Jane Dorfman enters into the stories she tells, be they fairy and folk tales, personal stories, historical characters, or even lies. Listeners, children and adults, have said they feel they are in the story with her.

Jane tells tales of dutiful daughters and wise women, faithful sons and wicked kings, of magic skipping ropes and Irish heroes, of the angel Elijah and the fools of Chelm, of tricky animals and clever kids and Calamity Jane. She tells personal stories about her New Orleans childhood and her Maryland neighbors, her favorite being “Daddy’s on the Roof and He’s Got the Ax.” Lately she has found liar’s contests to be very liberating!