Storytelling Scholars

Meet our team

Ilene Evans

Artistic Director

Dr. J. Holmes Armstead

Artistic Director

Storytelling Scholar

Marianne Jenkins

Storytelling Scholar

Karen Vuranch

Storytelling Scholar

Nadia Bouajila

Storytelling Scholar

Joey Madia

Storytelling Scholar

Vital Akimana

Storytelling Scholar

Fanny Crawford

Storytelling Scholar

Thomas Reese

Storytelling Scholar

  • The performance engaged the audience in the historical context of the times. Each character brought to life the qualities and challenges that marked the ongoing struggle for equality. I found the question/answer session after the performance to be just as interesting as the performance itself.

    LeeAnn Brown
    Director of Community Engagement
    West Virginia Wesleyan College

  • I felt like I was talking to the actual people, not just an actor. I felt the spiritual connection the performers had made with the character they were portraying.

    Cynthia Carr

  • This was a wonderful program! Our five-year-old kindergartners were on the front row and they were completely engaged during the entire presentation! Truly, an amazing way to experience history. Thank you VFTE!

    Dr. Sara Stankus
    Principal
    Union Elementary School

  • Ilene is an outstanding performer. She really knew how to appeal to Kuwaitis’ passion for poetry and story-telling, while making a strong pitch for acceptance of diversity. Several Kuwaiti cultural impresarios who saw the program have asked us whether we could bring her back again, or whether they could contact her directly to invite her themselves. We recommend Ilene Evans most highly.

    John Berry
    United States Embassy
    Kuwait

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