Phyllis The Story Teller

About

Bio

Ms. Kelly, a Performing Arts honors graduate, breathes life and dynamism into every performance, captivating crowds with tremulous echoes, haunting whispers, and a griot's enchanting, powerful presence. Well-versed in multi-cultural, literary traditions, with the rich tapestry of her Southern roots and dialects, having been a Storyteller-in-Residence at Atlanta Museum's "The Wren's Nest" for 7 years telling Brer Rabbit and friends. Now in Los Angeles, Ms. Kelly continues to tap the world, inspiring children & adults, with her unique interactive style of "Edutainment."

Repertoire

African American Folktales * Religious Stories * Fairy Tales * Healing & Peace Stories * War Stories * Historical Stories * Motivational Stories * European Stories * Mid-Eastern International Cultural Tales * Native American Folktales * The Old South Tales * Haunting Tales * Westward Pioneer Tales * African Folktales * Colonial Tales * Carribean Tales *

Events & Locations

SCHOOLS * CELEBRATIONS * BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMS * BIRTHDAY PARTIES * HOLIDAYS * LIBRARIES * MUSEUMS * COLLEGES * RELIGIOUS * CORPORATE EVENTS * WORKSHOPS * KEYNOTES * CAMPS * MEMORIALS * WEDDINGS * FESTIVALS *

REVIEWS

- B. Yates / Atlanta

"Her choreographed movements and dynamic vocal effects create vibrant colorful characters, human and critters, that come to life in you and right before your very eyes!"

- Pauletta Washington, actress, speaker, wife-Denzel Washington / Los Angeles

"...bravo, bravo, bravo!"

- Carol Mumford, former Director "The Wren's Nest" / Atlanta

"...mesmerizing, charismatic, and just fun!"

- Janis Fairnot, Board of Education / South Carolina

"...engaging, exiting, educational"

- J. Mirsch / Los Angeles

"She warms your heart, engaging crowds' happiness and joyful smiles, sharing storytelling educational traits and cultural diversity, weaving the preservation of oral traditions with percussion and string music accompaniment."