Recent Appearances

  • NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Team (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

  • National Council of Teachers of English

  • Live From National Geographic

  • National Storytelling Festival

  • Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching American Library Association

  • Art Institute of Chicago

  • Washington, D.C. Storytellers Theater

  • National Conference on Storytelling

  • Women in Management

  • Missouri Folklore Society

  • Illinois Reading Council

  • LaRabida Children’s Hospital Symposium on Mental and Physical Care for the Chronically Ill Child (Chicago

Storytelling Festivals Across the Country:

  • Festival of Stories on Martha’s Vineyard

  • Bay Area Storytelling Festival

  • Texas Storytelling Festival

  • Detroit Festival of Storytelling

  • Pacific Storytelling Festival

  • Timpanogos Storytelling Festival (Orem, UT)

  • Cave Run Storytelling Festival (Morehead, KY)

  • Winter Tales (Oklahoma City, OK)

  • Four Corners Storytelling Festival (Farmington, NM)

  • St. Louis Storytelling Festival

  • Kansas City Storytelling Celebration

  • Illinois Storytelling Festival

  • Western Kentucky University

  • Houston Storytelling Festival

  • Iowa Storytelling Festival

  • Central Michigan University Storytelling Conference and Festival

  • Patchwork Tales (Rock Hill, SC)

  • Storytelling at the Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)

  • Trails West (St. Joseph, MO)

  • Tell It in the Mountains (Asheville, NC)

  • Tapestry of Tales (Portland, OR)

  • Riverway Storytelling Festival (Albany, NY)

  • Stone Soup (Greenville, SC)

  • Frisco Storytelling Festival (Frisco, TX)

  • Big Muddy Folk Festival (Boonville, MO)

  • Fox Valley Music and Storytelling Festival (Geneva, IL)

  • Navy Pier Storytelling Festival (Chicago)

  • Smoky Hill River Festival (Salina, KS)

  • Vernal Storytelling Festival (Vernal, UT)

  • Prairie Tales (Sioux Falls, SD)

  • Storytelling at the Fredonia Opera House (Fredonia, NY)

  • Flying Leap Storytelling Festival (Solvang, CA)

  • Hoosier Storytelling Festival (Indianapolis, IN)

  • Noble Tales (Noble County, IN)

  • Orlando Storytelling Festival (Orlando, FL)

  • Forest Storytelling Festival (Port Angeles, WA)

  • Allen County Public Library Storytelling Festival (Fort Wayne, IN)

  • Wild Onion Storytelling Celebration (Chicago)

  • Bristol Hills Storytelling Festival (Bristol, IN)

  • Florida Storytelling Camp, Schoharie Crossing (NY)

  • Gorham’s Bluff Institute and Storytelling Festival (Gorham’s Bluff, AL)

More Performance Venues:

  • Camp Quality (for children fighting Cancer, St. Clair, MO)

  • Family Support America (Chicago)

  • The University of Missouri School of Veterinary Medicine

  • The National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts!

  • The University of Wisconsin’s Conference on Sustainable Agriculture

  • The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago)

  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)

  • Busch Gardens (Tampa, FL)

Keynotes & Workshops for State Library Associations of:

  • South Carolina

  • Missouri

  • Illinois

  • Kansas

  • Mississippi