{"id":2211,"date":"2024-05-22T07:52:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?page_id=2211"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:52:41","slug":"storytelling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?page_id=2211","title":{"rendered":"Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?resize=584%2C431&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?resize=1024%2C756&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?resize=768%2C567&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?resize=1536%2C1134&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?resize=406%2C300&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?w=1636&amp;ssl=1 1636w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adair-speaking-with-storytellers-behind-her-Nina-Lesiga-Screen-Capture.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Performing at The Public Theater\/Joes&#8217; Pub, NYC for <em>Generation Women<\/em>, comedians\/storytellers l to r: Sunny Laprade, Remy Kassimir, Pavar Snipe, Adair Heitmann, Lena Rizkallah, Kelly Carlin-McCall, Georgia Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped.jpg?resize=584%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C338&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C254&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C508&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C677&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C165&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/l-r-Madelyn-Folino-Adair-Heitmann-Rona-Leventhal-Carol-Birch-cropped-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Storytellers l-r: Madelyn Folino, Adair Heitmann, Rona Leventhal, Carol Birch<br><em>\u201cWomen Tell: Our Stories Through the Decades<\/em>,&#8221; Guilford, CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Art and Storytelling Saved My Life&quot; by Adair Heitmann performed at Bijou Theatre, Bridgeport, CT\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9QHDsvkxSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?page_id=2301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To see other videos of Adair&#8217;s storytelling, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adair&#8217;s compelling personal narrative stories connect with audiences worldwide.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?resize=584%2C584&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-July-15-Social-Promo.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the Generation Women &#8220;Sexy Summer Show&#8221; On-Demand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/on-demand-sexy-summer-show-tickets-1489111475509?aff=oddtdtcreator\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/on-demand-sexy-summer-show-tickets-1489111475509?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a>. The entire show is hilarious, I&#8217;m on last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adair has performed with The Story Collider, Generation Women, Gather the Women Global Matrix, Northeast Storytelling, True Tales Live, Tell Me Another, Women Tell, PechaKucha-Bridgeport, PechaKucha-New Haven, The BAT (Bridgeport Art Trail Storytelling), We Rise Storytelling Collective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pechakucha.com\/presentations\/defy-false-advertising-marriage-motherhood-and-maturing\">Defy False Advertising: Marriage, Motherhood, Maturing<\/a><\/em> &#8211; 7 minutes. Per mainstream advertising Adair was late to the table in finding the right mate, becoming a mother, and being forced to retire before she wanted to. Be inspired by how she didn&#8217;t let stereotypes define her at any age or stage. Selected by the International Festival of Arts and Ideas\/PechaKucha-New Haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/truetaleslivenh\/truetaleslive-epi35-10-29-2024-uh-oh?si=ce35d9340c3744d9aee95ed32f5ad760&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">This Little Light of Mine<\/a> &#8211; <\/em>10 min. An excellent trip into the art world. Starting with Adair creating a linoleum block print in high school and decades later discovering she has been in perfectionism recovery for years, and is still trying to get it right. Performed on Zoom for True Tales Live, Portsmouth, NH. Adair&#8217;s story runs 4:28-16:05 with an interesting Q&amp;A starting at 41:49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/truetaleslivenh\/truetaleslive-epi34-10-29-2024-backstory-adairheitmann?si=7ff66a0b378d4b4d9456c7a45c15af31&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">The Backstory Interview with Adair Heitmann<\/a><\/em> &#8211; 21 min. True Tales Live interviews Adair taking a look at the behind the scenes at the art and craft of storytelling and on how she got started in storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O9QHDsvkxSU?si=zdZ8EqqW5k50u-Ik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art Saved my Life: Journey of a Lifetime<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 7 min. Growing up in a family who kept secrets, Adair learned to keep her mouth shut. She used visual art to express complex narratives in pictures. Then when she lost her art in a flood she surrendered to the forces of change and added the spoken word to her creative palette. PechaKucha at the Bijou Theatre, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love Through the Tides of Time<\/em> \u2013 14 min. Overcoming obstacles and hardships, Adair\u2019s Japanese godmother chosen by love, Kazue Mizumura (1920-1996), immigrates to the US from Japan to create an independent life as a woman author and artist and she becomes a mentor to Adair. Women Tell: Our Stories Through the Decades, Madison, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Returns and Refunds<\/em> \u2013 8 min. After kissing a lot of frogs and returning them to the pond Adair finds her true love. We Rise Storytelling Collective, Hub &amp; Spoke, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pechakucha.com\/presentations\/creativity-is-the-mother-of-reinvention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creativity is the Mother of Reinvention<\/a><\/em> \u2013 7 min. Living in five different places before she started kindergarten, including Aberdeen Scotland, the island of Sanday in the Orkney islands, Virginia, Texas, and Connecticut shapes Adair\u2019s life in terms of texture, diversity, and her