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ANDREA FAIN
Chicago IL 773-342-9298andreafain@sbcglobal.net
Selected Performance Venues include:
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Illinois Storytelling Festival
  • 57th Street Book Fair
  • Duncan YMCA After School Progra
  • African Arts Festival
  • South Shore Culture Center
  • "It's Story Time" Cable TV
  • Dr. Gloria Peace, H30 Cable Access
  • Women's Harvest Festival
  • National Association of Black Storytellers Festival
  • Chicago Public Schools
  • Tellebration! at Hyde Park Union Church
  • Tellebration! at Park Manor Church
  • Matteson School District
  • Schaumburg School District
  • ENCORE Chicago - Department of Aging
An extraordinary storyteller from a little girl, amazing her friends and capturing their imagination … Andrea discovered the power of the spoken word which can transport us to different places in time and space. After years of sharing her stories with children and adults of all ages she is still enthusiastic about her craft and takes a special delight in bringing an awareness of the black experience and history to her audiences. Her voice invites you to travel with her on a journey, recapturing moments and memories, and touching the souls and hearts of her listeners.
Andrea excels in creating the ambiance of the stories by using her unique voice, visual expressions and sounds to make her characters come alive. Her original poetry is magically woven into her storytelling, painting beautiful and imaginative pictures with her words. Her original poem, "I Stand In Awe of Storytellers" is published in "Sayin' Something' Stories" from the National Association of Black Storytellers.
Andrea has spent over 32 years in the Chicago Public School system working with children and teenagers, and serving as a liaison between parents, students, and social agencies. She is a former co-leader and facilitator for Communications 37, a Chicago-based after school program teaching techniques or oral presentation of stories to high school apprentices.
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Illinois Storytelling, Inc. is partially funded by the Oak Park Area Arts Council in partnership with the Village of Oak Park, the Illinois Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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