Sunshine Kids Orphanage Puppetry Workshop, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Renee and Carlo are superb teaching artists, who combine superb skills, talent, empathy and real knowledge of students’ needs. After 44 years of being an educator at arts-centered public schools, it is clear to me that Concrete Temple Theater stands out from the rest of collaborative organizations.

-Jeffrey Levitsky, Arts Education Consultant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation

We have received nothing but excellent feedback from students who participated in your classes, and the overwhelming attendance at the show was proof of the excitement it generated. I had multiple audience members contact me afterwards to thank you and us for bringing such a creative group to Colombo.

-Kathleen Fox, Press & Cultural Affiars Officer, US Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Teaching History

• February 2013

  Taconic Hills Middle School, Craryville, New York: Performance, Adaptation

• October/November 2012

  RAVELED/UNRAVELED with Sirovich Senior Center, Dixon Place, New York, NY: Cultural Education and Community Outreach Program

• October 2012

  M.C. Intermediate School, Hudson, NY: Acting and Performance

• September 2012

  Plai Theatre, New York, New York: Puppetry

• September 2012

  Ichabod Crane Central School, Valatie, New York: Performance, Adaptation

• Spring 2012

  Bard College at Simon’s Rock: Puppetry

• March 2012

  Germantown Central School, Germantown, NY: Performance, Adaptation

• Nov/Dec 2011

  Sirovich Senior Center, NYC: Chinese Seniors and Toy Theatre

• November 2011

  M.C. Intermediate School, Hudson, NY: Adaptation

• August 2011

  Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY: Object Theatre

• May 2011

  Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey: Multi-Media, Projections, & Tech

• May 2011

  Karagoz Puppet Museum, Bursa, Turkey: Puppetry

• April 2011

  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Hudson, NY: Shadow Puppetry

• April 2011

  The City College of New York – CUNY, NYC: Public Speaking – “Speaking Out”

• March 2011

  The Artists’ Collective for Social Change, Harlem, NY: “Create Your Own Work”

• June 2010

  Sirovich Senior Center, NYC: Floats/Puppetry, Great Small Works Miniature Parade

• March 2010

  Educational Alliance, NYC: Multi-Media, Projections, & Technology

• July-August 2009

  Path Group Home, Paramus, NJ: Shadow Puppetry

• SPRING 2009

  Taconic Hills High School, Craryville, NY: Set Design and Construction

• January 2009

  Spanish Queens Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Group: “Create Your Own Work”

• August 2008

  Seven major cities of India and Sri Lanka: “Speaking Out” and Adaptation Ethiraj Women’s College, Chennai, India; American Center, Kolkata, India; Academy of Theatre Arts, Mumbai, India; American Center, American Embassy, Delhi, India; Ranga Shankara, Bangalore, India; University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka and Theatre Department of Lyceum International in Colombo, Sri Lanka

• April 2008

  Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY: Shadow Puppetry

• March 2008

  Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY: Puppetry

• 2008 to Present

  Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Technique and “Create Your Own Work”

• September 2007

  West Shore Performing Arts Series, Scottville, MI: Technique, Adaptation, Lec/Demo

• June 2007

  Access Theatre, New York, NY: Puppetry

• May 2007

  78th Street Theatre Lab, New York, NY: Puppetry

• January 2007

  The University of Michigan, Flint, Michigan: Technique and “Create Your Own Work”

• July 2006

  The Yard & MV Historical Society, Martha’s Vineyard, MA: Physical Theatre

• May 2006

  WanderLUSTers present “Acthtung Grimm!”. Henry Street Settlement, Abrons, Arts Center, New York, NY

• April 2006

  Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA: Interpreters — “Speaking Out”

• October 2005

  chashama@Queens Plaza, NY: Physical Theatre

• September 2005

  Spoke The Hub, Brooklyn, NY: Dance

• August 2005

  Whaling Museum/NHA, Nantucket, MA: Puppetry, Technique, “Speaking Out”

• October 2004

  Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY: Physical Theatre and Technique

• January 2004

  Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure, NY: Lecture/Demonstrations; “Create Your Own Work,” Improvisation, Technique, and Directing

• 2001-2004

  Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY: Technical Theatre

• 1998-2000

  Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn, NY: Modern Dance for Boys

• September 2000

  Rappahanock High School, Rappahanock, VA: Physical Theatre, Improvisation

Multi-Media, Projection, & Technology Workshop, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Working with CTT has been extremely beneficial for our community, highly enjoyable and we plan on continuing our relationship far into the future.

-Gary Schiro, Hudson Opera House