Denise Keyes Page is founder of Ubuntu Storytellers. Their productions are enthusiastically received and attended. She and/or her team have performed at National Storytelling Network’s Annual Conference, the Women’s Storytelling Festival in VA, Artists Standing Strong Together, “Better Said Than Done,” International Festival of Arts and Idea, WPAA Television and more. Denise performs both with her ensemble and a single artist.

A Connecticut native, many of her stories stem from her experience as a multi -generational African American New Englander. Denise believes that sharing and listening to the stories of others has the capacity to deepen understanding. The art of storytelling brings together her passion for story and social justice.

She tells to enlighten and inspire, to laugh and cry and most of all to build bridges of understanding. Denise believes that to know someone we must learn about more than the stories of sheroism and victimization. Those stories are indeed important and should be shared, however to really know someone don’t we need the in between spaces? The places where everyday life is lived. Stories of being as well as of being in the skin we're in.

"When Denise tells her stories you feel yourself slip into those spaces with a sense of knowing, belonging and deepening understanding."

Performance Fee: Negotiable

Workshop Fee: Negotiable

Travel: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT, Out of Region

Audience: Teens, Adults

Genres: Personal Stories, Faith-based Stories

"I want you to know how much I enjoyed your story last evening. You made that seventeen-year-old girl so real - with her illogical thinking about having a glass eye, her worries about her appearance, her fear of being an outcast in a new school. As always, your story was so full of warmth, vulnerability and humanity." Cathy Moran

"I always appreciate the soul of your stories. How you wrap our hearts around them." Elisabeth Anton

"I was very moved by the Ubuntu Storytelling video, that was graciously shared by CHC with members of our Long Term Care Community. What a poignant and provocative means to celebrate Black History Month! I laughed, cried and felt the passion and depth of each teller’s story. I would very much like to continue the conversation for my team’s and my own personal growth, understanding and self-awareness." Lisa