Regional Tellers

Geraldine Buckley With her trademark wit, warmth and humor, Geraldine Buckley has been involved in storytelling, performance poetry and conducting creative workshops for over twenty years in the US, Canada, England, Holland, South Africa and Spain. Through folk stories and tales from her own life Geraldine takes the audience on a magic carpet ride of adventure, laughter and insight that leaves listeners both entertained and moved. And Geraldine has stories! In her eclectic past she has been, among other things, a minister in a large London church, a radio DJ, a television newsreader, an events director, a ghostwriter, a food critic, a magazine editor and an award winning performance poet. One of Geraldine’s recent adventures was being the Chaplain in the largest men’s prison in Maryland – a medium security facility which inspired her to create her true, hilarious, one woman storytelling show “Destination? Slammer!” which has received critical acclaim at festivals – both mainstream and fringe - and many other venues. Geraldine has an MA in communication from Regent University; she is a graduate of the Teaching Artist Institute and lives in Frederick, MD – 45 minutes from Washington DC.

Sheila Arnold currently resides in Hampton, VA. She is the CEO and Lead Performer of History’s Alive! and her major focus is performing, managing and marketing this flourishing business. Through History’s Alive! Sheila has given over 600 presentations for schools, churches, professional organizations and museums, in 26 states. In addition, she contracts with Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to present Historic Character Interpretation and teach teachers at their Summer Teachers Institute.

Sheila Arnold