Minneapolis, MN
Email: MRendon703 [at] aol.com
Website: www.marcierendon.com

Marcie Rendon, White Earth Anishinabe, writer, playwright, poet, mother, grandmother and sometimes performance artist, creates so that Native people may see themselves and be seen. We are kept in their mindset as “vanished peoples.” Can you believe you exist if you look in a mirror and see no reflection? And what happens when one group controls the mirror market? As Native people, we have known that in order to survive we had to create, re-create, produce, re-produce… The effect of the denial of our existence is that many of us have become invisible… however, not everyone can still that desire, that up-welling inside that says sing, write, draw, move, be… we can sing our hearts out, tell our stories, paint our visions…we are in a position to create a more human reality…in order to live we have to make our own mirrors…

Savage, MN

Email: christy-AT-christymariekent.com
Website: http://christymariekent.com

Born in Mississippi and raised all over the south, with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a master’s in mathematics, I am a writer, storyteller, speaker, and insurance product manager. I enjoy writing and storytelling because I get to be creative and make stuff up—something that they frown on me doing in my day job analyzing insurance statistics and calculating indicated rate levels. That day job has moved me further and further north. Now I find myself living with my husband and two sons in the frozen tundra of Minnesota (don’tcha know), telling stories about the south to any audience that will listen.

Des Moines, IA
Phone: (515) 778-2279
Email: entheastic-AT-aol.com
Website: www.grandmothernaturetales.com

Thea tells stories for all ages based on ancient myths, new science and everything in between. She researches, writes and performs many one-woman shows including: Susan B Anthony, Iowa’s Wonder Women and more. She uses nature-based tales for school age children believing that we all have an inner bias toward our natural surroundings.

Minneapolis, MN
Email: allison.broeren-AT-gmail.com
Website: www.storyslammn.org

Allison Broeren is a spoken word artist, a Rockstar Storyteller, the founder of Story SlamMN! and the Slam Master of nationally recognized Poetry SlamMN!. She has produced and performed a number of hit Fringe shows including All the Things I Never Told My Mother, and I’ll Marry You for Health Insurance. She has also performed in Women Stand Up! A Comedy Cabaret, been featured on KFAI’s Write On! Radio, and has performed on tables at house parties throughout the tri-state area. Contact Allison for your performance, hosting, or teaching needs.

Orange City, IA
Cell: 712-737-7760
Home: 712-737-2639
Email: lisa {at} pocketsfulloffun.com
Website: www.pocketsfulloffun.com

Lisa Laird is a former elementary and preschool teacher who now travels the Midwest with her cast of puppet friends known as Pockets Full of Fun. Her programs include puppetry, ventriloquism, stories, magic and music. Her goal is to provide children’s programs which entertain, encourage and educate.

Minneapolis, MN
Email: acleberg AT gmail.com
Website: www.interculturaladventure.blogspot.com

How many answers are there to the question, “what is it to be human?” The drive to answer this question has led Alex to work as a teacher in Tokyo, narrowly escape scam artists in Bangkok, fend off a monkey ambush on the islands of Vietnam, sleep in a cardboard box on the streets of Chicago, rebuild destroyed villages in Sri Lanka, and share small business advice with woman entrepreneurs in Uganda. Alex is currently a graduate student, business developer, intercultural consultant, improvisational coach, producer and actor, husband, son and father. He performs on the stages of HUGE and the Brave New Workshop, tells stories at Word Ninjas and presents on the topic of intercultural competence. Alex’s wealth is measured in experience. He shares it with you through story.

Arden Hills, MN
Phone: 651-340-6530
Email: jeffnkathleen [at] hotmail.com

Kathleen brings back stories and songs from the 11th to 18th centuries, rekindling the banked fires of universal themes: love, loss, resilience of the human spirit. She has been a featured performer for various festivals including CO and MD Renaissance Festivals, Baltimore Harbou, Manitou Springs, Oatlands.

Fridley, MN
Phone: (763) 717-4703
Email: dbutler33 [at] comcast.net

Southern born and raised. Sixty-nine-year-old male. I’ve lived in Minnesota since 1978. I love to tell stories and listen to others’ stories.

St. Paul, MN
Phone: 612-236-6035

Erskine, MN