Who Is My Taleypo

                                                                                                                               

                                            Storytelling Mission Statement:

"Storytelling is the embodiment of the wisdom, stories, and experiences of my family, teachers, and storytellers. When inspired, these pieces come together to create a new story or workshop. My gift to others is the use of my stories and workshop ideas to take, reshape…call it their own…and pass it along. "     Marilyn A. Kinsella

 Since 1981, Marilyn Kinsella from Fairview Heights, IL, has been telling stories. She started while teaching school in the Metro-St. Louis area.  Her collection of stories has grown from a handful to hundreds of stories include: personal experiences, folk tales, literary stories and historical tales. Her style has been described as "animated." She uses "word imaging" to color enhance the story.

For 16 years she worked as the storyteller at the Edwardsville Public Library where she honed her skill as a storyteller and puppeteer. After her retirement (picture above) in 2002, she has worked as a full-time, freelance professional storyteller.

She now travels extensively telling her stories. Her main area for telling includes the St. Louis area and the Southern Illinois region, but she has been known to tell stories "to the four corners."

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                                                                                               Videos

                                                                         *Come and hear and see Taleypo at the Iowa Summer Read Showcase

                                                                                                                         

                                                                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Z5b9x8X4A  

                                                            *Hear Taleypo tell her latest story at  in KC on You Tube, 2010  

                                             

                                                                                           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uskcdmIYlE

                                                                           *A Storyteller Sampler - video-taped in San Diego, CA in 2000

                                                                               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uj6e9fHY

Taleypo playing the part of Beadle The Bard at the "Harry Potter Yuletide Ball, 2017-18 in St Louis. In this clip my picture appears very quickly. I had so much fun playing this part. of  storyteller. I am a woman, playing the part of man who is playing the part of a woman. HMMM.   Here is picture of Taleypo scaring the beejeezees out in the ballroom. Gee, I think I scared myself!

                                                                                                             

                                 

                                       https://www.facebook.com/DowntownUrgentCare/videos/vb.1799085266/10208186400656595/?type=2&theater

          

 

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