On July 14, 2022, storytellers Lyn Ford, Carol Moore, Miriam Nadel, Ingrid Nixon, Jessica Robinson, and Megan Wells will perform in “Beyond Barbarella: The Future is Female.” Since we will not be sharing bio information from this world, in the Zoom world, we have posted all of the storytellers bios below.
Read all about them and then GET YOUR TICKETS TO ZOOM IN HERE!
Lynette Ford is a fourth-generation storyteller and a member of the Marvel Comics and Barbarella generation. A nationally recognized raconteur and workshop presenter, Lyn is also an award-winning writer, a Thurber House mentor to young authors, a teaching artist with the Ohio Arts Council’s Teaching Artist Roster, a former preschool teacher, a certified laughter yoga teacher and breath facilitator, and a great-grandmother.
Lyn feels honored to be one of this show’s stellar tellers. She might not make it to Mars, but this Fall, Lyn returns to the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Utah and the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
friedtales2@gmail.com
https://storytellerlynford.com
Carol Moore is a storyteller and public speaking coach who has presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, served as a speaker coach for TED speakers through TEDxTysons, and won the title of Moth StorySLAM Champion. She’s competed in public speaking competitions with Toastmasters International and is a member of both the NSN and the National Communication Association.
She’s excited to be performing with Story Space on July 19 and she’s thrilled to be participating as an Exchange Place teller at this year’s National Storytelling Festival in October.
Miriam Nadel has performed folk tales, personal stories, and original fairy tales at venues ranging from a Hollywood art gallery to the Washington Folk Festival. She is also the Virginia State Liaison to the National Storytelling Network. All of the stories she tells are true, whether or not they happened that way.
fauxklore.dreamwidth.org
facebook.com/mhnadel
Ingrid Nixon is a world-traveling storyteller who whisks listeners away on journeys of the imagination. Exploration nail-biters, tall tales, traditional and personal stories—she tells them all on international expeditions, and at venues around the country, including the National Storytelling Festival. Her creative approaches to story crafting help make ancient tales relevant to modern audiences. All three of Ingrid’s recordings have received the Storytelling World Gold Seal for listeners of all ages! Her audio recording, Grimm’s with a Twist, offers deliciously dark stories spiced liberally with humor and pathos. Operation Bouncy Chair, features personal stories about the important things in life: family, love, and coffee. Lost Hearts and Other Creepy Stories is perfect for a dark and stormy night. She is a champion liar many times over, a claim that made her mother both proud and worried. She holds a Masters in Storytelling from East Tennessee State University. She hails from Alaska.
More at IngridNixon.com
Facebook: Ingrid Nixon Storyteller
Twitter: @Ingrid_Nixon
Jessica Robinson founded Better Said Than Done in 2011. In addition to performing with Better Said Than Done, Jessica has performed locally in the DMV for Story District, The Grapevine, Perfect Liars Club, and GMU’s Fall for the Book Festival. Jessica’s one woman show, “Tech Babies” – about infertility and prenatal complications – was first performed in 2015 at Stories in the Round. Jessica performed at the International Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018 and, in 2019, in the Susquehanna Folk Festival’s Liar’s Contest. In 2020, she appeared on PBS’ “Stories from the Stage,” and was a featured performer in the Women’s Storytelling Festival. Virtually, Jessica has performed for the Queens Theater, Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST), Six Feet Apart Productions, Stories for Healing, First Person Arts Festival, Mostly True Things, The Story Space, Bridgeport Pechakucha, at 2 National Storytelling Network (NSN) Conferences, and the Forest Storytelling Festival. She also shared stories on the Bonkers Brit and Funny Parents Podcasts. In 2022, Jessica was a featured storyteller at the Stone Soup Festival and the Washington Folk Festival, and was selected to be a featured storyteller for the 2023 Florida Storytelling Festival.
Jessica’s excited to be telling a true science story for the Story Collider on July 21st, and a science lie for the Good Liars Club Festival on August 6th.
Information about Jessica’s upcoming storytelling stuff here.
Megan Wells is truly, madly, deeply in-love with Storytelling as an Artform. She has been touring as a performing for more than thirty years. She has garnered prestigious awards and has a vast repertoire of stories from myth, folklore, literary sources, personal autobiography and history. Add to that a baker’s dozen historical impersonations which she brings alive in full costume as if the past were speaking to the present in real time. Megan is a sought after coach for developing stories as well as developing oneself through life changes.
Megan’s website is: www.meganwells.com
Facebook: Megan Wells Tells
These are some badass women storytellers. Worlds beyond Barbarella! Watch them prove that the future is female on July 14th.
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