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JUDITH BLACK Ellen Weiner Professional Artists Management 2411 Bay Road Sharon, MA 02067 (781) 784-6394 E Mail: elweiner@comcast.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 $500 for the first performance, $300 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), New Hampshire Humanities Council

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

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/ Winner of two national awards (NAPPA Gold & Honors) for her CDs of storytelling & music, veteran singer and storyteller Mary Jo Maichack has "got it down to a science," says Pat Pierce of Newington's Lucy Robbins-Welles Library. Mary Jo offers a huge variety of themes for your library, school (prek-8), museum, festival or other venue, from summer reading club shows to school residencies and professional development workshops for teachers and parents in using storytelling as oral literacy skill-building. Fun. Fun. Fun. Aligned with learning standards. Easy, fun and businesslike in making arrangements. Free posters and press releases save you time. Performer, creative teaching artist, cabaret singer and dynamic teller of folktales, Mary Jo's shows work because they are unusually interactive. In family and children's programs, your audiences sing, (MJ plays guitar) chant, play instruments, make sound effects, dance, act in costumes and have a ball. Vastly experienced (22 years) in any age-group or mix of ages. Using multicultural folktales at the heart of each program, Mary Jo weaves in music, dance & audience play. Please visit Web site for show descriptions from summer reading to preschools to Halloween and beyond. Winner, Julie Andrews Artist-in-Residence Award, Mass. Cultural Council Stars residency, NEFA touring artist can help fund your program. B.A. cum laude, English lit., Middlebury College. Extensive foreign language study. "Clever and engaging," says School Library Journal, "A perfect choice for the literacy path," says L.A. Parent Magazine As a cabaret singer interpreting the Great American Songbook, Mary Jo brings top notch professional pianists to accompany her and wow your audience--background or shows. Performed at Pittsfield Mass.'s Colonial Theatre, Cranwell Resort, Berkshire Forum. 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 and up Funding Source: Massachusetts Cultural Council, local councils, CT Humanities Council, other

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)

ELENA   DODD –   MEET   ELEANOR   ROOSEVELT 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)

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

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.

PETTICOAT  ADVENTURES Ellen Weiner Professional Artists Management 2411 Bay Road Sharon, MA 02067 (781) 784-6394 E Mail: elweiner@comcast.net Website: www.elweiner.com Storyteller/actress Joan Gatturna presents women from history who have led unique and unusual lives. With the aid of costume and reproduction artifacts, Joan takes children into past centuries where they can meet and converse with women who defied the conventions of their times. Current productions include Petticoat Patriot-The Deborah Sampson Story, which tells of a woman who served as a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, Petticoats at Sea - which shares the adventures of a girl who lived her life at sea in the era of the Clipper Ships and the China Trade, and Petticoat and the Midnight Ride - which tells the story of Rachel Revere (Paul's wife) and her children. Hear about home life in a time of tumult and how Rachel and the children escaped occupied Boston, and much more. (Grade 3 and up; Assembly, Classrooms and Residencies) Program Titles: Petticoat Patriot- The Deborah Sampson Story; Petticoats at Sea- The Clipper Ship Girl; Petticoat and the Midnight Ride Audience Limit: 75 for school programs; none for public presentations Fee: $500 for the first performance, $300 for each thereafter on same day/same location. Funding Sources: Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Foundation for the Arts, B.O.C.E.S.(New York); New Hampshire Humanities Council Special Requirements: Small table and chair

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 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