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The New England School Performing Artist Directory
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HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
(See Also Famous People)
This is an alphabetical listing of
performing artists whose dramatic characterizations of important individuals support topics
in Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Health. You can browse the list by scrolling down or, if you are looking for information on a particular group or individual,
you can select a letter and move directly to that section of the list.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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 in costume and character, as she tells stories drawn from the
lives of some American women who did extraordinary things. Each woman talks about the
issues of her day and the ideas of that time; listeners come to understand what it would be
like to live back then.
These interactive historical programs sweep students into the past for thought-provoking and
exciting chances to explore history as if they were there. Kate brings each woman alive from
childhood through adulthood – listeners can see and understand what these women went through
and why they did what they did. A couple were feisty rebels who challenged ideas about what
a woman can do; others struggled for their rights in a male dominated world.
Kate’s story programs tie in with on-going classroom studies in social studies and language arts;
she offers residencies and workshops in Role-playing, Storytelling and Creative Drama. She
combines performing with interactive exercises and gives students a chance to explore events
in the stories they just heard.
She covers major landmarks in American history: An eyewitness’ account of the Revolutionary War,
Struggles and survival at the Lowell Mills: Pioneering the Oregon Trail and frontier, Daring Higher
Education for Young Ladies, An Immigrant’s American Dream, “The Miracle Worker” and Helen
Keller, Daisy Low and The Girl Scouts.
Kate is a seasoned, dynamic storyteller, all-round entertaining performer and experienced teacher.
Her work is carefully researched and historically accurate. Visuals enhance the programs
and help kids to see what life was like ‘back then’. She will send you a curriculum packet
with ideas and questions for social studies, English, art, drama, and debate projects.
Kate is a multi-faceted Performer, Educator, Coach and Speaker. She is a member of
the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling, has written articles for the
LANES Museletter and is a regular presenter at the Sharing the Fire North East Regional
Storytelling Conference. She is available for touring performances, Workshops and
Residencies, Teacher in-Service Trainings and Coaching.
HEROIC WOMEN YOU CAN TALK TO programs for classrooms and residencies. Grade 5-up
Titles
1789: Paul Revere's Mother-in-law
1843: Lowell Mills Boardinghouse Keeper
1849: Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke
1895: First Woman Doctor in the West
1911: Annie Sullivan, Teacher
1912: Mary Antin, Russian Immigrant
1920: Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder
Also: Living History Stories for Younger Children Interactive programs with songs and dramatizations on the American Revolution, the Frontier,
the Lowell Mills, Immigration, Helen Keller’s World and the Girl Scouts. (Grades 2-4)
Program Titles: Paul Revere's Mother-in-law; Lowell Mills Boardinghouse Keeper; Annie Sullivan, Teacher; First Woman Doctor in the West; Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder; Mary Antin, Russian Immigrant; Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke.
Audience Limits: Prefer groups of 60 or less
Fees: $280 plus mileage for groups up to 60. Negotiable for larger groups. Discounts available for Residencies, Workshops, Co-Sponsorship and Block Bookings.
Funding Sources: NE States Touring Program (New England Foundation for the Arts) (www.nefa.org)
Requirements: Room free of distractions. Music/speaker's stands or easils (for visual aids)
Social Studies: American History (American Revolution, Lowell Mills/Industrial Revolution, Westward Movement, Immigration), Regions (New England, West), Famous People (Annie Sullivan, Mary Lyon, Mary Antin), Women's History
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Elena Dodd - Meet Eleanor Roosevelt
Ellen Weiner, Professional Artists Management
2411 Bay Road
Sharon, MA 02067
(781) 784-6394
E Mail: elweiner@comcast.net
Website: www.elweiner.com
"Meet Eleanor Roosevelt," performed by the actress Elena Dodd, is a
four-part personal visit from Mrs. Roosevelt. Part I covers Childhood
and Adolescence (and carries a strong self-esteem message), Part II,
Mother and First Lady, and Part III, Private Citizen and First Lady of
the World, and Part IV, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These segments may be presented individually, in sequence or
in any combination. A dialogue with the audience follows each performance.
[Grades 4 and up]
Program Title: Meet Eleanor Roosevelt
Audience Limit: 200 for Grades K - 6, otherwise no limit
Fee: $500 for first show, $300 for each thereafter same day/same location.
Funding Sources: Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Humanities Council, New Hampshire Council on Humanities,
New England Foundation for the Arts, B.O.C.E.S. (New York)
Social Studies: American History - Great Depression, Women's History
Health: Self-Esteem
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Historical Perspectives for Children, Inc.
Joan Schaeffer
1344 East Bailey Road
Naperville, IL 60565
(800) 305-0472
Fax: (630) 305-6042
E Mail: hpcprograms@historicalperspectives.net
Website: www.historicalperspectives.net
For over 20 years, Historical Perspectives for Children has educated and inspired students with compelling full-life
portrayals of historical role models whose stories will complement your social studies, science, language arts and character
education curricula. These engaging, multi-media and interactive productions dramatize each character's life from their
childhood through their adulthood, showing children the process each went through to achieve what they did. At the end of the
program, students will say to themselves, “Maybe I can do that someday!”
