Kim Kilpatrick

Delighting audiences across Canada as a storyteller for more than 20 years.  The first stories she remembers hearing came from the brothers Grimm on record, tape, and from the books her parents read to her. The first books she read for herself in braille were filled with magical folk tales.

Although Kim is known for her autobiographical stories including four   one woman shows, she also loves telling other material including epic, historic, and these wonderful tales filled with magic and mystery. 

Mary Wiggin

For more than 20 years, Mary has delighted audiences with her storytelling. Renowned for her exquisite sense of language, she loves folktales and fairy tales with strong heroines and sound plots, but also has some historic, literary and even ghostly tales in her repertoire. Mary is a frequent featured teller at Ottawa Storytellers’ (OST) events. She also tells in a variety of community settings including schools and libraries and currently is enjoying sharing stories with seniors in programs in the city. 

She is delighted to be part of this program highlighting tales of the Brothers Grimm. When journeying along dark paths, through wild wonder, it’s wise to travel in company you can count

Andrea Prazmowski

A new face on the Ottawa Storytellers scene, she has always been captivated by stories. Her childhood bookworm beginnings led her to a journalism degree and decades as a freelance writer, editor, facilitator and Forest Therapy Guide.  In 2022 she had the privilege of participating in a three-month full-time program of study with the International School of Storytelling in England. She loves to unearth personal and timeless stories and animate them with her voice and presence. This is her first deep dive into the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and, feels quite sure that these old stories were also enjoyed by her nearby Polish ancestors, once or twice upon a time.

Johanna Kuyvenhoven

A well-traveled teller with a repertoire ranging from pithy Dutch folktales and dark wondertales …to such epic, mythic narratives as the Iliad and Maharabata. Telling across Canada and beyond, she heard, gathered, wrote and told stories for big and little grown-ups, in schools, kitchens, libraries and stages. However, her first love, brightened by a flashlight under the covers of her bunkbed, were the old wondertales. Over the years, these magical and yet earthy stories continued to fascinate, perplex and counsel her. Today, she is keen lift the wild stories of dark wonder, off the pages and into our midst.

Mary Muckle

A well- known harpist, teacher and composer in Ottawa. Her musical skills include Celtic and pedal harp, voice, piano and harpsichord. She is the director of The Ottawa Youth Harp Ensemble, a group of harpists who are her current and former students. She accompanied performances of  the storytelling of the Mabinogian by Ottawa Storytellers in 2024 and at the North American Welsh Festival  2025 in Ottawa. 

In tonight’s program Mary includes arrangements of German traditional folk music as well as the music of composers influenced by German folk traditions.