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Penny Walter
MA. Education


Education:
Portland State University Portland, OR:
Masters of Curriculum and Instruction;
June 2001

Teaching Certification : Elementary education (Early childhood emphasis)
July 2000

Masters thesis: on Teaching with puppets in the Classroom.


Over 2,000 live shows and Counting!

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Professional Experience:

Owner of Penny's Puppet Productions: A one woman Puppet company (June 2002- Present)

  • Creator of Puppets With Penny for the Portland Children's Museum.  Writer Producer and Director of all new original scripts that entertain and provoke thinking on subjects like friendship, sharing and compassion.  From Sept 2002 -June 2006 it was  Performed eight times a week was the most popular program in the organization.
  • Writer and performer of original musical scores, or Mini-Musicals, for productions which are educational and humorous.
  • Creator of Puppet shows for the Portland Public School District that represent values, morals and ideals; presented to kindergarten through third grade students on a grant funded program.
  • Portland Public Head Start
  • Multnomah Libraries 2005, 2006,2007-
  • Hood River County Libraries 2005, 2006,2007-
  • Perform for private events and non-profit organizations
  • Perform in Local Puppet festivals such as and Portland Independent Puppet Nite, and Puppet Ganza,West Linn Art in the Park, West Linn Farmers Market, Raleigh Hills Park, Fern Hill Park, Redirect Guide Fairs, Muddy Boot Fair Portland Yacht Club,  ....
  • Great Friend to Kid Award Cermony 2004,2006, 2007-
  • Portland Parks Foundation Fall 2006
  • Performed at Grotto Festival of Lights as understudy puppeteer for Oregon Fantasy Puppet Theater (Dec 2003,04,05,06,07)
  • Creator and Instructor of "Puppetry as a Public service" class for Creston Middle School in Vancouver Washington (spring 2006)
  • Creator and instructor for Workshops on "Making Puppets come alive" for Morrison Child Center, Portland Oregon (spring 2006)
  • Artist in Healthcare at Emanual Childrens Hospital Aug 2006-
  • Oktoberfest Celebration, Bend Oregon Fall 2006,2007
  • Pottery Barn Kids Nov 2006
  • Vermont Family Center- Teaching With Puppets Workshop for over 100 teachers from PreK- 6th Grade.
    Feb 2007
  • Hearing Voices  Storytelling Festival-Washington county Cooperative Library Services, April 2007, Featured Storyteller See Link click here
  • Produce Kenton Firehouse Puppet show series, North Portland Historic Kenton Firehouse Spring 2007-
  • Portland Puppet Power- Co-producer of orginal environmental Puppet plays 2006,2007-
  • Portland Story Theatre, wrote and performed Personal Stories for the show "Licking the Plate" Fall 2007
  • River City Stories, Co-Founder of Storytelling co-operative in Portland Oregon.
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