Lona Bartlett is a performance artist, storyteller, puppeteer and educator from Charlotte. Degrees in education and a small town upbringing in the Catskill Mountains open a gateway to a long list of presentations. No matter the genre, whether folktales, fairytales, puppets, or personal stories, Lona brings excitement and insight to stage and classroom. She designs and creates many of her puppets and sometimes runs a “puppet hospital.”

“Lona Bartlett engages audiences both large and small with a wide range of stories that entertain and delight. She is a storyteller who moves easily between adult and youth audiences ,evoking in both the many emotions of the human drama—laughter, awe, and wonder.”

Andy Russell grew up in the western Piedmont section of North Carolina, and the region and its people figure prominently in his stories and songs! His singing and storytelling style is authentic, funny, and poignant, and appeals to wide audiences. Andy has appeared at the 2024 Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, “A Taste of Storytelling” in LaGrange, GA and the Florida Storytelling Festival, and was selected as a “New Voice” teller for the 2023 Stone Soup Storytelling Festival.

In June 2024, Andywon the Open Mike Story Slam competition for Six Feet Apart Productions. Andy lives in Ocala, Florida with two dogs and a three-legged cat.

Chris Wise considers himself a "story-finder" as much as a storyteller. He finds stories—and songs — hidden within his own and others' lives. And, from time to time, he just makes stuff up. He settled in Raleigh 30 years ago after a career as a soldier. You’ll enjoy how he “makes little effort to separate song, story, truth, meditations on the meaning of truth, and outright lies. “