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ARM OF THE SEA THEATER
Puppetry, Masks and more
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Contact: Patrick Wadden
(845) 246-7873
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Arm-of-the-Sea creates mask and puppet theatre that fuses the arts, natural
sciences, history and contemporary issues into multi-layered performances. The stunning visual effects and live music of these
imaginative, large-scale productions elicit enthusiastic responses from young and old alike.
For over twenty years this company has presented the highest quality arts-in-education programs. School shows include study
guides and post-performance discussions. Workshops and artist residencies are also available. Invite Arm-of-the-Sea Theater
to your school for an unforgettable experience in the arts. Photos,video and current repertoire of touring shows available
at www.armofthesea.org.
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BLUE SERGE PRODUCTIONS
Steve Clorfeine
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Mr. Clorfeine
uses the creative process of theater to allow
each child to participate with her or his imagination and at
her own level
as a bridge to deeper learning and to authentic
communication. Theater is
a direct and adept form to reveal
this imaginative
world and fosters confidence and openness
in self-expression. Exercises are employed
which integrate
mental activity
with physical activity, promoting the value
of
form and improvisation as learning methods.
In Theater on the Spot for Grades 2-12, exercises in voice,
gesture and
movement are employed along with improvisation
games which
develop images, language and characters. A
simple "work in progress" showing culminates the program.
In Putting up the Show for Grades 3-12 a curriculum-based
theme, text,
or topic from literature, history, or other associated
studies is used. Everyone participates
in writing, acting, costuming,
stage design. Choruses and multiple voices are used to include
all students and to direct the energy of the group
as an ensemble.
Steve
Clorfeine has been writing, performing and directing
theater pieces since 1975. Blue Serge Suite, Current Memories,
Sense and Nonsense,
Part of My History and While I Was Dancing,
have
been performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. Steve
performed
for many years in the companies of Barbara Dilley,
Meredith
Monk, and Ping Chong. He is on the theater
faculty
of
Naropa University, teaches theater and writing residencies
in
public schools, art centers and universities here and
abroad.
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ELAINE BROMKA
Actress, Acting Teacher
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Booking Information:
Schuyler 4, Ltd.
212-741-2835
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Elaine's one woman show, Tea for Three, is a tickling and touching portrait bringing to life
three first ladies, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford, and providing a thought-provoking perspective on politics.
The performance has been received enthusiastically by schools across the northeast.
Elaine, an accomplished, Broadway and Emmy Award winning actress, also teaches an on-camera
acting workshop in which she shares invaluable lessons learned in film and television where she has
been featured in Uncle Buck, The Sopranos, E.R., Law and Order, Days of our Lives, Sex & the City, and Will & Grace.
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In addition to being a sought after performer along with his “dummy” Harry throughout New York, Steve has
written dozens of songs for Bear in the Big Blue House, a national TV show, and
has published books and tapes with Scholastic, Crown, Troll and Meadowbrook Publishers. He has received write ups in
the "New Yorker" magazine and the New York Daily News, had one of his songs featured on "Regis and Kathy Lee", and been a
commentator for "All Things Considered" on NPR.
Harry sprang from Steve's imagination
twenty four years ago and has been going like gangbusters ever since. He is the personification of rebellion, non-conformity
and self containment. His interests include everything except whittling. He doesn't like being called a dummy, but rather
a Wooden American.
In Promoting Literacy with Magic, Music & Ventriloquism Steve and
Harry show how much fun reading can be. Through Magic, Music and Ventriloquism Steve inspires the students to find their
own books to read and enjoy. He shares many of his published works with the audience such as Hocus Jokus. How
to do Funny Magic, Six Thick Thumbs, Let's Sing About Silly People, or his latest book Kids' Kookiest Riddles.
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DAS PUPPENSPIEL
Puppet Theater
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An ensemble for 30 years, Das Puppenspiel uses masks, mime, and a variety of puppet types to create quality theatre for
children. Their philosophy of treating children as an intelligent and discerning audience, in concert with meticulous
attention to detail in all apsects of staging, has led to a reputation for excellence with audiences in 40 states and abroad.
Performances include The Snow Queen, Peter and the Wolf, Through the Looking Glass, Pictures at an Exhibition, and others
with study guides provided.
Das Puppenspiel also offers various workshops, master classes, and residencies ranging from presentations on the
history and art of puppetry to the various types of puppets found throughout the cultures of the world to hands on puppet
or mask construction. Teacher workshops are also available detailing how to best conduct puppetry workshops within both time
and skill level constraints. More ambitious participants can learn the most efficient and successful ways to direct a student
puppet production, from scripting and construction through rehearsal and performance. Programming may also be built into extended
residencies from two days to three weeks, featuring a combination of workshops, demonstrations, and performances by Das Puppenspiel.