desire to always try something new. PechaKucha at the Bijou Theatre, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5Wa3Swbm4dg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See Anything You Like Sweetheart<\/a> <\/em>\u2013 8 min. It\u2019s 1972, Adair escapes her boyfriend\u2019s father\u2019s misogyny in a men\u2019s bar with a pole dancer in order to maintain her independence and dignity. Tell Me Another, Hartford Flavor Company, Hartford, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M-ELztlWImI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seek and You Shall Not Find<\/a><\/em> \u2013 7 min. Hitting dead-ends while unravelling the plot-line of her story, on the theme of \u201cIrony,\u201d becomes the story! PechaKucha Bridgeport Art Trail, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Libraries Transform Lives<\/em> \u2013 10 min. Adair shares through the passage of time the many ways libraries enter and shape people&#8217;s lives. Stratford Library 125th Anniversary, Stratford, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Surrendering to the Light<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 7 min. Surviving a life-threatening disease twice, Adair relies on the power of her nighttime dreams to guide her way. We Rise Storytelling Collective, Hub &amp; Spoke, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What is Home?<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 8 min. Trained while growing up to be polite and tactful, Adair marries into a big, boisterous Viking family and discovers what home really can feel like. We Rise Storytelling Collective, Hub &amp; Spoke, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There\u2019s Nothing Like the Present: Tim\u2019s Story<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 8 min. After the funeral of one of her brother-in-laws, Adair discovers an unexpected legacy in one of his daughters. We Rise Storytelling Collective, Hub &amp; Spoke, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lit on Life<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 8 min. Adair shares an intimate, sometimes humorous, sometimes heart-wrenching story about a variety of cocktails and Adair\u2019s personal connections to them. We Rise Storytelling Collective, Hub &amp; Spoke, Bridgeport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vXSH1MCjOjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Begin Again<\/a><\/em> &#8211; 5 min. Natural disaster strikes five days after moving into her new home. Adair eloquently shares the commandment that came to her in the midst of the devastation. Northeast Storytelling, Westport Library, Westport, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Storytelling Appearances &amp; Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Northeast Storytelling\/Storytelling Sundays, &#8220;Food,&#8221; Westport Library, Westport, CT, August 16, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Story Collider, &#8220;Sacrifice,&#8221; Under St. Marks Theatre, New York, NY, February 16, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generation Women, &#8220;The Sexy Summer Show,&#8221; Joe&#8217;s Pub, New York, NY, July 15, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PechaKucha-New Haven, June 24, 2025, New Haven Green, New Haven, CT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gather the Women Global Matrix Winter Storytelling Series, online, March 16, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NEST (Northeast Storytelling) New Members Showcase, online, November 21, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>True Tales Live, Portsmouth, NH, October 29, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storytelling Sundays, Northeast Storytelling, The Westport Library, Westport, CT 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tell Me Another, Hartford, CT 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women Tell: Our Stories Through the Decades, Madison, CT 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PechaKucha Night Bridgeport, CT, 2023 and 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her story was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pechakucha.com\/presentations\/creativity-is-the-mother-of-reinvention\">Creativity is the Mother of Reinvention<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The BAT (Bridgeport Art Trail) Storytelling Exchange, Bridgeport, CT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 2023 \u2013 The Light<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 2023, Six to Six Inter-district Magnet School, Bridgeport, CT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 2023 \u2013 Returns and Refunds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 2022 \u2013 What is Home?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December 2021 \u2013 No Time Like the Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 2021 \u2013 LIT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PechaKucha Night Bridgeport, CT, 2021. A fast-paced (6:40) true story with accompanying slides presented live at an international visual storytelling experience about Reinvention and Discovery. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Past Speeches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/848229031\">&#8220;Clearance for Takeoff&#8221;<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VxRlw6wItg8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;A.R.T.: Art, Reflection, Transformation&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adair-7-double-photo-by-Arin-Sang-Urai-cropped-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"582\" data-id=\"2874\" 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href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Adair-Speaking-with-eyes-cropped.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"530\" data-id=\"1950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Adair-Speaking-with-eyes-cropped.jpeg?resize=454%2C530&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Adair-Speaking-with-eyes-cropped.jpeg?w=454&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Adair-Speaking-with-eyes-cropped.jpeg?resize=257%2C300&amp;ssl=1 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Adair-Heitmann-A-OK-by-c-Arne-Heitmann-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img 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