Rosie Cutrer has the Kansas storyteller's knack for
educational entertainment:
School Assemblies
Festivals
Library Programs
Family Fun Nights
Book Fairs
Pioneer Studies
Multicultural Studies
Irish Programs
Holiday Programs
After School Programs & After Dinner Programs

ROSIE CUTRER IS A TOUR DE FORCE IN STORYTELLNG. HER TECHNIQUE IS ENGAGING AND SHE  IS ABLE TO ACCOMODATE ANY AND ALL AUDIENCES. SHE HAS PERFORMED AT THE HEARTLAND STORYTELLING FESTIVAL FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND SHE WAS SO WELL RECIEVED THAT AUDIENCES REQUESTED WE ASK HER BACK FOR A RETURN ENGAGEMENT.
                       -Amy Garrett, Park Ranger
                        Homestead National Monument
                        Beatrice, Nebraska




"THE STUDENTS & STAFF AT LINCOLN SCHOOL TRULY ENJOYED YOUR GREAT STORIES AND SONGS. YOUR USE OF GROUP PARTICIPATION KEPT THE ATTENTION OF THE STUDENTS AND ADDED TO THE FUN THEY WERE ALREADY EXPERIENCING. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK!"

                        -LEE ANN HUNTER, PRINCIPAL
                         LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
                         PARSONS, KS




FORMER KANSAS SENATOR NANCY KASSEBAUM BAKER SAID OF ROSIE'S WORK-
"I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING ROSIE CUTRER'S DELIGHTFUL PERFORMANCE...PARENTS AND CHILDREN ENJOYED AN INFORMATIVE, FUNNY AND VERY SPECIAL STORYTELLING EVENT."

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   Rosie Cutrer has the Kansas storyteller's knack for keeping audiences enthralled with her delightful stories and music. With a degree in theater and 23 years as a classroom teacher she knows how to entertain and educate.
   Using lots of audience participation she tells folktales, fairytales, multicultural stories, ghost stories, original tales and stories based on literature. During and in between stories she accompanies herself on old time banjo.

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   "On behalf of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center please accept my thanks for sharing your talents...the students reactions to your performances were overwhelmingly enthusiastic...I have heard so many times how much your use of the banjo and autoharp added to the storytelling. Everyone enjoyed your work!"
                 -Susan Raines, Executive Director 
                  Thomas Bowlus Fine Arts Center
                   Iola, Kansas

   "We have enjoyed Rosie's stories for three years in a row and have her scheduled for a fourth. She is a delight! I appreciate her flexibility and willingness to work around our school calendar and daily schedule. Her combination of storytelling, music and audience participation are the right mix for a wide range of students."
                  -Hope Krug, Library Media Specialist
                   Pauline Central Elementary School
                   Topeka, Kansas

"Mrs. Cutrer, thank you for your wonderful stories.....you are a fantastic storyteller."
                   -Nicole Staudinger, Principal, 
                    Desert Willow Elem.
                    Tucson, Arizona

   Rosie is on the Kansas Arts commissions Roster of Touring Artists. Grant monies are available. Reduced program fees when you block book two or more programs.

For more information and complete fee schedules e-mail or call:
Rosie Cutrer
6033 SW 38th Street
Topeka, KS 66610
785-271-1982
                                                                       
e-mail: rcutrer2@cox.net

APPEARANCES IN 2009

Jan 9 - All day residency at Pauline Central Primary School in Topeka

Jan 29 - Kansas Day program for Horton Elementary School in Horton, KS

Feb 5 -Perform for Halstead Middle School in Halstead, KS

Feb 6 - Perform for schools in the Bentley Kansas area

Feb 18
Perform for the Junction City Arts Council

Feb 19 Tell to fifth graders at Randolph Elementary School in Topeka, KS at 12:30

Feb 19 Tell to third graders at McCarter Elementary School  in Topeka, KS at 2:15

Feb 20 Tell to fifth graders at Jay Shideler Elementary School in Topeka, KS

March 6 Perform for schools in Pittsburg, KS

March 7 - Perform for St. Patrick's Day event in Pittsburg, KS (tentative)

March 10 - Perform for Bluestem Elementary School in Leon, Kansas

March 13 - Perform for Aldersgate Village Residents in Topeka

March 24 - Perform at Indian Hills Elementary School in Topeka for Music In Our Schools Week

March 19 -  Perform for Brewster Place at 10:30am & at McCrite Plaza at 3:00pm in Topeka

March 23 - Perform for 4th graders at Randolph Elem. in Topeka at 1pm

March 27 - Perform at Pauline South  for 5th graders at 11:30 and at Jay Shideler for 4th graders at 1:15

March 30 - Perform at Jay Shideler for 5th graders at 11:30 and for fourth graders at 1:15

April 3-5 - Regional Teller at The Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

April 15 Perform at Oaklawn Elem. in Wichita, KS

April 16, 17, 18th Featured teller at The Land Rush Festival in Choctaw Oklahoma.

April 23 - Perform at the Swallow Hill Music Hall in Denver, Colorado as part of the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Conference

April 29-All day residency at Wanamaker Elementary School in Topeka, KS

April 30 - Perform at Garfield Elem. Literacy night in Parsons, KS

May 7-8 Featured teller at the Heartland Storytelling Festival at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice Nebraska.

May 9 Performance for the Augusta Arts Council in Augusta, Kansas in the morning

May 11 Perform for Holton Senior Center's Mother's Day Luncheon at 12:30 in Holton, KS

May 18 Perform for Ridgeview Elementary School in Olathe KS

June 12 Perform for for the Kansas State R.V. Club Rally in Deer Creek Valley R.V. Park, Topeka, KS

June 8 Perform for Central Library in Wichita, KS at 10am

June 8 Perform at Evergreen Library in Wichita, KS at 2 pm

June 11 Tell at the Andale Public Library in Andale, Kansas at 10 am

June 11 Tell at the Derby Public Library in Derby, Kansas at 2 pm

June 15
Performance for The Wichita Public Library

June 17 Tell at the Mulvane Public Library in Mulvane, Kansas at 10:30 am

June 18 Tell at the Cheney Public Library in Cheney, Kansas at 10 am

June 18 Tell at the Clearwater Public Library in Clearwater, Kansas at 2 pm

July 17 Perform for summer reading program at Wanamaker Elementary School in Topeka, KS

July 24 Perform at Janice Black's summer reading program in Topeka, KS

July 31 Perform for Auburn Washburn's summer reading program

Sept. 22 -  Perform at the North East Kansas Area on Aging Conference in Hiawatha, KS (sometime in the morning)

Oct. 1 Perform at Stout Elem. in Topeka, KS for Literacy Night

Nov. 16-19 Week long Residency for American Education week with the Garden City Schools in Garden City, KS

Dec 18 Residency at Pauline Central Primary School in Topeka, KS


APPEARANCES IN 2010

June 23 Mulvane Public Library

June 24 am   Andale Public Library

June 24 pm   Goddard Public Library

March 5 and 6th -  Perform for Pittsburg Arts council in the schools and for their St. Patrick's Day Celebration