Kansas storyteller Rosie Cutrer loves to tell stories. With a degree in theater & 23 years as a teacher Rosie knows how to entertain & educate. Programs range from preschool to adult. For the younger ones she brings along her puppet Bearly & uses plenty of music & audience participation. For older audiences she tells folktales from around the world, literary stories,personal stories of growing up in the 1950’s & plays clawhammer banjo in between. Programs included are:
BOOKS ALIVE!-Rosie will tell folktales and donate a book, based on one of the stories, to your library.
ANIMAL TALES-Animal stories & songs.
FOLKTALES FROM THE PIONEERS-Stories & music form the 18th & 19th centuries.
SOMETHING GHOSTLY THIS WAY COMES-Scary stories & songs.
TIRRA LIRRRA-Irish folktales & music.
KINGS, QUEENS & LONG NOSED THINGS-Fairytales & music.
JIGGLE, GIGGLE, JUMP!-Preschool through kindergarten stories & music.
FOR GROWNUPS ONLY-Folktales, ballads, songs, stories from literature, personal stories or ghost stories.
STORYTELLER’S CHOICE-Let Rosie pick her favorite stories.
STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS
COSTUMED PIONEER PROGRAMS-Artifacts & period banjos included.
Former Kansas senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker said of Rosie’s work: "I had the pleasure of hearing Rosie Cutrer’s delightful performance...parents & children enjoyed an informative, funny & very special storytelling event."
"Rosie mesmerized the middle schoolers-she scared the socks off them with her jump tales!"
-Janeen Bezona, secretary, Bear Creek Literary Society, Johnson City, Kansas
Amy Garrett, education coordinator at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice Nebraska said: "Rosie is a tour de force in storytelling...for fun, fascinating storytelling you can’t beat Rosie Cutrer."
Rosie is on the Kansas Arts Commission’s Roster of touring artists. Grant monies are available.
E-MAIL OR CALL ROSIE FOR AVAILABILITY & COMPLETE FEE SCHEDULES.
