About — Laura Simms

Laura Simms

Storyteller. Writer. Humanitarian.

LAURA SIMMS is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, writer, and educator, advocating engaged storytelling as compassionate action for personal and community transformation. In these unprecedented times of Covid, climate change and increased aggression, she offers in-depth classes coaching, and powerful performances of stories that address the most pressing issues of our times with dignity, and joy.

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J.J. Reneaux, Storyteller

“Joseph Campbell was right when he said, ‘artists are the shamans of today’, and Laura Simms is both artist and shaman”
Boston Globe

“Laura Simms is renowned for molding insightful intellectual abstractions into stunning, animated performances that both engage and enlighten her audiences”
National Storytelling Journal, Tennessee

“… a brilliant sense of comic timing, and an extraordinary range of emotions.”
Chicago Tribune

“Laura has a spellbinding way of leading listeners into the heart of a story that makes it impossible not to follow”
Geoffrey Navias, International Museum Open Hand Theater

“Intriguing, wonderful, and ripe with the mysteries of love. The sell-out audience could hardly get enough.”