The focus of this “Taking Your Story to the Stage” 3-day workshop is on storytelling performance. Each participant is asked to come with a story that is almost “stage-ready.” Participants gather at Connie’s home, tucked in the beautiful mountains surrounding Asheville, NC. This workshop intensive provides a supportive, affirming atmosphere to nurture each storyteller’s performance skills and confidence. “Taking Your Story to the Stage” is open only to those who have previously studied with Connie. If you have not had this opportunity and/or Connie has not heard you tell a story, a private coaching session may be required. Registration is limited so if you’d like to add your name to the list of participants now, contact Connie. For more details, click here.
And if you can’t make the workshop, mark your calendars now join us as
listeners for an enchanting evening of storytelling in “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories” on March 29, 2025 at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.
Join nationally celebrated storyteller Connie Regan-Blake as she welcomes her storytelling workshop participants to the stage for “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories.” This show’s tellers include Donna Catton-Johnson, Linda Chancey Guice, Steve Tate, Christine Phillips Westfeldt, Cheri Miller, Laura Hope-Gill, Andy Russell, and Janel Woodland.
Connie is emceeing this evening of unique voices. The last several “Slice of Life” shows have been sell-outs – so get your tickets early!
Tickets are $18 if purchased in advance, or $22 at the door, if available. Doors open at 6:30pm and seating is first come first served. Online ticket sales end an hour before the performance time, but there may still be tickets available for purchase at the door. Call Black Mountain Center of the Arts for availability at 828.669.0930.
What participants have said:
- Intense and Rewarding. Opportunity to take risks and grow with others who care about stories and those who tell them.
- This workshop offers a retreat environment in which realignment occurs allowing freedom for the story to take the stage as I, the entertainer, offer it as a gift to the audience.
“The Round Robin of storytellers at Connie Regan-Blake’s “Slice of Life” show gave me a rare listening treat. Each story was as unique as the voice that told it. What great fun to hear a mountain art form so well-spun!” –Donna Marie Todd, storyteller, singer and story workshop leader
In-Person Storytelling Performance
It’s a Miracle: Tales of Life & Death – Evening Performance with Connie
Center for Conscious Living & Dying, Swannanoa, NC
Open to everyone!
7 pm storytelling performance
$25 Tickets on sale now!
When Connie takes the stage, her engaging humor and Southern charm generate a brightness and warmth that draw listeners in. Connie brings wisdom, humor and drama to her performances with stories that range from hilarious personal experiences, to traditional Appalachian Mountain tales to poignant true-life dramas. A consummate professional having entertained audiences in 47 states, 18 countries, and 6 continents, Connie’s rare talent can transform a convention hall into a wondrous landscape and turn a packed theater into an intimate circle of friends.
Connie is available for your event both in the Asheville area and beyond. Her storytelling performances range from hilarious traditional Appalachian Mountain tales to poignant true-life dramas with listeners laughing in one moment and catching their breath in awe in the next. She has performed for national & regional conferences of every genre, family reunions, churches as well as festivals, libraries and more! Connie’s stories are tailored to engage, entertain and inspire all her listeners. Email her office for more details.
Connie will be the Teller in Residence the week of June 9-15, 2025 at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee. There will be live performances during the week and some extra special events.
(Photo by: Tom Raymond. This life-size portrait of Ray is on loan to the International Storytelling Center from the “Connie Regan-Blake Library of Congress Collection.”)
Connie is joining in to attend a week-long intensive storytelling workshop with Bill Harley. Bill Harley is well-traveled, well-read, well-educated, well-spoken and well-loved. Accompanied by his guitar, his narrative songs and stories, both original and traditional, are a celebration of our common humanity. Best known for his work with children and families, his ability to navigate through a confusing world with humor and wisdom is evident in his masterful storytelling as well as his numerous award-winning recordings and books. A two-time Grammy winner, he is vibrant, outrageous, unpredictable and genuine with songs and stories about growing up, schooling and what it is to be human—our connections with one another and with the planet we share. Recognized by audiences and peers as one of the finest performing storytellers in the country, his work has influenced a generation of children, parents, performing artists and educators. Bill tours internationally as a performing artist, author and keynote speaker from his home in Seekonk, Massachusetts.
There will be performances, workshops, coaching, walks in the woods . . . and all of it an idyllic retreat setting, right off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Hosted since 2004 by Dianne Hackworth, it promises to be a fun, creative, renewing Wild Week in the Woods!
Want to join in? Register here.
Connie is telling stories at The Hans Christian Andersen statue this summer in New York City’s Central Park on Saturday July 12, 2025. Schedule to be posted here: The Hans Christian Anderson Story Center.
http://www.hcastorycenter.org/
Mark your calendar and plan to attend National Storytelling Network 2025 Conference – July 17-20, 2025 at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA (outside Atlanta.) 
Folks gather from every corner of the world to participate in this annual conference with a wide variety of storytelling workshops, education sessions, performances, and networking opportunities.
Connie is among the featured tellers on Friday evening. She is also performing “A Legend in Overalls: Storytelling in the Footsteps of Ray Hicks.”
Watch for the full schedule.
Every October since 1973, thousands of travelers have visited Tennessee’s oldest town. They come for one purpose–to hear stories and to tell them at the National Storytelling Festival.
This celebration of America’s rich and varied storytelling tradition, the oldest and most respected gathering anywhere in America devoted to
(Photo by: Tom Raymond)
storytelling, has in turn spawned a national revival of this venerable art. International Storytelling Center is excited to welcome you to the storytelling capital of the world October 3-5, 2025 to celebrate the power of storytelling.
Since its first days, the Festival has featured a stunning array of world-class talent that share oral traditions from across history and all over the globe. Cultural representation has included performers from the African American, Jewish, Aboriginal, Egyptian, Asian, Celtic, Hispanic, Israeli, Liberian, French, African, Caribbean, Native American, and the deaf communities, among others.
The National Storytelling Festival was an ambitious name for a small event tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains. But over decades, it has grown into its name, hosting thousands of listeners in Jonesborough each year.
Connie Regan-Blake will be emceeing at the festival again this year! Come early to enjoy music festivals and workshops!