Intermountain Storytellers

Laurie Allen

Intermountain Storyteller

Laurie has been telling ghost stories, folk tales and Americana tales, some with music, for more years than she wants to admit. She has taught storytelling to children and adults alike. Laurie will share anywhere there is an audience and is a favorite with Ogden Ghost Tours. Contact her at storiesbylaurie@gmail.com for help with your storytelling needs.

Janine Evans

Intermountain Storyteller

Janine is an engaging storyteller that has engaged audiences in many venues. She is a past president of the Utah Storytelling Guild, and is currently on the Weber State Storytelling Festival Committee. She uses her magical storytelling as a children's librarian in her storytimes and programs. She loves connecting with audiences of all ages and one her favorite audience's is her two grandkids that are always ready for a story.

Paige Funk

Intermountain Storyteller

Sit back and enjoy Paige Funk’s crisp, classic, character driven storytelling. Paige’s intelligent humor and ability to tell stories from different perspectives will shed light on dusty old tales. Music has always been very important to Paige and she often uses it to help bring her stories to life. Specializing in folk tale, myth, and tales from her own imagination, Paige’s stories are thought provoking, enchanting and you can expect the unexpected.

Nannette Guest-Watts

Intermountain Storyteller

Nannette is known for bringing stories to life. Combining careers in storytelling, choreography, and a degree in Music Dance Theatre, she embraces the world of performing arts. She was a featured regional teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and festivals from Idaho to Utah’s corners. She is a highly requested storyteller, storycoach, and director of National Youth Storytelling. She is the author of Youth Tell and co-authored two Haunted Salt Lake City books. She blends movement and voice, creating characters that captivate listeners.

Rachel Hedman

Intermountain Storyteller

Rachel Hedman, M.A. received a national storytelling award for service and leadership as well as the Karen J. Ashton Award. She completed her Storytelling Masters and has been a storyteller since 1994. As Story Crossroads Executive Director, she will help with the 8th Annual Story Crossroads Summit & Festival in Salt Lake County, UT.

Karla Huntsman

Intermountain Storyteller

Karla’s storytelling is said to have “a strong sense of character and connection with the audience.” She believes strongly in the power of story to enhance, clarify and change lives. Her repertoire consists of personal, traditional, historical, and family tales and stories with music. She frequently includes original songs, guitar, autoharp, djembe drum, washboard, and /or puppetry with her storytelling programs.

George McEwan

Intermountain Storyteller

Six-time winner of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Utah’s Biggest Liar contest, George is familiar with stretching the truth just a bit. As a husband, father, soldier, pilot, inventor, and international traveler, he has plenty of stories. He will tell you the hardest part about being known for liar tales is getting people to believe the real adventures in his stories. For example, George has battled cancer. And just before getting radiation treatment, he received medication made from a genetically modified Chinese hamster. He realized hamster + radiation does not equal Spiderman. The world’s newest Superhero Hamsterman is born!

Steffani Raff

Intermountain Storyteller

Steffani's stories surprise with unexpected humor, heart, and wisdom. Her voice is captivating and the images she paints with words will immerse you into whatever story she tells. Steffani’s warmth and genuine delight for people encompasses each audience to create a memorable experience.

Steffani’s first book, “The Ravenous Gown: And 14 More Tales about Real Beauty” won a Storytelling World Award in 2016. The Deseret News called Steffani’s stories, “clever, humorous, thought-provoking tales.” The best place to buy it is through the publisher www.familius.com. You can find her at www.storypossibilities.com where you can sign up for her monthly newsletter.

Stephanie Rollheiser

Intermountain Storyteller

As an actress and senior business leader for over 30 years, Stephanie has a passion for the power of storytelling and its ability to give others an immersive experience in the background and culture of others. Stephanie received her degree in theatre and has been acting throughout her life in film, television and stage.

She also spent over 25 years as a senior leader where her background made her a subject matter expert in people strategy, change management, leadership development and executive coaching. It is here that her two worlds merged as she was able to impart the power of storytelling as an invaluable tool in both the business and personal lives of individuals, resulting in building trust, teamwork and relationships. Since her first storytelling job in the early nineties for Stone Mountain, Georgia’s, “A Tour of Southern Ghosts,” she has been hooked on passing thrilling tales on to others.

Madeline Rollins

Intermountain Storyteller

Madeline Rollins hails from Phoenix, Arizona. A former 2-times National Youth Storyteller she is currently a freshman in college, studying acting. She is the third of eight siblings, all of whom provide her plenty of inspiration for her stories. She enjoys writing poetry, which she occasionally weaves into her tales, and will happily spend hours playing the piano. In her spare time, she has a passion for painting and watching movies.

Clive Romney

Intermountain Storyteller

Clive Romney is an untiring advocate for the telling of pioneer stories through all the arts, and uses his arts, music and storytelling, to do just that. Clive makes his living as a record producer though more and more telling and singing at festivals. If you want to get more detailed, then realize that Clive Romney, a Pearl-Award-winning recording producer, is an expert in all these titles: composer, songwriter, storyteller, arranger, teacher and performer, forty two-year veteran of the music business, and Executive Director of Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts.

Clive plays guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, accordion, percussion, dan tranh, charango, bodhran, various other ethnic instruments, and some piano, and produces between four and ten albums per year in his recording studio, “Pitchfork Studios”, engineering most of his own recordings.Clive has taught Introduction to the Music Business and songwriting at Brigham Young University in Provo, and other music courses at the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College.

Jan Smith

Intermountain Storyteller

Known for her humor and flair, Jan C. Smith is an exciting storyteller and an engaging workshop presenter. She has performed on the stages of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the Weber State Storytelling Festival and presented workshops and performances for the Roots Technology Conference, BYU Arts Express and school residencies. In 2020, Jan donned a costume and portrayed Susan B. Anthony in celebrations commemorating women getting the vote.