- Dr. Joseph Sobol, Director of East Tennessee State University storytelling master’s program

Welcome to Traveling Tales’ web page, a new adventure with every tale! This page will give you some information about Lethan, his performance history, his thoughts, the thoughts of his audience, and when you might see him next.

Traveling Tales’ new CD, Favorite Tales has been released!

Includes: Rapunzel, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, and King Arthur and Hanner Dyn. These are some of my favorite stories to tell, and I am particularly excited to announce that even if you’ve seen these stories performed before, the CD presents them in an entirely new light.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this CD, currently it is only available at the Bloomsburg Public Library or online here, but the disks will soon be available at various CD stores throughout Bloomsburg, Open Your Eyes to Dream Art Gallery, Cloak and Dragon Bookstore, as well as the Cherry Alley Lewisburg. Enjoy!

Listen to the first two minutes of each track here!

Biography of Lethan and Traveling Tales

Lethan has been telling stories since 1998 when he joined Middle-Earth Studios, a storytelling company with theatres in several amusement parks around the country including Knoebels Grove in Elysburg, Pennsylvania and The Land of Make Believe in Hope, New Jersey. He began pursuing an independent career, with the help and guidance of his mentor and friend Hal Pratt, in the summer of 2004 after being inspired by Hal and Jay O’Callahan, but still has close ties with Middle-Earth.

Lethan tells in an active and animated style, keeping his stories alive by interacting with the audience and giving each character their own voice. Because of this, Lethan’s tellings have been enjoyed by children and adults of all ages.

Lethan has performed at venues such as the Bloomsburg Public Library, Columbia Mall, Mahoney Cooper Elementary School, and Knoebels Grove Amusement Park where he was the first ever manager of the Middle-Earth Studios’ theatre in 2004. He enjoys performing in settings for all ages, and is available for birthdays, school events, festivals, and any other sort of event in which entertaining stories would be enjoyed. He would be honored to take you and your friends on an adventure with his tales!

Traveling Tales - Mission Statement

In today’s world, technology plays a major part in the transfer of information. While this technology is wonderful in many ways, it is my fear that with all that has, and is being gained by this, much is simultaneously being lost. Folk tales are replaced by television shows. Oral history is disappearing. We are afraid to challenge the imagination. But we must not give up in the face of this.

The goals of Traveling Tales, in light of these circumstances, is to bring to life traditional stories from all over the world, engaging the imagination of the audience and to explore the human truths in the tales told. But most of all, these tales are for everyone to have fun!