Cathy Kaemmerlen: Professional Storyteller, Actress, Historical Interpreter & Author

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Cathy Kaemmerlen

Cathy Kaemmerlen is a professional storyteller/actress/historical interpreter/author known for her variety of one-woman shows, her creatively artistic and animated approach to storytelling, and her rapport with audiences of all ages.   She is committed to bringing stories, both literary and historical, to life. She writes, creates, researches, performs, and directs her various shows.

Performing for over 30 years, she has done literally thousands of solo in-school performances throughout the country, using her dance and theatre backgrounds to enrich her tales and bring her characters to life, and her writing skills to craft her varied stories and shows.

A performer and “creator of shows” since she can remember, going back to a highly imaginative childhood, she has been a recipient of a choreographer’s fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts and individual artist’s grants from the California Arts Council, Wisconsin Arts Board, and the Georgia Arts Council.

Listen to one of her stories, The Golden Goose, on storybee.org and themoonlitroad.com.

Cathy reading her book The Buzz on Honeybees

Cathy is the author of three books with Arcadia Publishing and The History PressGeneral Sherman and the Georgia Belles: Tales of Women Left Behind; The Historic Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta: Speaking Stones;  Georgia Place-Names from Jot-em-Down to Doctortown and The Buzz On Honeybees from Pelican Publishing Company and the self published book, Travelling the Georgia Roads with Nancy Noodlehead.

A Hambidge Fellow, she is currently listed on the Georgia Arts Council Touring Arts Roster, National Storytelling Network Sourcebook, National Women’s History ProjectActive Artists Alliance, South Carolina Arts Council Approved Artists Roster, and Southern Arts. In metro-Atlanta, where she lives, she books through her own production company, Tattlingtales Productions; through the Teaching Museums of Fulton County;  through Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s Arts in the Schools Program; and the Touring Roster of the Georgia Council of the Arts, and formerly with Young Audiences/Arts for Learning. She tours some 20 different programs including those that are historically based and those that are based on literary storytelling.

Cathy holds an MFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Wisconsin; BA in English/Elementary Education from the University of North Carolina; is the proud mother of three talented children, four grandchildren, two cats, and is also the wife of Robert Gaare.

5 thoughts on Cathy Kaemmerlen: Professional Storyteller, Actress, Historical Interpreter & Author

  1. Kathy: so great to hear from you, as always. I don’t know if you’ll call this “new” as I think I did a show on Eleanor Roosevelt for you before, but I’ve been working on a new twist to her story for a project at Bulloch Hall–Eleanor Roosevelt’s connections and visits to Bulloch–pretty much right next to your church. I could zoom this from home and make it similar to a conversation with your members. Other than that, I’m working on new school shows right now. I’m not sure if I ever did a booktalk for you on my latest book: Georgia Place-Names from Jot-Em-Down to Doctortown? I know it’s been a while. You can always email me at tattlingtales@aol.com. I don’t check this site very often.
    Cathy Kaemmerlen

  2. Cathy, It is 2022! Still in pandemic mode; yet, there is Zoom now and we at Roswell Presbyterian Church are wondering if you have any new things “in the works?” Our Wit and Wisdom Crew miss seeing you!! Let us know if you are doing anything that we could do as a hybrid luncheon/Zoom activity or Zoom alone>
    Much Love and Admiration,
    Kathy Alley

  3. Thank you for a remarkable experience hearing the voice of Mrs. Rosalynn Carter through you. I am so inspired by her and grateful for your gifts.

  4. We had a great time yesterday listening to the story of the Revolutionary War spies in “Buttons for Washington”! Your lively spirit and enthusiasm for history is contagious to the children. Love the addition of audience participation too!

  5. Practically every One-Woman show you do, I have seen. You are such a gifted actress! You bring each character you portray to life. I look forward to seeing what you do with Rosalynn Carter when I see you perform her at our church in October. Yes, I am a fan!

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