Previous Storytellers

Len Cabral

Bio:
Len Cabral gathers his stories from traditional tales and his own experiences, weaving them into a captivating performance that wins the hearts of all who hear him. Len has been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival, President Clinton's Inauguration, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D C and numerous festivals throughout the U.S.

Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed: 2002 ,  2000

Regi Carpenter

Bio:

Regi is a fourth generation “river rat” who grew up in the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence River in Northern New York.  Her stories, folktales, music and myths are full of the people who inhabited the shores of that great river.  Carpenter, a late reader, began making up songs and stories as a child and has never stopped.  With a “voice that dances”, Regi has the astonishing ability to whisk you away to the place where dreams are born. She is the recipient of numerous storytelling awards.

Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed: 2010

Charlie Chin

Bio:
Charlie is an accomplished musician on several instruments, published author, playwright, actor and storyteller whose work is recognized and appreciated across many cultures. Charlie Chin's storytelling venues have included the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.

Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed: 2004

Willy Claflin

Bio:
Has a truck ever driven into your living room? Willy can tell that true tale and others as he draws on his vast life experiences for his stories. His wit and wisdom enthralls audiences through his puppet, Maynard Moose and other characters. Those adults who fist look askance at puppets are quickly drawn into the performance because of the themes and story lines that emerge.

Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed: 2004

Peter Cook

Bio:

Peter Cook is an internationally reputed deaf performing artist whose work incorporates American Sign Language, pantomime, storytelling, acting and movement. Audiences will likely find the stories so captivating that Peter's dynamic, humorous and often poignant facial expressions hardly need the accompanying verbal interpretation.  Peter has performed at the White House, appeared on PBS and at numerous festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed: 2008 ,  2005