Midwest Storyteller Rosie Cutrer
Educational Entertainment For:
School Assemblies
Festival Entertainment
Library Programs
Family Fun Nights
Book Fairs
Pioneer Studies
Multicultural Studies
Irish Programs
Holiday Programs
After School 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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   Midwest storyteller Rosie Cutrer enchants all age groups 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 2008

Jan 4 Residency at Auburn Elementary School, Auburn, KS

Jan 5th, 12th & 19 
Storytelling workshops for the Topeka Public Library

Jan 27-28 Residency for the Wakeeney Kansas Arts Council

Feb 4 Two performances at Black Bob Elementary School in Olathe, KS

Feb 8 Residency at Pauline Central School, Topeka, KS

Feb 16 tell at Kansas Authors Club at McFarland's Restaurant in Topeka, KS

March 11 Storytelling performances at Sterling College in Sterling, KS

March 13 Tell at the African American Museum in Wichita, KS

March 15 Telling Irish Stories in Valley Falls, Kansas at The United Methodist Church


March 16 Unitarian Church in Topeka, Kansas

March 20 Residency at Family Service & Guidance Center in Topeka

March 20-31
Various house concert venues in Kansas

April 4 Residency at Indian Hills Elementary School Topeka, Kansas

April 11 Tell at Randolph Elementary After School Program

April 16-19 Tell at the Choctaw Land Rush Festival in Choctaw, OK

April 25 Tell at Pauline Central Fun Night

May 1-2 Residency with the Lindsborg Arts Council, Lindsborg, KS

May 9 Tell at Chinn Elementary School Kansas City, Missouri

May 10 Perform for the Mother Daughter Banquet at 1st United Methodist Church in Oskaloosa, KS

May 13  Tell at Wanamaker Elementary School, Topeka, KS

May 27-29 Residency in Coffeyville, Kansas

June 2 Performance for Elkhart Public library and The Morton County Historical Society at 1 pm

June 2
Performance for the Johnson City Public Library at 4pm

June 2 Performance for the Syracuse Public Library in Syracuse Kansas 7pm

June 3 Performance for the Scott City Public Library in Scott City, Kansas 7 pm

June 4
Performance at The Hays Public Library at 2 pm

June 5-9 Midwest Banjo Camp in Olivet Michigan

June 19 Tell for the Everest Christian Church Women's Fellowship Luncheon, Everest, KS

June 20 Tell at First Christian Church Summer Program in Topeka

June 21
Tell for the El Dorado Public Library

July 2 Tell at Blue Valley Branch of Johnson County Library In Kansas City, Missouri (Overland Park)-10:15am

July 2 Tell at Ancilla Children's Center on St. Mary's Campus in Leavenworth Kansas-1pm

July 7 Tell at Wanamaker Elem. in Topeka, Kansas

July 8
Performance a the Andover Public Library at 6:30pm

July 9 Tell at Haysville Kansas Public Library 10 am

July 9 Tell at Goddard Public Library in Goddard, Kansas 2 pm

July 10 Tell at Park City Kansas Public Library

July 11 Tell at McConnel A.F.B.  Wichita, KS

July 14 Tell at Wanamaker Elem. in Topeka, Kansas

July 15
Tell at The Children's Museum in Kansas City 2pm

July 16 Tell at Pauline Central Summer Library Program

July 19 Tell at private party in Hutchinson, Kansas

July Tell for Mary Street Kindercare in Lansing Kansas

July 21 Tell at Wanamaker Elem. in Topeka, Kansas

July 28-August 4 Storytelling Workshop with Milbre Burch & Antonio Rocha at The Celebration Barn outside of Portland Maine

Sept. 5-Two programs at Heritage Elementary School in Kansas City (Olathe)

Sept. 20-Tell at fall festival in Valley Falls, Kansas

Oct 11-Tell at Talk for Iraq event sponsored by Trinity Presbyterian Church Times to be determined

Oct. 18-19-Tell at The Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City Kansas

Oct. 26-Tell all day at The Matrot Vineyard & Castle Fall Festival in Topeka, KS

Oct. 24-Tell at private house concert in Topeka

Nov 7- All day residency at Pauline Central Elementary School in Topeka



APPEARANCES IN 2009

Feb 18
Perform for the Junction City Arts Council

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

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

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