Laurette Willis

Actor, Author, Educator

Keynote Speaker

 

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«Great Women of

   the Frontier

«The REAL

   Belle Starr!

«STORYTELLING

«The Nutty '40s 

   Radio Show

«Under the 

   Cherokee Moon

«Reflections::

  Letters from

WorldWar2

 

«Great Women of

   Shakespeare

«Introducing Miss 

   Emily Dickinson

«Highland Lassie:

   Folktales of 

   Scotland

«Great Women of

   the Oil Fields

 

 

    

ACTOR

 

COMEDIENNE

 

STORYTELLER &

VENTRILOQUIST

 

PLAYWRIGHT &

 DIRECTOR

 

 

 

 

Off-Broadway

Entertainer &

Improv Comedienne

New York City

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

For over twenty-five years,

Laurette Willis has been invited to entertain and speak to groups

as diverse as:

 

« U.S. Armed Forces in Asia

with the U.S.O.

 

« Over 500,000 students in schools & universities since 1993

 

« Public school administrators & teachers as a Certified Instructor for the

Great Expectations Program

at Northeastern State University

(1994-2000)

 

« The Smithsonian Institute aboard the Delta Queen Riverboat;

 

and

 

« The President and nation’s Governors at the 85th Annual National Governors’ Association Conference.

 

An award-winning actor and playwright, she studied Theatre Arts at New York University, and is an Artist on the Touring Rosters of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Mid-America Arts Alliance. 

 

As a Keynote Speaker, Laurette ignites her messages with a unique blend of heartfelt encouragement, touching personal stories and side-splitting humor. 

 

Laurette’s comedic edge was sharpened Off-Broadway in the 1980’s as an improvisational comedienne, where she earned the nickname:

 

“The Woman of 101 Voices!”

 

As a playwright and Director of DoveTale Productions, Laurette is known for bringing history-to-life in over 20 original one-woman shows and ensemble productions for a variety of community & historical organizations since the early 1990s. 

 

Since 2007, she directs and performs in the summer outdoor drama she wrote for the Cherokee Heritage Center,  Under the Cherokee Moon, near her adopted hometown of Tahlequah, OK, capital of the Cherokee Nation.

 

The Creator of the PowerMoves Kids™ Program - the first Character Education & Fitness Program for the classroom (used in schools throughout the U.S. and Canada).

 

An author with Harvest House Publishers, Laurette has written two books and has produced ten DVDs and two television fitness shows currently reaching over 100 million globally.

 

Laurette and her husband Paul live on a 40-acre ranch in the beautiful Ozark foothills of northeastern Oklahoma.

 

SPEAKER

 

 

AUTHOR

 

 

 

EDUCATOR &

WORKSHOP

 FACILITATOR

 

 

 

CREATOR OF

POWERMOVES KIDS

Character Education

& Fitness Program

for the Classroom

 

 

 

CREATOR OF

A Day in 1896

One-Room School

at the

Cherokee Heritage Center

Tahlequah, OK

 

 

 

Fitness DVD & TV

Producer

 

 

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