Storytellers of Central Ohio Members
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Adele Browne
Old-timey family style Appalachian folk & fairy tales in the spirit of "make your own fun!" for all ages.

Brandon Lawson
Brandon is a Business & Life Strategist, as well as, a Professional Speaker and Show Host. He loves to share stories to illustrate, intrigue, and invoke.

Craig and Cindi Garrelts
Christmas-oriented stories (both real & fiction) includes Santa’s connection to the real St. Nicholas.

Julie O'Keefe McGhee
I'm a teller, a writer and collector of tales both old and new for all ages.

Lynette Ford
Internationally renown storyteller, author and artist. Folktales, personal and family experiences and original stories rooted in her Affrilachian heritage.

Michelle Cornell
Michelle Cornell discovered the power of storytelling while working as a drama teacher.

Teri Lott
Teri, a retired educator, feels fortunate to share her love of stories with the young and the young of heart.

Bill Myers
There can be no successful story tellers without an audience, so that is my role.

Cathy Jo Smith
Irish and Irish-American history, stories and songs, tales and Irish Wake presentation (nothing serious; just a "going away" party!)

Joyce Geary
Joyce is an eclectic professional storyteller sharing a wide variety of tales with all ages wherever and whenever someone will listen.

Kevin Cordi
Cordi has made it his crusade to teach the value of a storytelling legacy." — The National Storytelling Network

Melanie D. Pratt
I am an eclectic teller who loves to tell tales from the Celtic nations (Scotland, Ireland, and Wales especially).

Pam Chase
Having worked in Christian Education most of her adult life, stories have been a part of my teaching, sharing and worship.

Rev. Joan Van Becelaere
Rev. Joan has a background in children’s theatre and loves to offer Dr Seuss stories and modern parables.

S.C. Coleman-Roush
Stephen Coleman-Roush has written stories since a child. Among his most successful works is a fantasy/historical fiction series; The Glass Empires, The Age of the Third Arcon, Populla's Shadow, and the Dawn of the Sun Panther

Bizzie Vunderink
A long time ago a short girl told a little story to a small audience. The audience liked the little story and the short girl liked telling it.

Larry E. Staats
Currently I do old time Appalachian stories, percussive dance, & Instruments.

Melody Tolle
Puppet Shows and stories for All! I tell folk tales, fables, bible stories and my life stories.

Sarah Stouffer-Lerch
SOCO 2023 Intern, Sarah Stouffer-Lerch is a senior at OSU.Having conducted oral history interviews, she is interested in the transformative power of storytelling to reveal truth and recontextualize the past.