Featured Tellers

Doug Elliott: Whether he's singing about catfish, pontificating on possums, extolling the virtues of dandelions, telling wild snake tales or wailing out a jivey harmonica tune -- either on a backwoods trail or in a concert hall -- Doug Elliott will take you on an unforgettable, multifaceted cultural tour of North America's back country. He performs a lively collection of traditional tales, ancient legends, inspiring stories, folklore and outrageous personal narratives. He flavors them with regional dialects, lively harmonica riffs, fact stranger than fiction, and more than a few belly laughs.

Gene Tagaban: Gene Tagaban, whose heritage is Cherokee, Tlingit and Filipino, shares contemporary and traditional Native American stories, bringing them to life with the use of traditional flutes, drums, dance, masks and regalia. Be it trickster or creation stories, the portrayal of his grandmother, or his personal life journey of becoming the ‘raven dancer,’ Tagaban masterfully weaves his Native American heritage with his performance artistry.
His international appearances include performing for the Dalai Lama. Tagaban also performs with Kuteeya, an Alaskan native dance troupe. His Tlingit name, Guy Yaaw, loosely translates as “Salmon Home Coming.”

Eth-Noh-Tec: ETH-NOH-TEC is San Francisco-based kinetic story theater that is at once precision choreography, lyrical word-weaving, graceful, playful and poetic. By layering ancient Asian mythologies, folktales and Asian urban legends with Asian American sensibilities, Eth-Noh-Tec has created an exciting new blend of storytelling and physical theater.

Eth-Noh-Tec was founded in 1982 and is the combined performance chemistry of Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang

Donald Davis: Donald Davis grew up in a family of traditional storytellers who have lived on the same North Carolina land since 1781. After twenty years' service as a United Methodist minister, Davis became a full-time storyteller, now giving more than three hundred performances a year. He calls Ocracoke Island home. He has served as guest host of American Public Radio's "Good Evening," and appeared on CNN and "Nightline." He is author of several books and numerous storytelling CDs