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 and Cultural Affairs Officer, US Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
March 2021
Amphibian Stage, Fort Worth, TX: Adult Workshops – “Introduction to Puppetry Manipulation and Design,” “Creating Your Own Puppet Play,” “Puppetry Construction,” and “Putting on the Show” + Youth Workshop – “Packrats and Puppetry”
Oct 2020 – Feb 2021
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: “Childhood Fascinations” presented on Dixon Place TV, NYC: Playwriting/Visual Theatre Workshop
August 2020
Singing Eagle Lodge, Holderness, NH: Bud and The Great Fire, Book Reading, Video and Meet-the-Puppets
April 2020
Sarah Lawrence Workshop, Bronxville, NY, Puppetry and Design with Prof Mabena’s theatre class
April-June 2020
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Playwriting
February 2020
University of Michigan, Theatre Department, Flint MI: Directing Workshop
February 2020
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI: Family Puppetry Workshop
February 2020
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI: Design and Puppetry Workshop
Oct 2019-Mar 2020
Sirovich Senior Center, NY: “Old?” at Dixon Place and Sirovich Center, NYC: Playwriting/Visual Theatre Workshop
Apr 2019-Jun 2019
Sirovich Senior Center, NY: “This I Believe” presented at Dixon Place, NYC: Playwriting/Visual Theatre Workshop
January 2019
Special Self-governing Province Rehabilitation Center
Welfare institute for Disabled, Jeju, Korea “Puppet Building and Manipulation”
January 2019
Jeju Global English Center, Jeju, Korea, “Using Theatre to Teach English”
Oct 2018-Feb 2019
Sirovich Senior Center, NY: “Shadows: A Silhouetted Life” presented at Dixon Place, NYC: Puppetry/Visual Theatre Workshop
August 2018-September 2018
Sirovich Senior Center, NY: “Lone Ranger in Shadow: a shadow puppetry presentation” presented at Dixon Place, NYC: Visual Theatre Workshop
June 2018
New York State Puppet Festival, Perry, NYS: Marionettes for Beginners
June 2018
New York State Puppet Festival, Perry, NYS: MEET THE PUPPETS
March 2018
SUNY-Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, NYS: MEET THE PUPPETS
Oct 2017-May 2018
Sirovich Senior Center, NY:”Remembering” presented at Dixon Place and Sirovich Senior Center, NYC: Visual Theatre Workshop
October 2017
Detroit Institute of Arts with Boys and Girls Club of Southfield, MI: Puppetry
June 2017
Storytelling Arts Center, Laurinburg, NC: Shadow Puppetry
April-June 2017
Creative Center at University Settlement, NYC: Original Shadow Puppet Plays, “Losing”
April 2017
Sirovich Senior Center, NY:”Re-writing” presented at Sirovich Center
April 2017
CTT Crafts at Access Theatre, New York, NY:”How to Make Puppet Heads from Foam”
Oct 2016-Feb 2017
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Playwriting Workshop, “Surprise!”
January 2017
Jeju Juvenile Corrections Facility, Jeju, South Korea: Shadow Puppetry
January 2017
Global English Center: elementary students, Jeju, South Korea: Shadow Puppetry
January 2017
Self-governing Province Rehabilitation Center, Jeju, South Korea: Puppetry Masterclass
January 2017
Baekseok Univeristy, Cheonan, South Korea: Puppetry Masterclass
January 2017
Gwanju Cultural Center, Art House, South Korea: ACTING I Masterclass
December 2016
Flint Institute of Arts: Family Programs, Flint, MI: Shadow Puppetry
October 2016
Flint Institute of Arts: Pre-College Portfolio Development Program, Flint, MI: Design and Theatre
Sept-Dec 2016
Mott Middle College High School, Flint, MI: Create Your Own Work: Puppetry and Puppetry Design and Construction
September 2016
SUNY-Orange: Middletown, New York, NY: Improvisation Masterclass and ACTING I Masterclass
July 2016
The Flea Theater: Bats, New York, NY: Introduction to Puppetry and Shadow Puppetry Workshop
June 2016
The Creative Center, University Settlement, New York, NY: Concrete Temple Crafts: Joss Paper Workshop
April 2016-June 2016
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Visual Theatre Workshop, “My First Time”
April 2016
The Child’s Place for Children with Special Needs, Brooklyn Central New York Public Library, workshop for teens with disabilities, NYPL-Brooklyn, NY: Shadow Puppetry Workshop
March 2016
Amphibian Junior Company Extended Workshop Intensive, Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort Worth, TX: Shadow Puppetry, with presentations: March 19 and 20, 2016
March 2016
Camp Fire Kids Outreach Workshop, Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort Worth, TX: Shadow Puppetry Workshop
Jan-Feb 2016
6th Grade Class, Germantown Central School, Germantown, NY: The Bystander Project Workshop, with Presentation: Feb 26, 2016
Oct 2015-Feb 2016
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Playwriting Workshop, “Old?”
September 2015
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO: Devised Theatre Workshop
September 2015
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO: Puppetry Workshop
April-June 2015
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Visual Theatre Workshop, “Water”
Oct 2014-Feb 2015
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Playwriting Workshop, “To Dream”
January 2015
The Gloucester County Institute of Technology High School Academy, Sewell, NJ: Shadow Puppet Workshop
January 2015
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ: Shadow Puppet Workshop
January 2015
Concrete Temple Craft Workshop, Dixon Place, New York, NY
October 2014
plai theatre/Yai Autism Center, New York, NY: “Create Your Own Work” Workshop
September 2014-May 2015
Community Roots Middle School, Brooklyn, NY: Stage Craft and Design
August 2014
The Child’s Place for Children with Special Needs, Brooklyn Central New York Public Library and plai Theatre, workshop for teens with disabilities, NYPL-Brooklyn, NY: Shadow Puppetry Workshop
April-June 2014
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Visual Theatre Workshop
April-June 2014
plai Theatre and New York Public Library Harlem, Teen’s with disabilities ensemble, NYPL-Harlem, NYC: Acting Workshop
January 2014
Teatro Jaco, Jaco, Costa Rica: Shadow Puppetry Workshop
Oct 2013-Jan 2014
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: Playwriting Workshop
May/June 2013
Puppet Festival (r)evolution, Swarthmore, PA: Wood Carving Workshop 101
May/June 2013
Sirovich Senior Center, New York, NY: float making for participation in Greatest Smallest Parade, Dumbo, NY, in conjunction with Great Small Works 10th International Toy Theatre Festival
May/June 2013
plai theatre/Yai Autism Center, New York, NY: puppetry
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, and 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, and 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 and 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, and 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
