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Megumi telling a World War II Japanese American Internment Story Photographs Courtesy of Judy Nahman-Stouffer © 2002. All rights reserved.

Classes Storytelling Classes Around the World Guilds, Conferences, & Festivals LOCAL Southbay Storytellers and Listeners NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Bay Area Storytelling Festival is usually third weekend in May, sponsored by Storytelling Association of Alta California NATIONAL National Storytelling Festival is usually first weekend in October, sponsored by International Storytelling Center National Storytelling Conference is usually second weekend in July, sponsored by National Storytelling Network INTERNATIONAL Tellebration® is usually on the third Saturday in November, sponsored annually across the United States and abroad.

Great Performers Click on the performers' names to link to their websites. Many travel far and wide to perform and lead workshops. Other wonderful performers in the San Francisco Bay Area are listed with Young Audiences of Northern California. Bonda Lewis, California Employing the skills of an accomplished professional actor, perceptive historian and eloquent writer, Bonda Lewis calls into being before the audience's eyes, women who shaped our lives and times . . . Eschu Bumpus, Massachussetts captivates his audience by telling a variety of African, African-American and World folktales leavened with music, humor and mystery. Ethnotec, California Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo combine the art forms of the East and West to create a seamless performance of movement, music and the spoken word, taking their audiences to a world of Ancient Asian folktales and Contemporary Asian American storytelling theater. Gladys Coggswell, Missouri Lisa Atkinson, Califonia Award-winning interactive original songs and music performed for family and age-specific concerts.

Louise Otomo Kessel, North Carolina Masaya, California An American raised in Japan, Masaya delights audiences by combining traditional Tsugaru Shamisen with modern musical elements. Michael D.McCarty, Southern California "I tell folktales, historical and personal stories, stories of my travels and adventures and tales of the brilliant and absolutely stupid things I've done in my life: I LOVE my job!" Nobuko Miyamoto, of Great Leap, California Motoko, Massachussetts "I tell folktales from Asia as well as original stories, combined with mime and traditional songs." Olga Loya, California Steven Henegar, Southern California Steven celebrates the everyday and the fantastic in vibrant original and traditional stories that call up the experiences and feelings that connect us all: Truth & Lies for all occasions.