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'S STYLE IS DYNAMIC, MOST ENGAGING AND QUITE POLISHED - ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUNGER AUDIENCES. IN SOME SESSIONS SHE ENTERTAINED NEARLY 500 STUDENTS AND CAPTIVATED HER AUDIENCE THROUGHOUT...I  HIGHLY RECOMMEND HER."

                          JOEL P. RHODES 
                          CO-PRODUCER OF THE CAPE GIRARDEAU STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
                           CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO



"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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CHILDREN'S MUSIC WEB AWARDS ROSIE'S NEW CDs. BEST SPOKEN WORD FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN & BEST SPOKEN WORD FOR OLDER KIDS!

        

   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
PERFORMANCES IN 2010

All day residency at Washburn Rural Middle School (Social Studies classes) Topeka, KS

Jan. 28 Kansas Day Prog. at Fort Riley Elementary School

Jan. 29 Kansas Day Prog at Marysville Elementrary School in Marysville, KS

Jan. 29 Kansas Day Prog at St. Gregory's Catholic School in Marysville, KS

Jan. 29 Kansas Day Prog at Blue Rapids Elementary School in Blue Rapids, KS

Feb. 16 - Perform at Lexinton Park Retirement Center, Topeka, KS 2:00pm

Feb. 19 -  Perform at Aldersgate Village in Topeka at 2:30pm

Feb. 22 - Perform at McCrite Retirement Center in Topeka at 1:30pm

Feb. 25 - Perform at Pauline Cenral Elementary School in Topeka, KS

Feb. 26 - Perform at Brewster Place in Topeka, KS at 10:30 am

Feb. 27 Present to Kansas Writers Inc. at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library 1:00pm

Feb. 27 - Tell at private home for ESL Students from Washburn University

March 5 - Perform in Pittsburg Public Schools in Pittsburg, KS

March 6 - Featured Teller at the Shamrock Irish Festival in Pittsburg, Kansas

March 19-22 Sharing the Fire Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island

April 7 - Perform at Bentley Primary School in Bentley, KS

April 21 - Perform for Lincoln Elementary School in Baxter Springs, KS

April 22-24 Featured teller at the Choctaw Land Run Festival in Choctaw, Oklahoma

May 1-2 Perform at Kansas Sampler Festival in Leavenworth, KS

May 5 - After dinner program for Grace United Methodist Church in Topeka, KS

May 11 - All day residency at Wanamaker Elementary School in Topeka

May 17 - Tell to Auburn Elementary 3rd grade classes in Auburn, Kansas 2pm

June 15 - Summer Reading Program for Hiawatha Public Library 10 am

June 17 Summer Reading Program at Wetmore, Kansas Public Library 10am

June 23 - Mulvane Public Library 10:30 am in Mulvane, KS


June 24 - Andale Public Library 10:00 am in Andale, KS

June 24 - Goddard Public Library 2 pm in Goddard, KS


June 30 - Perform for Stockton Retirement Home in Stocton, MO at 1pm

June 30 - Perform at 2:00 pm for Stockton, Missouri Library

June 30 - Perform at 4:30 for El Dorado, Missouri Library

July 6 - Summer Reading Program for Beck-Bookman Library in Holton, KS 1:30pm

July 7 - Coaching with Milbre Burch in Columbia, MO

July 7-- 9 -  Private storytelling retreat in Easton, KS

Oct. 15-16 Tell at Liz Weir
Storytelling Festival North of Belfast

Nov. 18-22- Tour of storytelling programs in County Wexford, Irealand

Dec. 17 - All day residency at Pauline Central Elementary School in Topeka, KS

School Year 2010 - 2011 Two day residency for Manhattan Arts Council -  Pending on grant approval from The Kansas Arts Commission

PERFORMANCES IN 2011

Week of Jan 10-16 - Featured teller at Winter Tales Storytelling Festival in Kearney, Nebraska

March 8-9 - Featured performer at the Franklin County Literature Festival - Ottawa, Kansas