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JUDITH BLACK Ellen Weiner Professional Artists Management 2411 Bay Road Sharon, MA 02067 (781) 784-6394 Fax: (781) 784-5393 E Mail: elweiner@att.net Website: www.elweiner.com With a degree in education and twenty years of experience, Judith uses storytelling in both performance and workshop with all grade levels. Her original performance material has been featured at festivals and conferences throughout the continent from the Montreal Comedy Festival to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. She has keynoted conferences on the uses of storytelling in education and received commissions to create original works for organizations as wide ranging as the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Program Titles: History Alive - America's Unsung Heroes and Heroines; The Long Journey - Stories of Immigration; Pinching the Giants - Tricksters of the World; Glad to Be Who I Am - Tales To Bolster Self-Image; Rainbow Race - World Folk Tales; many more. Audience Limit: 25/class; 200/assembly Fee: Begin at $400 for the first performance, $250 for each thereafter same day/same location. Funding Sources: Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Foundation for the Arts, B.O.C.E.S. (New York)

SARA DEBEER 1378 Boulevard West Hartford, CT 06119 (860) 561-5905 E Mail: sdebeer@comcast.net Since 1978, Sara deBeer has delighted audiences of all ages with her repertoire of international folktales. An experienced classroom teacher with degrees from Yale and Bank Street, Sara frequently designs programs which tie in with on-going classroom studies of science and social studies. When working with individual classes, Sara often combines performing with writing or storytelling exercises which permit students to explore the events and characters of the stories they just heard. (Sara is a fellow of the 2005 Connecticut Writing Project, Storrs, CT.) Sara also offers workshops for teachers and assembly programs for elementary, middle, and high school students. Program Titles: Tales of Deep-Rooted Magic; Folktales from the Many Cultures of Africa; Tales of Women Wise and Wondrous; Jewish Tales for Young and Old; Legends of King Arthur; Hand- Collected Irish Yarns Fee: $250-$500

BETTY   LEHRMAN 88 Flanagan Drive Framingham, MA 01701 (508) 877-9738 E Mail: betty@bettylehrman.com Website: www.bettylehrman.com Betty Lehrman enchants audiences with programs of original stories, history, folktales, picture books and songs. Since 1978, Betty has appeared in schools, libraries, museums, festivals, and concert halls across the US, Australia, and Thailand. Broadcasts include National Public Radio, WGBH-FM, WCVB-TV and many others. She has won Parents' Choice and American Library Association awards, and is a published author. Currently she is works part-time as the drama director of the Benjamin Franklin Charter School in Franklin, MA. Her most-requested program, a dramatic presentation of the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, comprises a full hour of stories, music and games featuring costumed participation from selected students. Program Titles: Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' Stories (K-6); The Blue Shawl (historical drama with musician, grades 4-12); Picture Book Tales (K-2), and many others Audience Limit: 250/assembly Fee: $500 for 45 minute show; $650 for two in one day. $550 for "The Blue Shawl". Block bookings and workshops negotiable Funding Sources: Massachusetts Cultural Council and local cultural councils

