POTLUCK is a feast of stories, songs, and poems that will satisfy your soul, lift your heart, and tickle your funny bone. Karen Vuranch, Julie Adams, and Colleen Anderson have gathered their very best and very favorite pieces about cookery and community — and the connections between them — into an hour-long performance that’s full to the brim with laughter and love. Visit our website, www.potluckshow.com, to contact us, get some great recipes, or book a live performance of POTLUCK.
Here's what a few people have said about POTLUCK:
“They’re a treasure — a great mix of humor, storytelling and the richness of loving relationships!” — Rhonda Lindon Hammon, YWCA Youth Services, Batavia, OH
"Wonderful, engaging performers! My students keep asking to have them back." — Anita Skeen, Poet and Professor, Michigan State University Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
"You make us all proud to be West Virginians, and to share our home and life." — Rick Brennan, Vice President, National Association of Human Services Finance Officers
"I was in tears three times during your performance." — Martha Teichner, CBS Sunday Morning Senior Correspondent
Karen Vuranch, who has been called West Virginia’s First Lady of Storytelling, tours throughout the U.S. and internationally. She is well-known for her Appalachian and multi-cultural stories, as well as for her one-women plays, Coal Camp Memories and Homefront. Her living history performances include author Pearl S. Buck, labor organizer Mother Jones, and humanitarian Clara Barton.
Julie Adams is a singer/songwriter and, since 1983, featured vocalist for the internationally syndicated public radio show Mountain Stage, which is heard across the US and on Voice of America. She has performed with Kathy Mattea, Sarah McLachlan, Bruce Cockburn, Shawn Colvin, and many others. She has released five CDs, most recently Christmas Angel and Julie Adams and the Mountain Stage Band: Live, Volumes I and II.
Colleen Anderson is a writer, designer, and songwriter whose work has been published by Redbook and Arts & Letters, among others. Her songs have been featured on Mountain Stage and The Folk Sampler, and she has released two collections, Fabulous Realities and Going Over Home. With Julie Adams, she leads an annual songwriting workshop, Sources of Song, at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. Colleen owns and operates Mother Wit Writing and Design, a creative studio in Charleston, WV.
Karen, Julie, and Colleen are also available to lead workshops for your arts council, school, or organization. We have conducted workshops in songwriting, playwriting, storytelling, and poetry for all ages.
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