Jay O’Callahan

Story Preservation Initiative is delighted to be working in collaboration with Jay O’Callahan. Time Magazine dubbed Jay a “genius,” and it is no wonder why. Jay enchants listeners old and young as he “slips into the souls of his characters and captures the wonder and sparkling sense of life welled up inside them, creating a magical world of hope, courage, and dignity.” Jay has performed at Abbey Theatre in Dublin, National Theatre Complex in London, the Olympics, Lincoln Center, Boston Symphony Hall, and other theaters worldwide.

Jay writes the stories he performs and the hallmark of his talent is the “passion he brings to big and small dramas of ordinary life.” Listen to Herman and Marguerite, and you’ll understand exactly what this means.

The National Endowment of the Arts awarded Jay a fellowship for solo performance excellence. He has received numerous other awards for his performances, books, audiotapes, and videos from the National Education Film Festival, Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals, Parents’ Choice, New England Theater Conference, and UNESCO, to name a few. Jay is a regular contributor to National Public Radio.