Program Titles: BEN FRANKLIN: Statesman and Inventor; HELEN KELLER: Champion of the Disabled; HARRIET TUBMAN: Conductor of the Underground Railroad; LAURA INGALLS WILDER: Writer of the Frontier
Audience Limits: Up to 300
Fee: Ranges from $515 - $775, depending on location. Block-booking discounts available.
Funding Source: Massachusetts Cultural Council grants
Historical Characters: Ben Franklin, Helen Keller, Harriet Tubman, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Social Studies: American History (Colonial, Revolution, Civil War, Slavery, Westward Movement),
Black History, Women's History (Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart), Famous People
Health: Disability Awareness, Diversity
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Sally Matson - "Susan B. Anthony - The Invincible"
23 William Street
Andover, MA 01810
(978) 749 - 9908
E-Mail: ssmatson@gmail.com
Website: http://www.susanbanthonytheinvincible.com
The feisty activist comes to life- circulating petitions, getting arrested, wearing bloomers, and challenging legislators. The forty-five minute play (roughly 1850-1906) mentions twenty-two of Anthony’s contemporaries as they fight for abolition, women’s rights and woman suffrage. Letters, speeches and diaries reveal her wit and intellect.
A graduate of the Northwestern University School of Communication, actor/educator Sally Matson has been a writer/ interviewer on CT Cable TV, a teacher (5th graders) at the American Textile History Museum, and an actor for over thirty years.
A curriculum packet and portions of the script are sent ahead with suggestions for social studies, English, math, art, drama, debate.
Program Titles: Susan B. Anthony - The Invincible
Grade Level Suitability: 4th-12th - adjusted for age level
Special Requirements: Lavaliere microphone if over 200
Fee: $400 1st performance; $600 2nd performance, same day/location.
Possible Funding Sources: Potential funding available from local Massachusetts cultural councils and the Massachusetts Cultural Council; New England Foundation for the Arts - listed as a NEST performer on www.MATCHBOOK.org;
New Hampshire Humanities Council and Vermont Humanities Council.
Social Studies: American History (Civil War), Women's History, Famous People (Susan B. Anthony)
Historical
Characters: Susan B. Anthony
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Marilyn Murphy Meardon
24 Rhode Island Ave.
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 751-7653
Marilyn Murphy Meardon, storyteller, actress and teacher, creates in solo performance the
character of Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England, whose brilliant rule between 1558 and 1603 gave
her name to an entire era. Dressed in a bejeweled black velvet Renaissance-style gown, Meardon
personifies Elizabeth I toward the end of her reign, reflecting upon her years as head of state.
Her writings, which ranged from poems and letters to major speeches, were written in a style that
inspired patriotism, loyalty and national pride. Following the 50 minute performance is a question and
answer opportunity in character. (Grades 7 - 12)
Program Title: Queen Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words
Audience Limits: 100-150/assembly
Fee: $300 + travel/assembly; block booking discounts
Social Studies: European History (Renaissance), Countries and Regions of the World - England), Famous People - Shakespeare
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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.
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
Social Studies: American History (Slavery) Black History, Women's History
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Jan Turnquist - Inter*Act Performances
106 Kenney Lane
Concord, MA 01742
(508) 369-2467
E Mail: janturnquist@juno.com
Web site: janturnquist.com
In Massachusetts: Young Audiences of Massachusetts
1050 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 201
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 566-9262
In a unique interactive format Jan Turnquist becomes Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
or Phebe Emerson, eyewitness to the start of the American Revolution and grandmother of Ralph
Waldo Emerson. Jan presents these strong historic and literary women's lives and careers in a lively,
entertaining manner. Students are encouraged to ask questions and converse with Miss Alcott, Mrs.
Stowe, or Mrs. Emerson. Program is adjusted for age and special focus, if desired. Jan is happy to
plan with teachers ahead of time.
Program Titles: Louisa May Alcott, Dynamic Author; Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catalyst for Civil War;
Phebe Bliss Emerson, Eyewitness to Revolution
Audience Limit: 100/group; 250/assembly (negotiable)
Fee: $500/assembly; $300/group + .30 travel from Concord
Social Studies: American History (American Revolution, Civil War, abolition), Women's History (Suffragettes)
Language Arts: American Literature
WOMEN IN HISTORY(Jessa Piaia)
PO Box 390845
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-388-8795
E Mail: jessapiaia@gmail.com
Website: www.womeninhistoryprograms.com
WOMEN IN HISTORY programs celebrate women of the past whose diverse lives span three centuries.
In poignant and inspiring dramatic vignettes, Jessa Piaia reveals the accomplishments, struggles, and
contributions that women, such as Margaret Fuller, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Mary Dyer, Amelia Earhart, and
Rachel Revere have made to American history. Each woman's life is depicted against the events and issues of her day,
contrasting her domestic activities with public events. Researched in depth and historically accurate.
Curriculum packets available. (Grades 5 and up)
Program Title: Women in History
Audience Limit: 75/class; 150/assembly
Fee: starts at $250.00 plus travel, with block booking discount
Special Requirements: microphone
Social Studies: American History (Colonial, 19th Century, Civil War), Women's History
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