Teddy Gross

Summary

Teddy Gross (Theodore Faro Gross) (born 1949) is the founder (1991) and executive director of Common Cents, a national not-for-profit educational organization, which specializes in designing citizenship programs for children and young people, and supporting their work in schools throughout America. Common Cents organizes The Penny Harvest, which has become the largest child-philanthropy program in the United States.[citation needed]

Teddy Gross
Born1949 (age 74–75)

Plays for the Theatre edit

  • Red Square, Seattle Repertory Theatre. Daniel Sullivan,[1] director, 1987.
  • Crossfire. Off Broadway, Double Image Theatre. Max Mayer, director, 1984; Denver Theatre Center, 1984; Center Stage, Baltimore, 1983; New Voices Series, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1983; Virginia Stage, summer residency, 1983.[2]
  • Lost & Found: A Play for Children. Commissioned by Santa Fe Theatre Festival, 1981; Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1983; productions in translation in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Esslingen, Vienna elsewhere.[citation needed]
  • Fire at luna park. Magic Theatre, San Francisco. 1982; published in Kenyon Review, 1983.[3]
  • Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 1979,1981.

Book and Recordings for Children edit

  • Everyone asked about you. Putnam & Grosset, NY, 1990; Macmillan paperback, 1993.[4]
  • Sing me a story, Bob McGrath songs. Video Treasures. 1995.

References edit

  1. ^ "Daniel Sullivan Biography (1940-)". Filmreference.com. 1940-06-11. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. ^ Shepard, Richard F. (1983-12-05). "Stage - 'Crossfire,' On Vietnam War - Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. ^ "Past Productions « Magic Theatre". Magictheatre.org. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ Rodgers, Richard (1990). Everyone Asked about You (9780399217272): Theodore Gross: Books. ISBN 0399217274.

External links edit

  • Common Cents Staff