ConnTell Directory G-L
 Jane M. Gangi, Ph.D.
60 Whippoorwill Road
Bethel, CT 06801
Phone: 203-791-1771h , 914-798-2713w
Fax: 203-365-7513
Email: janegangi@snet.net
Jane M. Gangi, Ph.D., offers storytelling and drama workshops in which she tells stories and helps participants learn to tell stories of their own. She provides stories across cultures and can share (even briefly) how storytelling and drama foster literacy development. She is the Chair of the Literacy Department at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, and has published one book, Encountering Children's Literature: An Arts Approach, with another forthcoming in 2009 with co-author Mary Ann Reilly, Learning Through Transmediation: Composing Culturally Relevant Classrooms.
Lot Therrio and Jane Gangi are available to offer workshops together For fees and booking information, contact Jane at 203-791-1771 or email janegangi@snet.net.
 Jackson Gillman
"Stand-Up Chameleon"
P.O.Box 41
Onset, MA 02558
Phone (h & w): 508-295-0886
In CT: (203) 281-1063
Email: jackson@jacksongillman.com
Website: www.jacksongillman.com
Sparkling with energy, wit and whimsy, the "Stand-Up Chameleon" engages and delights audiences of all ages. Song, dance, mime and/or sign language might be incorporated into his performance, or a simple, quiet delivery - whatever works best to bring a story to life. Many interactive shows to choose from including several educational nature programs. Featured at NSA three times and other festivals across the country. Unique workshops offered. 30 years experience. Easy-going and flexible. References galore. Listed with SCLC, NEST. (Frequents New Haven area.)
"A masterly storyteller. Compelling..." - Christian Science Monitor
"One could never err in selecting Jackson. He's incredible!" - Missouri River Storytelling Festival
 Carol Glynn - Storyteller/Actress
103 Flanders Road
Niantic, CT 06357-1528
Phone/FAX: (860) 739-3525
Email: CGlynnArts@gmail.com
Enter Carol Glynn! Lively, entertaining, energetic and heartfelt, she leaps into your heart with complex characterizations, thoughtful storylines and humor that inspires rip-roaring laughter. Audiences participate in every show. Elementary and family topics include: Bullies, CT Legends, the Constitution, International and Fractured Tales. Also an author, speaker and teaching artist.
"Carol should be on every school's list for presenters. She is an outstanding professional." - Olga Manos, Program Director, Regional Vacation Academy (S.E.CT).
Fees: $450 per CT show
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 Liz Gruber
29 Tremont Street
Hartford, CT 06105-3070
Phone: (860)523-9819
Email: lizziegruber@yahoo.com
Liz shares international folktales as well as contemporary and personal stories with audiences ranging from the youngest children to family and adult audiences, from festivals to intimate groups. Liz also works with Japanese Kamishibai (Paper Theatre) to support oral and literacy skills. Liz holds a Masters of Arts in Oral Traditions.
"They had so much fun, they never realized Liz was supporting my curriculum every month." - Kelly Sousa, a Hartford Public Schools elementary schoolteacher
 Glenn Harper
94 Ogden Road
Stamford, CT 06905
Phone: (860)633-8661
Fax: (203) 359-4517
Email: glenn@glennharperweb.com
Website: www.glennharperweb.com
I tell stories of all kinds and for all ages. From Appalachian roots, I branched into folk-tales from around the world. I also tell children's stories, fables, legends, ghost stories and my own original stories which range from love stories, to serious or sentimental, to perhaps my favorite - humorous stories.
Fee: Negotiable
 Jim Harriman
141 Dayton Road
South Glastonbury, CT 06073
Phone: (203) 559-9349 cell
Email: harrimanjames@sbcglobal.net
Energetic. Eclectic. Enthusiastic. Empathetic. Enlightening.
Words and language are powerful when the mind exercises and plays. Jim Harriman, storyteller, playwright, actor, director, drama coach, discussion leader and retired middle school language arts teacher, invites people to join him with performances and workshops in writing, imagination and creativity that delight and entertain.
"Jim showed us his stories as well as told them." - Galena Morozova
Audiences: All ages. Fees: $250 and up.
 Gail N. Herman, Ph.D.
Email: gnherman@comcast.net
Creative storyteller and arts consultant, Dr. Gail N. Herman, has performed and taught storytelling extensively throughout the United States, as well as in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Jamaica, Germany, Ghana, India, and the Virgin Islands. Besides performing for students in schools and libraries, Dr. Herman works with teachers and helping professionals to infuse storytelling and the kinesthetic, musical, and spatial aspects of learning into reading and other curriculum areas of our schools. She teaches for Lesley University, MA, Garrett College, MD, and The University of Connecticut (CONFRATUTE) in CT. Gail has directed the Tall Tale Liar’s Festival in MD for 16 years.
Dr. Herman has conducted hundreds of inservice storytelling workshops. She also teaches art appreciation through stories, sound, and gesture as a guest in classes at George Mason University and Maryland Institute, College of Art and at the University of Connecticut. She presents many storytelling workshops and keynotes to state educational and other organizations such as LANES, NSN, Confratute, NAEYC, NAGC, and AEGUS.
