LuAnn Adams, Storyteller 212-397-8141 Website: luannadamsstoryteller.com
Upcoming - August 9, 2010 - November 17, 2010 - Storytelling Performances **************************** NEW CD! "Tippingee, Brer Rabbit & the Mouse that Barked" "Parents' Choice Approved" Award Winner! NAPPA GOLD AWARD! 212/ 397-8141 Tales21st@aol.com ***************************** Recordings available in Public Libraries, Schools and homes all over the U.S.! LuAnn's "The Tricky Caterpillar & other Tales" won a Parents' Choice Silver Honors Award for Excellence and the National Parenting Publications Honors Award * LuAnn's "Brave Little Red & other Tales" won a Parents' Choice Recommended Seal and the National Parenting Publications Gold Award * LuAnn's "Jaws, Paws & Claws - Animal Wisdom Tales" won the National Parenting Publications GOLD AWARD "This excellent collection of well-told tales desrves a place in every library with an audio storytelling collection." -School Library Journal * "Tipingee, Brer Rabbit & The Mouse that Barked" won of the National Parenting Publications GOLD AWARD * LuAnn's CD's are available for purchase at the Bronx Zoo, CDBaby.net, Amazon.com or by downloading the order form on this website in the CD section. ***************************************************** LuAnn Adams has created and performed thousands of Storytelling Programs for children and adults in Schools (Assemblies & Residencies) Public Libraries, Museums, Zoos, Aquariums, Girl/Boy Scouts, Hospitals, Special Needs Centers, and many other organizations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky and Idaho. She has received 19 Procter & Gamble Grants from the Cincinnati Playhouse to create and perform a new Storytelling Program ('93-'11) of "Folktales for the 21st Century", inspirational, multi-cultural stories that resonate in the lives of young people coming of age in the 21st Century. LuAnn has performed for the last 17 years at the Cincinnati Playhouse for the Rosenthal Next Generation Series of family concerts. Her education includes a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Child Psychology, (Macalester College), M.F.A. in Acting from the Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University) where she studied with Ed Stern and Bill Esper. Since 1994, she has created Family Animal Storytelling Program for the Bronx, Queens, Central Park & Coney Island Zoos and Aquarium ub NYC. For 5 years she conducted Storytelling Master Classes and Storytelling & Puppetry Workships at Northwestern University in Chicago, Ilinois. LuAnn is currently a 'Sole Provider of Services' for the New York City Board of Ed. (Storytelling Residencies, Professional Development Workshops & Performances, Family Storytelling Nights.) LuAnn is a member of the National Storytellers Network, NY Storytelling Center, Actor's Equity, AFTRA, National Writers Union.
August 9, 2010 "The Monkey & the Crocodile & other Tales to Celebrate the Seas" - 1 pm @ The Hillsdale Lib., New Hyde Pk. August 10, 2010 "Stories To Play With." - 11:30 am @ The St. Agnes Library, Manhattan, NY. "The Mouse that Barked...." - 2 pm @ The Battery Park Library, Manhattan, NY. August 11, 2010 "The Monkey & the Crocodile & other Tales to Celebrate the Seas" - 3 & 4:30 pm @ The Passaic Lib., NJ. August 12, 2010 "Tales from Dr. Seuss" - 4pm @ The 115th St. Library, Manhattan, NY. August 17, 2010 "Stories To Play With." - 11:30 am @ The St. Agnes Library, Manhattan, NY. August 19, 2010 "The Mouse that Barked...." - 2 pm @ The 96th St. Library, Manhattan, NY. August 20, 2010 "The Mouse that Barked...." - 3 pm @ The George Bruce Library, Manhattan, NY. August 23, 2010 "The Mouse that Barked...." - 2 pm @ Muhlenberg Library, Manhattan, NY. August 26, 2010 "The Mouse that Barked...." - 3 pm @ Frances Martin Library, Bronx, NY. August 27, 2010 "The Mouse that Barked...." - 9:15 am @ Cathedral Library, Manhattan, NY. "The Mouse that Barked...." - 2 pm @ The Riverdale Library, Bronx, NY. ********************************************************************** Sept. 11, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 3 pm @ The Children's Library @ 42nd St., Manhattan, NY. Sept. 15, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 4 pm @ The Grand Concourse Lib., Bronx, NY. Sept. 16, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 4pm @ The 96th St., Library, Manhattan, NY. Sept. 20, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 4pm @ The Bloomingdale Library, Manhattan, NY. Sept. 21, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 3:30 pm @ Ft. Washington Library, Manhattan, NY. Sept. 22, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 4 pm @ Todt Hill Library, Staten Island, NY. Sept. 23, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 3:30 pm @ St. Agnes Library, Manhattan, NY. Sept. 25, 2010 "Jaws, Paws & Claws- Animal Wisdom Tales" - 3 pm @ Battery Park Library, Manhattan, NY. *********************************************************** Oct. 13, 2010 "Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ City Island Library, Bronx, NY. Oct. 18, 2010 "Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ Epiphany Library, Manhattan, NY. Oct. 19, 2010 "Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ Monsholu Library, Bronx, NY. Oct. 20, 2010 "Tales from Dr. Suess!" - 4 pm @ Sedgewick Library, Bronx, NY. Oct. 23-24, 2010 "Spooky SEA Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 3 shows per day (TBA) @ The Coney Island Aquarium, NY. Oct. 25, 2010 "Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ Roosevelt Island Library, Manhattan, NY. Oct. 27, 2010 "Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ Port Richmond Library, Staten Island, NY. Oct. 28, 2010 "Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ South Beach Library, Staten Island, NY. Oct. 30-31, 2010 "Spooky SEA Stories to Tingle Your Spine!" - 3 shows per day (TBA) @ The Coney Island Aquarium, NY. *************************************** Nov. 4, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 4 pm @ Harlem Lib., Man., NY. Nov. 7, 2010 "Indian Tales to Celebrate Diwali!" - TBA @ Scarsdale Library, Scarsdale, NY. Nov. 8, 2010 "Treasures of the Heart" & "Children of Courage" - Las Vegas, Nevada Elementary School. Nov. 9, 2010 "Treasures of the Heart" & "Children of Courage" - Susan Morrow Elementary School, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Weaving the Senses Into A Story" - Clark County Library Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada Nov. 10, 2010 "Treasures of the Heart" & "Children of Courage" - 4 programs @ 2 Las Vegas, Nevada Elementary Schools. Nov. 13, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 2 pm @ Richmondtown Lib., S.I., NY. Nov. 15, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 4 pm @ Great Kills Lib., S.I., NY. Nov. 17, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 3:30 pm @ Van Courtlandt Lib., Bx, NY. Nov. 18, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 4 pm @ 125th St. Lib., Man., NY. Nov. 22, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 3 pm @ Macomb's Bridge Lib., Man., NY. Nov. 27, 2010 "How the Beaver Got Sharp Teeth & other Native American Stories" - 2 pm @ Children's Rm @42nd St. Lib., Man., NY.