words used to describe Sarah Stein's storytelling. A former Children's Librarian, Sarah has been telling professionally for over 15 years.

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Anne-Louise Sterry
West Linn, OR

Based in Portland, Oregon, Anne-Louise Sterry is an extraordinary performer and keynote speaker whose joy in singing and storytelling is contagious.

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StoryHarmonics
Portland, OR

Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy work together as StoryHarmonics to deliver lively storytelling performances that use creative audience participation, characterization, music, poetry, and drama, entertaining listeners throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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Julie Strozyk
Portland, OR

Julie Strozyk began her storytelling career by enthralling her classmates with "scary stories" in the 6th grade.

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David Vanadia
Portland, OR

David Vanadia has been a performing storyteller since 1990. His shows are a unique blend of music and words and his stories are most often original.

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Penny Walter
Portland, OR

Penny Walter is making the World a better Place One Puppet Show At a time. Penny's Puppet Productions is a One Woman Puppet company specializing in Puppet Shows, Storytelling and Consulting.

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