LuAnn Adams,

Storyteller

212-397-8141
Website: luannadamsstoryteller.com

Upcoming - Oct. 3, 2008 - Feb. 23, 2009 - Storytelling Performances

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NEW CD!

"Tippingee, Brer Rabbit & the Mouse that Barked"

"Parents' Choice Approved" Award Winner!

NAPPA GOLD AWARD!

212/ 397-8141

Tales21st@aol.com

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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 CD's & Cassettes are also available for purchase at the Bronx Zoo, Amazon.com or
by downloading the order form on this website in the Tapes & CD's section.

Now CD's and download available on CDBaby.com!!!!

Storytelling Recordings make wonderful listening for Family Trips!

"Jaws, Paws & Claws - Animal Wisdom Tales" (on CD) is now available!

*WINNER of 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
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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 17 Procter & Gamble Grants from the Cincinnati Playhouse to create and perform a new Storytelling Program ('93-'09) 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 15 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. LuAnn also created residencies and performance pieces for C.L.I.M.B. Theatre as a Lead Actor/Educator for children with Special Needs.

LuAnn is currently a 'Sole Provider of Services' (Non-Contracted Vendor on Dept. of Ed. Website) 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.


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Oct. 3-5, 2008

"Australian Reptile Tales " - 3 shows/ day, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30 @ The Reptile House @ The Bronx Zoo.

Oct. 11-13, 2008

"Spooky Animal Tales" - 3 shows/ day, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30 @ The Asia Stage @ The Bronx Zoo.

Oct. 17, 2008

"Jaws, Paws & Claws - Animal Wisdom Tales" - 7 pm, Family Literature Night @ The Stratford School, L.I.

Oct. 18-19, 2008

"Spooky Animal Tales" - 3 shows/ day, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30 @ The Asia Stage @ The Bronx Zoo.

Oct. 20, 2008

"Spooky Stories To Tingle Your Spine!" - 4 pm @ The Hamilton Fish Library, Manhattan, NY.

Oct. 22, 2008

"Treasures of the Heart" - 6:30pm, Family Literature Night @ Emerson, NJ.

Oct. 24, 2008

"Spooky Stories To Tingle Your Spine!" - 6:30 pm @ The Upper Saddle River Library, NJ.

Oct. 25-26, 2008

"Spooky Animal Tales" - 3 shows/ day, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30 @ The Asia Stage @ The Bronx Zoo.

Oct. 27, 2008

"Spooky Stories To Tingle Your Spine!" - 10 am @ Greenville Elem. School, Scarsdale, NY.

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Nov. 2, 2008

"Harvest Tales" - 3 shows/ day, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30 @ The Bronx Zoo.

Nov. 7, 2008

"Treasures of the Heart" - 6:30 pm, Family Literature Night @ The Betances Health Center, Man., NY.

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Dec. 6-7, 13-14, 20-31. Jan. 1-4, 2009

"Wild Winterland Animal Tales" - 11:30, 1 & 2 pm @ The Children's Zoo Stage @ The Bronx Zoo.

Dec. 16, 2008

"Winter Tales" - 6:30 pm, Family Literature Night @ On Our Way Learning Ctr., Queens, NY.

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Jan. 12-27, 2009

"Tour of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia."

Jan. 30, 2009

"Teeth, Tentacles, Talons & Tales!" - 10 am @ Greenville Elem. School, Scarsdale, NY.

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Feb. 3, 2009

"Teeth, Tentacles, Talons & Tales!" - 7pm @ Family Literature Night @ Stratford Elem., L.I., NY.

Feb. 17-20, 23, 2009

"Teeth, Tentacles, Talons & Tales!" -10 Shows in Ohio & Kentucky Elem. Schools for the Cincinnati Playhouse Procter & Gamble Tour

Feb. 21, 2009

"Teeth, Tentacles, Talons & Tales!" - 10:30 am & 1 pm @ The Cincinnati Playhouse, Marx Theater.

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