Category Archives: Womens Storytelling Festival
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Fanny Crawford
Fanny Crawford loves honing her personal, historical and traditional stories by telling for diverse audiences – from young children, to elders, to families, to identity-focused groups of adolescents and adults. An experienced teller for Better Said Than Done and other … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Megan Hicks
I first met Megan Hicks when she led a workshop on parody at a National Storytelling Conference more years ago than either of us would want to admit to. As I laughed through her telling us about Cinderella’s encounter with … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Meghann Shutt
Meghann Shutt owns Bridge Consulting, a small consulting firm that provides fundraising and organizational development support to nonprofit and government agencies in Maryland and DC. She is passionate about supporting people and communities in their efforts to make the world … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Vijai Nathan
For more than 20 years, Vijai Nathan has been performing on stages all over the world, but she started preparing to take the microphone much earlier than that. She’s the youngest of three sisters and they grew up imitating their … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Friday Night Storytellers
Quick Question, what are the greatest entertainment moments of the past 100 years? Sir John Barrymore’s Hamlet? Woodstock? That time Alice Cooper guest starred on the Muppet Show? (yeah, that actually happened!) Next questions: Do you want to be there … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Jessica Robinson
When Jessica Piscitelli Robinson called me to say that she was thinking of organizing this “Women’s Storytelling Festival”, my first thought was “of course you are.” Jessica is an impressive storyteller. As Co-Author and promoter of “Roar: True Tales of … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Jane Dorfman
Jane Dorfman tells traditional, personal, and Celtic stories. Jane performs at festivals, libraries, and schools. She has recently started lying and finds it “very freeing.” Jane is performing in the Women’s Storytelling Festival‘s two lunch time show producers’ storytelling shows … Continue reading
Schedule of Events
Click HERE for detailed schedule of the Festival. The general schedule for the 2021 virtual Women’s Storytelling Festival follows. In the physical world, the Women’s Storytelling Festival is hosted from Virginia. We are in the Eastern Time Zone. Please note, … Continue reading