 Lisa Worth Huber
PO Box 251
Roxbury, CT 06783
Phone: (860)355-3647 cell:203-233-8625
Fax: 860-350-1117
Email: lisahuber@earthlink.net
Website: www.lisaworthhuber.com
Lisa Worth Huber is a storyteller, educator, and writer. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Oral Traditions, and works with teachers and students integrating stories into class curriculum to enhance cultural studies, reading, narrative and poetic writing, and compassionate community building. Lisa designs storytelling programs for schools based upon teachers' needs and requests. She works with a wide range of students from elementary to graduate level.
Her work is featured in the book, The Storytelling Classroom - Applications Across the Curriculum.
Fees vary based upon project
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 Abigail "Ifatola" Jefferson
PO Box 176
Peacedale, RI 02883
Phone (w): (401)932-6565 (h) (401)783-4982
Email: abijef@cox.net
Website: www.abigailjefferson.com
Abigail "Ifatola" Jefferson, storyteller, dancer and arts educator, performs and conducts workshops nationally. Through a unique blend of story, song and dance, Abigail brings to life stories from around the globe. Her performance presentations are highly interactive, educational and fun-filled. Audiences of all ages have described her performances and workshops as inspiring, informative, and energizing.
Abigail has conducted workshops and performed in schools, churches, prisons, shelters, theatres, festivals and libraries. She has performed with the Nubian League at the Smithsonian Institute, Lincoln Center's Outdoor series, and the National Black Storytelling Festival. Currently, she is co-director of Celebration of Culture, a program designed to increase students' and educators' appreciation of diversity.
Fees: $350 and up
 Karen Josephson
305 Townsend Avenue
New Haven, CT 06512
Phone: (203) 469-4277
Email: Karen98jos@aol.com
Performer/Educator/TheatreDirector - Storyteller/Dancer/Sign Language Artist.
In performance Karen creates Stories and Songs that Dance on Hands and Feet, across the floor and through the air with combinations of words, danced movements and American Sign Language. In educational settings students learn to enhance stories with movement and signs, and to shape written stories for the stage.
Also available: Stories for Women, Christmas Gifts, and full length (90 minute) tellings of either The Hobbit or Charlotte's Web.
"Her performance by any standard was a tour de force. Seeing the versatile Ms. Josephson is like getting two shows for the price of one." - New London Day
Fees: From $300
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 JuggleJoy - Keith Hughes and M.J. Moriarty
29 Seymour Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06119
Phone: 860-231-8954
Email: info@jugglejoy.com
Website: www.jugglejoy.com
JuggleJoy's blend of stories and circus skills delight children of all ages. Whether spinning tales or spinning plates, this husband-wife team uses juggling, magic and other "antic arts" to create unique and memorable performances. Show and workshop topics include: circus and vaudeville history, masks, improvisation, Greek drama and stand-up comedy.
Listed in the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism's Directory of Performing Artists, JuggleJoy offers performances, workshops and residencies that enrich arts, science, language arts and physical education curricula.
Fees: From $300
 Tom Lee
Telling Stories
65 Middlesex Avenue
Chester, CT 06412
Phone: (860) 526-4600
Fax: (860) 526-4344
Email: tellingstories@msn.com
Website: www.tomleestoryteller.com
For over 12 years, Tom Lee has told authentic, traditional folktales to audiences of all ages. He trained in England, researching stories at the British Museum. He has appeared on BBC-TV, been heard on National Public Radio and has performed at the Connecticut Storytelling Festival and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Classroom programs, grades K - 12. International stories, and special programs on the Middle Ages and classical mythology.
Tom Lee is a Master Teaching Artist with the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Fee: $350 to $550
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 Steve Long
1322 Boulevard
West Hartford, CT 06119-1607
Email: sjlbenriya@earthlink.net
Language defines the world and different languages define the world differently. Steve, who has lived in Japan for over ten years, has combined English and Japanese. Using his well-received "champon" style, Steve hopes to pass on an appreciation of the Japanese language and how Japanese writers for families view the world.
Steve also does presentations on Japan for elementary schools.
 Sharon Lynch
77 Knollwood Road
Farmington, CT 06032
Phone (w): (860) 675-2364 (h) (860) 673-2487
Email: sharonmlynch@hotmail.com
Sharon Lynch draws on her background in education and creative movement to bring grace, drama and humor to her storytelling. She invites audiences to see, through story, the gifts of nature; to hear inspirational tales from folk and fairy tales, saints' lives, and the Bible; and to feel the joy or sorrow or peace while actively listening. School, library, organization and church programs for families and adults.
Fee negotiable.
 Shari Lynn
Storyteller & Fiber-Artist
89 Long Meadow Hill Road
Brookfield, CT 06804
Phone: 203-788-3433 (cell) ; 203-775-2066 (home)
Email: sharilynn@neshamahcreations.com
Folktales, literature, myths, show tunes, Torah and Midrash or original material. Shari Lynn's abundant energy and warm heart appeal to audiences of all ages as she combines stories and songs with audience participation. Shari Lynn has appeared at Festivals, schools, churches, synagogues, libraries, museums, senior centers, malls and private parties. Performances, workshops, residencies.
"You were wonderful! You really got the children involved and held their attention. Even the ones who don't normally pay attention were so absorbed!" - Pat Doolan, Director of Head Start, Litchfield, CT
Audience: Ages 3 to 103
Fee: $200 and up
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