Adair Heitmann is an award-winning storyteller, author, educator, and artist. She’s performed with “PechaKucha Night Bridgeport,” “Women Tell,” ‘Tell Me Another,” “We Rise Storytelling Collective,” in churches and congregations, and at Stratford Library and Westport Library. She is a Poet-in-Residence in elementary schools and a Guest Lecturer in personal narrative writing in colleges. Her fine art is exhibited worldwide and her essays and poems are published in books and anthologies.

Her call-to-action is in creating and presenting personal stories with inspiring messages for all as she examines identity, relationships, self-acceptance, creativity, and transformation.

Performance Fee: Varies

Workshop Fee:Varies

Audiences: Adults

Genres: Personal Stories

Awards: Storytelling World Resource Honors for the book, "ANIMALS: Personal Tales of Encounters With Spirit Animals" contributing author for her personal narrative essay, "Overcoming Fear With Help From the Whales"

National Federation of Press Women - national 1st Place Winner and Honorable Mention

Connecticut Press Club - statewide 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and Honorable Mention

Artist grant from the Connecticut Department of Culture and Tourism

Your story is warm, funny, and guides the listener on a memorable journey. You are a wonderful storyteller -C.M. Conway, Filmmaker and Multimedia Storytelling Consultant-“How to Successfully Fail in Hollywood”

- CM Conway

Your story of transformation is a beautifully told story -National Storytelling Network Board Member

- NSN Board Member

I loved your work last night. Your visual storytelling PechaKucha was a work of art, your performance and energy were infectious -Librarian

- Librarian