http://richardgrunn.com Actor,Puppeteer, Teaching Artist Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:20:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Corporate Workshop is a valuable resource for employee training, providing creative approaches to team- building, motivation, stress-management, conflict resolution, and employee-management relationships.  All of this in an enjoyable and playful environment.  The workshop is hand-tailored to provide the tools necessary for your specific corporate setting.  Contact Richard  for more information. http://richardgrunn.com/2011/04/30/corporate-workshops/ Richard Grunn has over 15 years experience teaching theatre, mask, puppet, and radio theatre workshops to a variety of ages and populations.  He has taught at public and private schools, colleges and universities, art and  community centers and museums.  Workshops can range from one day to ... http://richardgrunn.com/2011/04/30/workshops/ Theater-arts program at PS 44 is a winner, say students Published: Thursday, April 07, 2011, 11:25 AM     Updated: Thursday, April 07, 2011, 11:27 AM By Diane Lore Two classes of students at PS 44 are benefiting from a literacy-based ... http://richardgrunn.com/2011/04/30/literacy-program/ Created by Richard Grunn,  Duane Noch, and David Zarko The O. Henry Conspiracy imagines what may have happened between a homeless, Irish                                   storyteller, haunted by his past, and a young reporter from Kansas City out to make his mark in New York. The year is 1913, and the men meet ... http://richardgrunn.com/2009/09/02/the-o-henry-conspiracy/ The Science of the Mind is an interactive, high tech, turn of the century, medicine show. Meet Dr. Kurtis C. Braman (Richard Grunn) medical doctor, inventor, and world renowned phrenologist as he will take you take you through a journey of machines, modalities, and mad laughter. It's a Professor Higgins meets ... http://richardgrunn.com/2009/09/02/science-of-the-mind/ Cliff is different from most puppets; He is large, misshapen, and only has one arm. He has characteristics that we all can identify with- loneliness, dreams, and trying to find happiness in simple ways. Follow him as he tries to perform domestic duties while overcoming his "perceived" physical deficiencies.  A ... http://richardgrunn.com/2009/09/02/cliff/ Inspired by Alexander Calder's "Circus", "Il Circo di Urbano"(Urbano's Circus) is where art meets theatre. You will be amazed and entertained by these trash-constructed puppets as they perform their death defying and suspenseful acts. The show features Ivan the Iron-Clad Stomach, Clyde the Fearless Clown, and Boris the Elastic Acrobat.   ... http://richardgrunn.com/2009/09/02/urbanos-circus/ Several characters  encounter something revealing about their lives, while they retrieve their lost luggage from a train station's "Lost and Found." When they open their suitcases they are surprised by it's contents-for some it is a memory from their childhood, for others an answer to a prayer. http://richardgrunn.com/2009/09/02/the-key/ "Father Joiner's Purgative Poetry Project" is a show that takes place in the setting of a poetry reading where Mr. Grunn portrays a variety of winsome characters. They are brought together by Father Joiner- group leader and poet laureate of magnetic refrigerator poetry. The group's unlikely personalities include outspoken deli ... http://richardgrunn.com/2009/09/02/father-joiners-purgative-poetry-project/