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DENNY DILLON
Games Theater & Improvisation
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Denny Dillon is an expert in Games Theater and Improvisation, having studied and performed with the renowned developer
of Games Theater, Viola Spolin. Denny is a founding member of MYTHIX, the children's acting training program at the
Woodstock Day School, where she has taught improvisation to children ages 8-15. She also taught in Los Angeles at UCLA
and the LA Film School.
Denny also brings impressive professional acting credits to her work with children. She was nominated for a Tony
Award for My One & Only with Tommy Tune, and won a CableACE Award for "best actress in a comedy series" for Dream On.
She has also appeared on Broadway in Gypsy and Enchanted April, and on TV in Saturday Night Live, Night Court, Designing Women,
and Hot Hero Sandwich.
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KENNETH "TINY" GLOVER - Storyteller/Comedian
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Kenneth "Tiny" Glover has worked extensively with the Artist-in-Residency Program of the Rochester City School District
and Young Audiences of Rochester and BOCES throughout NY State. In addition to his theatrical accomplishments, Mr. Glover
holds New York State Certification in both Conflict Resolution and Mediation.
Mr. Glover is also a stand-up comedian working in clubs and colleges throughout the US and Canada. As a strong
believer in learning through laughter, Mr. Glover blends comedy and storytelling into his unique performance style that makes
up his interactive assemblies, "Adventure, Knowldege, and Folly" (PreK-2) and "Grandpa Teddy's Stories" (3-5). These
assemblies explore themes such as self-awareness, respect for others, cultural diversity, and inter-personal relations.
He also collaborates with teachers to create and conduct workshops and curriculum integrated residencies in story telling,
story development, and games theater.
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CHRIS KARCZMAR
Theater Artist/Teacher
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Mr. Karczmar teachers theater with the Ulster BOCES New Visions program and with the Alternative School. He has
conducted his English & Social Studies through Drama arts in education residency with Kingston, Ellenville, and
Wallkill teachers and students. For over ten years he has taught Acting Technique, Scene Study, Improvisation, and Shakespeare
to professionally minded high school and college level acting students.
As a professional actor Chris has appeared in over seventy regional theater productions nation-wide, made a number
of television, film, and radio appearances, done voice-over work, and is a long-standing member of Actors Equity and Screen
Actors Guild. He is also a member of the renowned local company, Actors and Writers. He has studied with a number of honored directors
and teachers, including Stella Adler and Jack Weatherall, and is committed to sharing the lessons learned from them, and in
his professional life, with his students.
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LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS
Anne Pasquale
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Living History Programs
are one-woman theatrical residencies and workshops that bring history to life. Anne Pasquale, a member of Actor's Studio, is an
accomplished professional actress.
She portrays characters
such as Calamity Jane, Deborah Sampson, Liberty Belles, Nellie
Bly, and Annie Sullivan Macy.
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MOTOKO
Performance Artist
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Motoko is an endearing story teller of folktales from Asia and original stories. Her one-woman performances for 7th
Graders to adults interweave stories with mime and traditional Japanese songs. She also offers workshops and residencies
for grades K-8 and teachers about Japanese culture, storytelling, and creative writing. Week long participatory residencies
immerse students in all aspects of Japanese culture.
A native of Japan, Motoko has performed in schools, libraries, and festivals up and down the East Coast, and also appeared
on “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
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NEW YORK CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS (NYCA) Musical Theater
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Contact: Doug Farrell
(845) 339-4340
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NYCA's Theater for Children by
Children Company presents highly acclaimed performances at UPAC for school field trips. Last year Ulster County students were delighted
by Seussical the Musical. This year in June Beauty and the Beast will be presented.
Musical Theater residencies and workshop assemblies in schools are also available.
The New York Conservatory for the Arts (NYCA) and all projects offered at NYCA are projects of the
Pan American Dance Foundation, a Non-Profit organization dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation of dance and the related
arts of music and theatre. Established in 1986 in Hurley, New York between Kingston and Woodstock, NYCA offers a Music Theatre
Performing Arts curriculum educating children ages 4 through adults in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Voice, Acting and Theatre Arts. NYCA programs and
theatre presentations continue to train and showcase top-notch talent of students and adult performers whose careers have
moved on to include performing and technical work on Broadway, Television, Film, Theme Parks, Touring Companies and the Top
College Performing Arts Programs in the Nation.
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HUDSON RIVER PLAYBACK THEATER
Interactive Improvisational Theater
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Contact: Penny Clayton, Manager
(845) 255-8163
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Hudson River Playback Theater has conducted workshops with over 10,000 students from Grades 2 through 12. In a Playback
Theater show, students are invited to tell their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings, and then watch as actors enact
their stories on the spot. Seeing their personal stories brought to life on stage enables students to understand their
own and other children's experiences in a new way. It promotes empathy and reduces isolation.
