Anne Rutherford, STORYTELLER
Without you, I'm talking to myself
Award-winning storyteller Anne Rutherford delights audiences nationwide with funny, touching performances that include tales of personal adventure, West Coast folklore and prize-winning lies. Her singing and mandolin playing add to the fun, along with vivid vocal and physical characterizations such as her original Wild West alter-ego, the adventurous Clementine Ryder.
A featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival, Anne has also twice been a Teller in Residence at the International Storytelling Center. Rutherford's CDs The Habit of Joy, 3 Lies & Some Truth and The Adventures of Clementine Ryder are Storytelling World Award Winners. However, she is also five-time first place winner of the Northwest Folklife Liar’s Contest — so don’t believe everything she tells you.
Rutherford performs and leads workshops across the country, often in with her husband, storyteller Norm Brecke. Besides telling in festivals, Anne enjoys working as a teaching artist in schools, telling at libraries, and devising new stories. She is grateful for all the people who've been in her audiences over the years, because as she says, "Without you, I'm talking to myself."