LUANN ADAMS

STORYTELLER
AEA, AFTRA

School Assemblies & Family Nights, Workshops & Residencies

**More than 1000 Elementary and Middle School Assemblies, Student Workshops, Storytelling Workshops for Teachers, and School Residencies in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky and Nevada. Family Storytelling/Literature Nights celebrating "Dr. Suess" etc., as well as many programs with Multi-cultural Themes.

Museums, Libraries & Scout Programs

**More than 350 Storytelling Performances for exhibitions and special events at the Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Natural History, The Children's Museum of Manhattan, The Children's Museum of the Arts, The Zimmerli Art Museum, The New Jersey State Museum, The Stamford Nature Museum, The Brooklyn Children's Museum, Planting Fields Arboretum, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, NY Botanical Garden.

**More than 1000 performances in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Nevada and Minnesota Public Libraries.

**Performance and Workshop for the Clarke Country School Librarians Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

**Hundreds of programs for the Girl and Boy Scouts in New York, New Jersey and Ohio.

Wildlife Centers & City Parks

**More than 1000 performances of Nature programs for the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Staten Island Zoo, New York Aquarium, Yonkers Riverfest, The Greenbelt/Highrock Park, The Great Swamp, (NJ).

Hospitals & Special Education & Special Event Programs

**More than 500 performances for Hospital audiences, and School/Facilities for audiences with special needs.

**Storytelling Performance on The Symphony of the Nile Cruise Ship, on the Nile River, Egypt.

Grants & Awards

**Recipient of 19 Touring Grants from the Cincinnati Playhouse ('93-'11), to create/perform a new program each year of multi-cultural stories: "Folktales For The 21st Century."

**Featured performer for Stories From The Heartland, the Minnesota Storytelling Festival.

**Featured performer (17years) for the Rosenthal Next Generation Series at the Cincinnati Playhouse.

**"Brave Little Red & other Tales", "Jaws, Paws & Claws - Animal Wisdom Tales From Around the World" and "The Tricky Caterpillar & other Tales","Tipingee, Brer Rabbit & the Mouse that Barked" have won Parents' Choice Silver Honors, Parents' Choice Recommended Seal, NAPPA Gold and Storytelling World Awards.

Education & Acting Experience

**M.F.A. Major in Acting, Rutgers University, NJ, Studied with Ed Stern, Bill Esper, Hal Scott.

**B.A. Major in Child Psychology and Theatre Arts, Macalester College, MN.

**Conducted Master Storytelling Classes for Northwestern University (5 years), and the NYC Storytelling Ctr.

**Lead Actor/Educator, C.L.I.M.B. Theatre, MN, conducting 2-12 week residencies/performances in the Midwest.

**Storyteller/Artist in Residence in more than 100 Elementary Schools in NY State.

**As an actor I have appeared in plays directed by Ed Stern, Michael Greif, Lee Breuer, Richard Caliban, Steven Dietz, Mac Wellman, Hal Scott, Bill Esper, Oskar Eustis, Jack Bettenbender.