MARY   JO   MAICHACK   MINSTREL/STORYTELLER Maichack Arts 93 Homestead Ave. Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 532-3667 Fax (413) 538-6023 E Mail: EmJay7@aol.com Website: www.maryjomaichack.com/ Mary Jo is a seasoned, national award-winning, dynamic storyteller, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and just plain entertaining performer who presents interactive variety shows for children and families. Participate in world folktales, sing, dance, laugh, listen to the fiddle, act in costumed story theater - all in one show! Since 1989, Mary Jo has performed more than 3,000 shows in libraries and schools, on PBS, featured at regional festivals: Three Apples Storytelling Festival (twice); CT Storytelling Festival; LAUGHS Fest (Virginia), Sharing the Fire conference workshop presenter, League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling, (L.A.N.E.S.) M.I.T., Boston, 2002-2005; Mark Twain Festival, Hartford, Conn.; Celebration Barn Theater, South Paris, Maine, 1992 and 1994; Norman Rockwell Museum since 1998, Schoodic Arts Festival, Northeast Harbor, Maine; and from San Francisco’s Chinatown to Scuola Gozzi in Venice, Italy. “A Great performer,” says Peg O’Sullivan, Director of the CT Storytelling Fest. Her multilingual show, “Everybody Says Hello” was nominated for a Mass. Cultural Council Gold Project Award for innovation and community building. Her audio tape, "Books Are Celebrations: Stories, Songs & Fiddling to Energize Young Readers" won a 1999 NAPPA Gold Award. New CDs include “Howlarious Halloween: Ghost Stories, Songs & Jokes from the Crypt,” and “Missing the Muffin Man,” a short story of historical fiction set in Dickens’s London. "A consummate artist, at ease with audiences of all ages and sizes." Northampton Center for the Arts Program Titles: Books Are Celebrations—the funniest reading show ever; Everybody Says Hello—Multilingual Fun in Story & Song; The People Could Fly/African-American Folktales and Music; Clever Maidens: Women's History in Folklore and Myth; Greek Myths—ALIVE!, Native American Tales; Skunk Grease & Turpentine (Hilarious Tall Tales & Tunes of American Pioneers); The Minstrel's Revels: A Medieval Romp; Or Would You Rather Be A Fish? Folklore & Songs of the Sea); Howlarious Halloween/Ghost Stories & Songs; Sun, Moon, Stars!; All Together Now/Stories & Songs to Celebrate Diversity; Round the World in Tales & Tunes multicultural show; The Lake of the Croaking Frogs and Other Tales & Tunes of Nature; Preschoolers’ Palooza!; Stinkbug Bugaloo: Stories & Songs of Insects; Meowls & Growls: Animal Tales; After-school programs incorporating performance with teaching kids storytelling skills; Workshops, in-service programs and residencies in storytelling for adults and children; “Oh, Behave! Family Audience Management Essentials for Event Hosts.” Audience Limit: prefer audiences of 200 and under but will discuss any Fee: $395 + travel (depends on distance)and up; strong block booking discounts Funding Source: Massachusetts Cultural Council, local councils, CT Humanities Council, other

GWENDOLYN   QUEZAIRE-PRESUTTI PO Box 380496 East Hartford, CT 06138-0496 (860) 528-0733 or (860-212-6129 (cell) E Mail: woventales6@sbcglobal.net Web site: www.woventales.net or www.rhetoricofsurvival.com Gwendolyn offers Rhetoric of Survival, a program that dramatizes stories of two 19th century Connecticut free women of color.  Sarah Harris (Fayeweather), who dreamed of opening her own school for African-American children, but cruel prejudice and bigotry made that a nightmarish experience.  Maria W. Stewart, cheated out of an inheritance by an unscrupulous white merchant, took up public speaking and became the first American born woman to lecture in defense of women's rights.    Spy, Nurse, and Scout Harriet Tubman was unique among black women in her military role.  She earned the honorary title "General Tubman," which John Brown bestowed upon her and by which her black countrymen referred to her, as a spy, scout and guerrilla leader for the Union army.  Several times she commanded troops, both black and white, on scouting raids, on the most spectacular of which she rescued 756 slaves.  Gwendolyn's Rhetoric of Survival programs and performances, introduce untapped history, different explorations, thereby examining a different historical perspective in the context of everyday life, these women demonstrated an unyielding fearless resolve to obtain liberty and social justice.  Incorporating a creative approach for teaching history, and language arts, Rhetoric of Survival is an ideal concept for implementing new historical information through dramatic storytelling. Incorporating a creative approach for teaching history, and language arts, Rhetoric of Survival is an ideal concept for implementing new historical information through dramatic storytelling. Program Titles: Rhetoric of Survival; Spy, Nurse, and Scout Grade Level Suitabiilty: School age (middle and high school) & Adults/Seniors Audience Limit: Classroom; 300/assembly Special requirements: a room with an amount of space for the performance and serveral set pieces provided by the actress, for assemblies a lapel Mic. Fee: Starting at $500.00 - $1,000

