Category: Women’s Storytelling Festival
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Natalie Amini
Natalie Amini is a DC area native and the DC Regional Producer for The Moth. When she is not helping DC area locals find their stories on stage, she works Read more
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Sheila Arnold
Since 2003, Sheila Arnold has been a full-time storyteller, traveling through the United States and sharing a variety of stories – “whatever fits in her mouth” – as well as Read more
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Maryam Zaringhalam
Maryam Zaringhalam is a molecular biologist by training who now works in the world of science policy, advocacy, and communication. Her personal mission is to ensure that everyone—no matter who Read more
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Kim Weitkamp
Remember weaving potholders on a loom as a child, selecting candy at a general store counter, or the joy and apprehension of pulling your report card out of its envelope? Read more
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Ellouise Schoettler
Maryland spoken word artist Ellouise Schoettler is known for seeking stories of unknown women – then bringing them to life with “heart and humor” for audiences of all ages. Ellouise Read more
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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. Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more