Aretta Baumgartner Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Puppetry workshops, puppet coaching, and puppet directing for all ages and all situations as a member of TAA, a cohort of vetted, highly skilled and sought-after teaching artists who are all qualified specialists in their respective disciplines.

Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States

Proud to serve ART Station and its mission by securing and protecting organizational resources, making community connections, providing leadership and engaging through meetings, events and organizational activities.

Proud to have provided workshops, master classes, teacher workshops, keynote presentations and adjudication services for the following Educational Theatre Association events:-Alabama Thespian Festival 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022-Arkansas Thespian State Festival 2021, 2022-EdTA National Conference 2016, 2018-Florida Junior Thespian Festival 2022-Georgia Junior.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Proud to serve on The Shuler Adjudication Panel, an invited group of qualified arts professionals in the state of Georgia that supports excellence in high school theatre. https://artsbridgega.org/programs/shuler-awards/:"Fashioned after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Shuler Hensley Awards® program celebrates.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Proud to work as a Special Projects Puppeteer for my original / "home" puppet theatre company, Madcap Puppets, a nationally-recognized company celebrated for engaging and original children’s theatre productions and in-school educational programs that include performances, workshops and residencies. Since 1992, my Madcap collaborations have included work as.

Professional award-winning actor, puppeteer, vocalist -- full theatrical resume available upon request!

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Ensemble member and guest artist (performer, director, collaborator, deviser) for Cincinnati-based award-winning and innovative theatre company. As Education/Outreach Manager: coordinated and implemented educational theatre programming, including the "Books In Action" initiative in collaboration with Cincinnati Public Schools (monthly drama and literacy.

Atlanta, GA

Responsible for programming, staffing, budgeting, advocacy and all related/support operations for the Education Department at the nation’s largest puppetry arts non-profit organization.

Responsible for leading the operations and leadership of the Board of Directors and staff of Puppeteers of America, a national non-profit organization founded in 1937 to provide information, encourage performances, and build a community of people who celebrate puppet theatre.

Covington, Kentucky, United States

Co-created and led an arts-infused 21st Century Community Learning Center embedded in a public elementary school in Northern Kentucky.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Responsible for creating, booking and implementing puppet, movement, drama and mask programs (residencies, workshops, performances―emphasis on youth arts and arts integration) for schools, libraries, camps, festivals, museums, companies, etc.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Responsible for scheduling, creating and performing school programs across the Midwest for a multi-museum National Historical Landmark and for presenting floor programs for the Cincinnati Children’s Museum.

(“NKU”): responsible for publicity (posters, programs, brochures), public relations (marketing, press communications), front-of-house operations (box office, house management), departmental budget,management/supervision of Theatre Manager and Box office staffs, internal communications(school performances, archives, facilities scheduling, communications.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Responsible for publicity, public relations, special events, Madcap Members program, volunteercoordination, in-house school programming (at Cincinnati Art Museum), etc.; responsible for all Box Office and Group Sales operations and for supervising House Staff. Also worked concurrently as residency artist, workshop presenter and puppeteer.

B.A., Theatre And Communication Arts

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu Fraternity, Orientation Team, Panhellenic Council, Greek Council (Co-Founder), Order of Omega (Greek.

M.A., Communication Arts

Master of Arts, Communication Arts (Graduate/Teaching Assistant: public speaking courses)