As we start a new year, we've invited 4 of the most talented storytellers around to inspire us with stories of new beginnings, new starts and new hope.

This is a virtual online show on YouTube Live. Tickets are pay what you can starting at $1.00 and up. Want to be in the Zoom room with our storytellers? Be part of the live virtual audience with our Backstage Pass ticket option. Once you get your ticket, you will receive a link to join the live event shortly before the show begins. You will also be able to watch the replay afterwards with the same link.

Emcee: Claire Hennessy

Storytellers:

Bil Lepp’s humorous, family friendly tall-tales and stories have earned the appreciation of listeners of all ages and from all walks of life. In 2011, Bil was awarded the National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Award. Lepp has been featured 19 times at the National Storytelling Festival, and performed at major storytelling festivals, at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and at corporate events and functions across the country. He performed at Comedy Central’s Stage on Hudson in Los Angeles, CA.

Bil’s books and audio collections have won awards including the PEN Steven Kroll Award for Children’s Book Writing, Parents’ Choice Gold awards, and awards from the National Parenting Publications Assoc., and the Public Library Assoc. https://www.leppstorytelling.com/

Kim Weitkamp is a humorist, storyteller, singer and songwriter, Kim has taken home an armload of awards and recognitions. She currently has 9 albums, 7 of them award winning audio collections, the latest being, Monkey Bars, Middle Age, and Other Natural Disasters. Her material is played on NPR affiliate stations and on SiriusXM Radio. Kim travels the continent full time performing at theaters and at festivals. She has hosted a successful morning show and has given keynotes for some of Forbes most recognized companies and high profile national non-profits. She has received the Blue Ridge Excellence in the Arts Award, the Toastmasters International Leadership in Communication Award and 7 Storytelling World Awards. https://www.kimweitkamp.com/

Regi Carpenter has been bringing songs and stories to audiences of all ages throughout the world in school, theaters, libraries, at festivals, conferences and in people’s back yards for over 20 years. An award winning performer, Regi has toured her solo shows and workshops in theaters, festivals and schools, nationally and internationally.

Regi is the youngest daughter in a family that pulsates with contradictions: religious and raucous, tender but terrible, unfortunate yet irrepressible. These tales celebrate the glorious and gut – wrenching lives of four generations of Carpenter s raised on the Saint Lawrence River in Clayton, New York. Tales of underwater tea parties, drowning lessons and drives to the dump give voice to multi-generations of family life in a small river town with an undercurrent. https://regicarpenter.com/

Antonio Rocha is originally from Brazil, came to the USA In 1988 to study mime with Tony Montanaro. Since then Antonio has performed his unique fusion of mime and spoken word with his tenor voice and realistic sound effects from Brazil to New Zealand covering 15 countries across 6 continents. Antonio has many recordings, a picture book and earned the coveted Circle of Excellence Award by the National Storytelling Network. www.storyinmotion.com