Background

Ever since her mother read her The Wizard of Oz, Anne Rutherford has loved a good story. She grew up in a small Pennsylvania town (part Norman Rockwell, part Stephen King), went to college in New England and came to Oregon with a volunteer-service program in 1983.

After working as a fiscal manager and a professional mediator and facilitator, in 1999 Anne found her calling as a storyteller. She rented a hall, sold tickets, and people came to hear her!

Since then, she’s written and performed dozens of original stories plus vintage short fiction, poems and songs for audiences of all ages. She’s appeared in all kinds of venues, including inside collapsing tents and on stages shared by biting ants.

Anne lives with her husband Ron near the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. In 2010 and 2011 she won 1st place at the Liar’s Contest at the Northwest Folklife Festival (so don’t believe everything she tells you.)

  How Anne Became a Storyteller

5:11 YouTube  |   2009, AVP Media

Blurb

Anne tells smart, genuinely fun stories to audiences of all ages. Her specialties are original and vintage stories of humor and adventure, trickster tales, supernatural tales and Northwest folklore.

She performs and leads workshops at libraries, festivals and community events throughout the Northwest, for general, senior and school-age audiences. Anne uses music (mandolin!) and improv to add spice to her shows.

Anne is a teaching artist in the schools with Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington, a teacher with Saturday Academy and a member of the Portland and Seatlle Storytellers Guild and the National Storytelling Network.

For more information, visit: www.annerutherford.com