Andy Offutt Irwin, Date of Birth

    

Andy Offutt Irwin

Storyteller and performer

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1957

Profession: singer, singer-songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Andy Offutt Irwin

  • Andy Offutt Irwin (born December 14, 1957) is an American storyteller, arts educator, singer-songwriter, and humorist.
  • Born and raised in Covington, Georgia, a small town outside of Atlanta, Irwin began his career in 1984 with an improvisational comedy troupe at Walt Disney World.
  • After five years he shifted to performing as a singer-songwriter, touring the Southeast.
  • In the mid-1990s, Irwin branched into performances for children and since then has appeared in hundreds of schools (from preschools to colleges) and countless public libraries. Irwin continued to perform as a singer-songwriter and added storytelling to these performances, usually telling one story (about ten to twenty-five minutes in length) during a show.
  • In the fall of 2004, he decided to pursue storytelling as a career and quickly achieved national prominence.
  • Irwin now appears regularly in storytelling festivals across the United States.
  • He has released several albums which feature stories, songs or whistling and has collected numerous awards for these albums.
  • In 2013, Irwin received the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network. In addition to performing, Irwin worked as an artist-in-residence at Oxford College of Emory University and Georgia College for a total of fifteen years.
  • During that time he directed several plays, conducted acting workshops and served as an acting coach.
  • Irwin was also featured as storyteller and host of the program Evening Star on public radio.
  • Irwin has also performed as a whistler with the Kandinsky Trio, a chamber music group. Currently, Irwin divides his time between storytelling concerts and children's performances.
  • Additionally, he has written personal essays that have been published in his hometown newspaper and reprinted in the Bitter Southerner.

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