For online videos of Jane's work, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2s9-NJ7LCTsPzzwNR1QeQ
Jane Dorfman
Bethesda, Maryland
(301) 654-5818 or (301) 500-4966
Renewal Date: 03/10/2022
Jane Ogburn Dorfman has a wide repertoire of stories for adults and children. She tells Celtic stories, tales from the Jewish tradition, and personal stories. She tells tales from her New Orleans childhood, Halloween stories, and a few lies. Her favorites are stories with depth of character and intricate plots. Jane has told at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park, Stone Soup Festival, Speak! Storytelling series, Rose Valley Storytelling, Susquehanna Liar’s Contest, and The Smithsonian. Jane has taught storytelling in the University of Maryland’s graduate school of Library Science and was a children’s librarian for 25 years. She’s done workshops for teens and librarians. She has two CD’s. The Man Who Had No Story and Other Tales, her adaptations of Celtic and Grimm stories that seek to let us get to know the hero and heroines.Tales from the Arabian Nights is risqué but not x-rated, full of Djinns, mistaken identity, and cross-dressing. Developed under a grant called Muslim Journeys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duzOgN6EtPg
She is president of Voices-in the-Glen storytelling guild. She is a member of the Program Committee for the Washington Folk Festival, and The National Storytelling Network. A teacher said, “She has a way of mesmerizing her audience and immersing them in the tales.” Another wrote, “Ms. Dorfman had the entire room spellbound by her tales–not an easy task with middle school students.” From an event organizer, “You really captivated the audience last night,–an audience of grown-ups, I might add, who didn’t come expecting folktales!”
She is president of Voices-in the-Glen storytelling guild. She is a member of the Program Committee for the Washington Folk Festival, and The National Storytelling Network. A teacher said, “She has a way of mesmerizing her audience and immersing them in the tales.” Another wrote, “Ms. Dorfman had the entire room spellbound by her tales–not an easy task with middle school students.” From an event organizer, “You really captivated the audience last night,–an audience of grown-ups, I might add, who didn’t come expecting folktales!”