A troubling story can become an opportunity for the teller and other students to explore alternative actions. HRPT
helps to create a shared frame of reference for further classroom discussion. Everyone can remember and refer to
the stories that were shared in the performance.
Workshops have included a series for 6th Graders on Bullying, Cultural Awareness Series Post 9/11 for Grades
2-12, and Building Respect for High School students.
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Robert Rivest is greatly respected among educators and family organizations
for his age appropriate programs for children, teens, and adults. His artistry
and humor reach across age, language and social barriers. Schools, theaters,
libraries, and community groups continuously book Mr. Rivest’s highly acclaimed assemblies, workshops, and residencies.
Workshops give students a unique opportunity to work with a professional mime artist and explore class material kinetically.
Teachers interested in a text to world and multiple intelligence approaches will greatly appreciate Robert’s
workshops. Mime storytelling is a wonderful synthesis of kinetic, interpersonal, and linguistic skills that allows different
kinds of learners the opportunity for creative self-expression. Each residency is
a tailor-made series of workshops totaling 4 to 5 presentations a day. (Teacher workshops and sharings are optional).
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DENISE SCHIRMER
HISTORICAL INTERPRETER
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Ms. Schirmer is an inter-active storyteller, bringing
history alive for students. In addition to seeing
dramatizations in full period dress, students engage
in hands-on activities with artifacts and reproductions
and are taken through "a day in the life" in different
American historical periods. Programs include
The Revolutionary War Soldier, Colonial Living, and
The Beaver Fur Trade.
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JAMES WARREN
MAGIC WITH A MESSAGE
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Mr.
Warren has performed his Magic With A Message assembly programs during the last ten years for
more than a quarter
of a million
students, delivering
powerful messages that students
remember, mixed with
lots of attention-grabbing fun. Programs K-12 include Anti-Bullying/Tolerance, Anti-Smoking, Anti-Drugs,
Peer Pressure and Making Wise Choices, and a Rewards performance which simply rewards students for exemplary
behavior. Renowned in California for his work, James has now relocated to the East Coast, making his assemblies
much more available here.
James realizes the importance
of healthy self-esteem, and solid academics. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master of divinity degree in theology.
He is a member of the National
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and at one time taught freshman composition
at Cal State Northridge.
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Contact: Reed Mollins
(845) 657-9880
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The Wayfinder Experience is a completely unique program. Combining theatre, sports, teambuilding, fine arts, play and
traditional camp elements, workshops provide one of the most exciting, fun, healthy and positive experiences available for
children ages 6-16.
A seasoned staff of actors, musicians, teachers and artists leads participants through
a series of interactive programs that teach trust, leadership, community and respect. These programs take the form of side-splittingly
funny improvisational theatre training, high-energy non-competitive physical games, fascinating mask and movement workshops,
props and sets crafting and creative expression.
The culmination of this curriculum is The
Adventure Game – an interactive story, usually medieval in nature, where participants create characters and relationships
and live out a story pulled from myth and legend. A participant can be a noble knight searching desperately for a holy relic,
or a beautiful fairy princess magically healing wounded soldiers, or anything their imagination can create.
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SHELLEY WYANT
Teacher, Director, Actress
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Shelley's specialty is in Theatre
Mask work which she has used as a powerful and enriching teaching tool with students at all levels. She
also teaches the Stanislavski method and other theater techniques, as well as scene study. She has done residencies
at Rondout Valley and for the NY State Summer School of the Arts and taught at conservatories and universities such as Brown University,
Smith College, SUNY New Paltz, and the
Lincoln Center Institute. Shelley is currently on the faculty of the Stella Adler Conservatory, Actor's Studio MFA and Bard
College.
In addition
to teaching and directing, Shelley performed as a professional actress in regional theater and N.Y.C. and is a founding member
of Actors and Writers of Olivebridge. In 1990 she founded MaskWork Unlimited whose critically acclaimed works using
masks and giant puppets have been performed in the Hudson Valley, New York City and internationally. The repertoire includes
her productions of The Scottish Play an adaptation of Macbeth, Ama,
an adaptation of a Noh drama, and Premanjali and the Seven geese Brothers presented
in Rosendale's Widow Jane Cave. Love, Reincarnation and Garbage was
presented at the Edinburgh Festival and at SUNY New Paltz. The Hudson Valley
enjoyed New Zealand's Hamatsa
straight from its successful run at La Mama in N.Y.C. Other plays directed locally include The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Real Inspector Hound for Performing Arts of Woodstock.
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Ulster BOCES Arts in Education
175 Route 32 North
New Paltz, NY 12561
(845) 255-1402 ext. 1312
FAX: 255-3836
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