Papa Joe, Joseph P. Gaudet
603-770-6916
Email: PapaJoeGaudet@live.com

Summary: Freelance Storyteller with nearly 6000 performances and workshops from 1987 to present.
Mastery: Interactive folktales for family audiences.

A Small Sampling of Performances include:

First Night, Portsmouth, NH, 1991 - 2002
Fruit Street School, Bangor, ME, 1993 - 2003
Region 10 Community Support Services Outreach Programs at 14 NH Elementary Schools, 1998 - 2002
Beverly School for the Deaf, Beverly, MA, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002
Woods In the Winter, National Forest Service, Lincoln, NH, 1999 - 2002
Midsummer Night Festival, Wakefield, MA, 2001-2002
Storytelling Dinners at the Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich, NH, 1990 - 2001
Various Preschools, MD, 1998, 1999, 2001
Ronald McDonald House Family Retreat, Bar Harbor, ME, 1999 - 2001
Pike County Public Library, Milford, PA, 1999, 2001
Clarksville Public Library, TN, 2001
Kanawha County's Libraries, WV, 1997, 2000
Hudson Valley Garlic Festival, Saugerties, NY, 1996, 1998, 1999
All 7 Latah County Libraries, ID, 1996, 1998
Historical Museum, Troy, MI, 1997 - 1998
Merry Mushroom Preschool, Blairstown, NJ, 1997, 1998
L.A.N.E.S. Olio, Sharing the Fire Conference, Boston, MA, 1998
Earthfests in NH, MA, ME, 1990 - 1997
Maine Special Olympics Fund Raiser, Old Orchard Beach, ME, 1994 - 1997
MC at Michigan Storyteller's Festival, Flint, MI, 1997
Library, Fremont, OH, 1997
All 14 Spokane City & County Libraries, WA, 1993, 1996
Libraries, Hildreth & York, NE, 1995, 1996
Aline-Cleo Elementary School, Cleo Springs, OK, 1996
Project for Literacy & Storytelling (PLuS), Hartford, CT, 1996
Public Library, West Memphis, AR, 1995 - 1996
First Night NH, Concord, NH, 1989 - 1994
The Children's Metamorphosis Museum, Londonderry, NH, 1991 - 1993
Austin Public Library, Austin, TX, 1992
Texas Elks Children’s Services, Gonzales, TX, 1992
Provincial Library Tour, Prince Edward Island & Newfoundland, Canada, 1990
S.F.W.C.N. Concert, Mass Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA, 1990
Columbus Day, Barcelona, Spain, 1989
The Bread & Rose Festival, Lawrence, MA, 1989
Phillip's Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1988

Classes and Workshops include:

Over 200 Residencies at Early Learning Environments in Southern NH & Eastern MA, 1987 - 2003
Many Workshops at  Family Day Care Assoc. and Early Childhood Education Conferences (Keynote Speaker 1991), MA, NH, 1989 - 1991, 1994 - 1995, 1998 - 1999, 2001-2003
Sunday Night Keynote, Maine Libraries Conference, 2003
History Residency at Wilson School, Manchester, NH, 2002
Storytelling Residency at St Thomas Elementary School, Sanford, ME, 2000
Workshops for seven Colleges and Universities in NH, 1990 - 2001
Storytelling Residency at Fruit Street School, Bangor, ME, 1998
Workshops for Early Learning Professionals in MI, 1997 - 1998
GSA Storytelling Badge Workshops, Epping, NH 1995 - 1996
Storytelling Residency at Sanborn Regional High School, Kingston, NH 1996
Storytelling Residency at Danville Elementary School, Danville, NH 1995
Workshops for Sharing the Fire (NE Storytelling Conference) Boston, MA, 1990 - 1993
Storytelling Classes, Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, Epping, NH, Spring & Fall, 1991 - 1993
Workshop for Eastern Washington University, Colfax, WA, 1993
Creative Writing Residency, Nobleboro Central School, Nobleboro, ME, 1993
Classroom Cultural Programs with SCIY, throughout NH & Barcelona, Spain, 1989 - 1991
Staff Development Workshops with SCIY, Concord & Dover, NH, 1990 - 1991
Workshops for Mass Library Assoc., Worcester & Danvers, MA, 1990
Workshop for Three Apples Storytelling Festival, Harvard, MA, 1990
Workshop for NOB Children's Librarians, Lowell, MA, 1990


Memberships:
The Storytelling Ring, World Wide Web
The National Storytelling Association (NSA)
The League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES)
Seacoast Storytellers (a NH Story Circle)
Stories For World Change Network (SFWCN)

Publications:
What Storytelling means to Me - (article) in the International Order of E.A.R.S., Inc Tale Trader Volume 15, No 3 - August, 1997
Performing for Free - (artical) in The Sands of Time, quarterly Newsletter of The Sandcastle Storytellers, Inc., Fall 1997
Papa Joe’s ~ For A Wish (audio tape), 1996
A Working Storyteller (article) in The Lanes Museletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, Apr 1996
24 Adapted and Original Tales, published in Clap Books, 1996
New Pots from Old (story and activities) in Spinning Tales - Weaving Hope, an anthology compiled by SFWCN and published by New Society Press, 1991