"The Kate Hepburn of Storytelling."

Richard Lee, Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival

"Epic and Intimate in equal measure."

Reeves Collins, Storyteller/Professor, Northwestern University

     "Megan’s storytelling has a radiance, which only comes from that rare combination of raw talent, deep intelligence and blistering honesty.  Soul speaks through Megan’s mouth."

Rebecca Armstrong, Joseph Campbell Foundation

     Megan's storytelling is wise, passionate and precise; her charisma warm and loving.  Whether an ancient myth, historic truth, literary classic, folktale, fairy tale, legend, or original creation, Megan Wells carries audiences beyond time and space to the deep sources of imagination and culture.

     Are you a school or college?  Library?  Festival?  Corporation?  Community gathering?  Theater?  Family?  Do you need to bring your curriculum alive?  Deepen community?  Entertain and inspire?  Encourage insight?  Innovate ideas?  A seasoned actress, director, writer, teacher, mythologist, communications consultant, innovation coach, Megan brings all her gifts to storytelling.

     Three minute stories? Two hours? Megan has a full and carefully crafted repertoire. She excels in Greco-Roman and Scandinavian mythology, King Arthur Legendry, Biblical and Historical Stories.  Megan is also known for her ghost stories and original tales of synchronicities.

    An award-winning artist, Megan was honored with Chicago’s prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award for Directing (1986) and two national awards for storytelling (1999), the Parent’s Choice Gold from Parents’ Magazine, and EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award.  Megan holds a BFA and an MFA in theater arts and is a published author and playwright.

Where have I heard Megan Wells? 

At your school? Your local library?  Your corporate retreat? Or maybe it was your cousins wedding? WBEZ? US99? WTTW Artbeat?  How about the Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute of Chicago, National Storytelling Festival, Minneapolis Fringe Festival, Epic Storytelling Festival, Rock River, Jungle Tales, Midway Village, Wild Onion, Schaumburg Prairie Center, Illinois Storytelling Festival, Sterling Storytelling Festival, New American Theater, Oak Park Festival Theater, Uncommon Ground, Taste of Chicago, Millenium Park, DRAFTFCB, Kraft Foods, J. Walter Thompson, Witmer & Associates, Motorola, Rouse Company, Northwest Airlines, Northwestern University, Chicago a cappella, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, First Presbyterian of La Grange etc., etc., etc...