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About Suzi

“Steeped in Appalachian tradition and humor.” ~ Johnson City Press, Johnson City, Tennessee

“Great stories, great timing, and great heart.  What else do you need?” ~ Bill Harley

“Suzi Whaples is ‘our kind of folks’!” ~ Donald Davis

 

“Suzi Whaples’ storytelling is like a breath of fresh, sweet mountain air, refreshing your mind, renewing your spirits, making you feel giddy and childlike, all of this in the breath of a single tale well told.” ~Lyn Ford

“Poignant (without being sappy), and funny as all get-out…The other tellers and I looked at each other and said, ‘Who is this?  Where has she been?’” ~ Andy Offutt Irwin

“Suzi Whaples is the best new storyteller to hit the circuit since Bil Lepp!  I am an unabashed fan–NO–I am in love!  oxox.” ~ Carmen Agra Deedy

30 years’ experience ~ Stories for all ages ~ Featured in Festivals across the country including the National Storytelling Festival ~ Storyteller and Trainer of Storytellers

 

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Some Festivals Suzi Has Graced

Beaver Storytelling Festival, Beaver, Pennsylvania
Bold-Faced Liars’ Showdown, Laurinburg, North Carolina
Connecticut Storytelling Festival, New London, Connecticut
Corn Island Storytelling Festival, Louisville, KY
Delta Storytelling Festival, Greenville, Mississippi (Featured during the Inaugural Event)
Echoes Through the Coalfields
Frostburg Appalachian Festival, Frostburg, Maryland
June Buggin’ at the We Piddle Around Theater, Brundidge, Alabama
Hawaii Storytelling Tour
Kearney Storytelling Festival, Kearney, Nebraska
Moonshell Storytelling Festival, Ashland, Nebraska
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee
Ojai Storytelling Festival, Ojai, California
Optimist Music and Story Festival, Apex, North Carolina
Patchworks Storytelling Festival, Beckley, WV
Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival, Brundidge and Troy, Alabama
Sounds of the Mountains Storytelling Festival, Bethel, Virginia
Southern Ohio Storytelling Arts and Music Festival, Chillicothe, Ohio
Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, Woodruff, South Carolina
Stories at the River’s Edge, West Virginia and Ohio
Storytellers’ Celebration, Hillsboro, Ohio
Storytelling Live!  Teller in Residence, Jonesborough, Tennessee
Three Rivers Storytelling Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Toe River Storytelling Festival, Bakersville, North Carolina
Vandalia Gathering, Capitol Complex, Charleston, West Virginia
West Fork Volunteer Firemen’s Bluegass Festival, Chloe, West Virginia