About Jo Ho, Storyteller

Jo Ho is an accomplished storyteller, actress, and drama instructor performing with the Minneapolis Children's Theatre, Theatre for Young America in Kansas City, Playmaker's of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and The Alliance for Drama Education in Honolulu, Hawaii.

In 1989, Jo created "Granny Bear Tales", a storytelling company to delight all ages with collections of folktales, fairytales, holiday stories, and curriculum enhancement stories. Jo has spent the last 15 years telling stories at schools, libraries, and festivals including the Annual Historic Storytelling Festival in Atlanta, Georgia (1992), Louisiana's Earth Day and Zippity Zoo Day (1993-96), The Bankoh Talk Story Festival in Honolulu (1998), Kansas City's Storytelling Celebration (2001-2003), The Nebraska Storytelling Festival in Omaha (2002), the Kansas Storytelling Festival in Downs (2003), and the Annual Arts Festival in Garden City, KS (2003). Jo appeared as a guest storyteller for the Kansas City Shakespeare Festival (2004, 2005). She is a member of the River and Prairie Story Weavers in Kansas City and the National Storytelling Association.

Jo was chosen as the Johnson County Libraries Performing Artist of the Summer 2002 and is currently serving as a Kansas Touring Artist for the Kansas Arts Commission.