KATE   CARNEY'S   HEROIC   WOMEN   YOU   CAN   TALK   TO Kate Carney 51 Pettee Street Newton, MA 02464 (617) 244-0209 Fax: (617) 926-7273 E Mail: carneyk@earthlink.net Web site: www.katecarney.net Travel back in time with Kate as she tells stories, in costume and character, from the lives of some extraordinary American women. These interactive historical programs will give your group a moving, thought-provoking and humorous chance to explore history as if they were there. Mrs. Larcom, Lowell Mills Boardinghouse Keeper. Things are going downhill fast at the Lowell mills; the mill girls are speaking up. Should she…? (Grade 5-up) Paul Revere's Mother-in-law, Mrs. Rachel Walker, draws us into the chaos of the Revolutionary War with her gossipy innkeeper’s scuttlebutt. (Grades 5 -12) Annie Sullivan, Teacher, insists that she’s no "miracle worker" and shows how deaf-blind-mutes like Helen Keller can learn. (Grades 5-12) The First Woman Doctor in the West, Bethenia Owens-Adair, MD reveals her secret of survival on the Oregon Trail & frontier: Don’t take no for an answer. (Grades 5-12) Juliette Gordon Low, Founder of the Girl Scouts of America. Who knew a madcap scatterbrain who cared for nature could change girls’ lives all over the country? Grades 4-up Mary Antin, Russian Immigrant, and “The Promised Land” author, celebrates her "American Dream" success and laments its price to her family. (Grades 5-12) Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke, founder of the first female seminary, wonders at student Emily Dickinson and America's fear of "female greatness". (Grades 7-12) for Younger Children Living History Stories in costume and character, about the American Revolution, the Frontier, Immigration, the Girl Scouts and Helen Keller’s World. (Grades 2-4) Greek Myths and Aesop’s Fables: Children act out Aesop’s talking animal fables, and hear thrilling, funny misadventures of heroes, gods and goddesses. (Grades 2-6) Mother Nature's Myths: enchanting, interactive "why" and "how" stories about why odd things in nature came to be as they are. (Grades K-4) Mother Earth Multicultural Tales: interactive folk stories, which build understanding and appreciation of other cultures as they span the globe. (Grades K-4) Study Guides are available for all of Kate's 45-minute programs. She offers workshops in Role-playing, Storytelling and Creative Drama. Program Titles: For Grades 5-12: Paul Revere's Mother-in-law, Rachel Walker; Mrs. Larcom, Lowell Mills Boardinghouse Keeper; Annie Sullivan, Teacher; First Woman Doctor in the West: Bethenia Owens-Adair, MD; Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America; Mary Antin, Russian Immigrant and Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke. For Grades 2-6: Living History Stories, Greek Myths and Aesop’s Fables. For K-4: Mother Nature's Myths and Mother Earth's Multicultural Tales. Audience Limits: 200/assembly depending on show Fees: For groups up to 60: $280 plus $.48/mile. Size of group determines fee. Discounts available for Performance/Workshop combos, co-sponsorship and block bookings. Funding Sources: New England Foundation for the Arts (www.nefa.org) Requirements: A music or speaker’s stand (for visual aids).

HISTORICAL   PERSPECTIVES   FOR   CHILDREN   INC. Joan Schaeffer 1344 East Bailey Road Naperville, IL 60565 (800) 305-0472 Fax: (630) 305-6042 E Mail: hpc_inc@yahoo.com Website: www.historicalperspectives.net Historical Perspectives for Children's full theatrical productions dramatize each character's life from their childhood through their adulthood, enabling children to see and understand the process each went through to achieve what they did. These dynamic, interactive and very entertaining programs are accented with slides, sound effects and voiceover to very visually bring each character to life. Program Titles: Ben Franklin: Statesman and Inventor; Abraham Lincoln: American Pesident; Helen Keller: Champion of the Disabled; Clara Barton: A Great Humanitarian; Amelia Earhart: Pioneer in Aviation Audience Limits: Assembly - 300 Fee: Ranges from $475 - $775, depending on location. Block-booking discounts available. Funding Source: BOCES (New York)