Kaleidoscope Theatre will be receiving the
Justice Award for 2009 given by RI Attorney
General, Patrick Lynch, on February 25th,
2010! The award letter we received stated -
Kaleidoscope Children’s Theatre has been selected as a 2009 recipient of the Justice Award, symbolizing not only
it’s tradition of artistic excellence but
also the Theatre’s commitment to educating
our children about crime and harmful
behavior such as in its excellent production
of B.U.L.L.Y.
Congratulations and thank you to all who made this possible over the years by sharing their dedication, hard work and talents. We would especially like to thank those responsible for our most recent touring production, High School BULLY, which was so positively reviewed by members of the RI Attorney General’s office. They are:
Kaleidoscope Children’s Theatre has been selected as a 2009 recipient of the Justice Award, symbolizing not only
it’s tradition of artistic excellence but
also the Theatre’s commitment to educating
our children about crime and harmful
behavior such as in its excellent production
of B.U.L.L.Y.Congratulations and thank you to all who made this possible over the years by sharing their dedication, hard work and talents. We would especially like to thank those responsible for our most recent touring production, High School BULLY, which was so positively reviewed by members of the RI Attorney General’s office. They are:
- The Rhode Island Foundation, in particular Alex McCray, whose help and support gave our Executive Director, David Payton, the encouragement to persevere and create the High School BULLY script. The RIF gave us a grant to create the script which is based on David’s production B.U.L.L.Y. (Better Understanding by Listening and Learning about You) for elementary schools.
- The Rhode Island State Council on the
Arts, especially Liz Keithline, who also
guided and supported David. RISCA gave us a
grant to arrange/orchestrate the music which
was done magnificently by RI Artist, Dan
Delange.
- The P.A.V.E organization headed by
retired Police Lieutenant, John Reis, whose
steadfast belief and energy helped make the
script so strong. P.A.V.E. gave us a grant
to perform the production at ten high
schools in RI.
- Our Managing Director, Bob Zannini, who
has managed to make us successful every year
for the past 33 years. Without his guidance
and support we would never have been able to
do all that we do!
- Our Administrative Director, Nicole
Frechette who arranged rehearsals, planned
schedules, did sound for the show and so
much more and our Educational Director,
Jamie Dellorco made the bookings for us.
- Bill Whitehead, one of our revered
performers, who directed the show and did
wonderful things with it.
- Long time friend and performer as well
as a former ‘Teacher of the Year’, Marianne
Douglas. When we needed ways and strategies
for teens to handle bullying and stressful
situations, she shared several of her
strategies from her multi-award winning
curriculum for high school students,
‘Strategies for Success’, and helped to
create our new production which is itself
now award winning.
- Internationally acclaimed Contemporary
Gospel legend, Ray Boltz, for allowing us to
use his original song, 'The Swimming Hole',
to open our show and set the theme of
dealing with and overcoming injustice.
Thanks Ray for sharing your talents and for
being such a good friend.
- James Robinson and Stump from Youth
Pride RI and all of the OUTspoken Players
that provided valuable feedback throughout
the writing process.
- Our fantastically talented group of
young performers who believed in the project
and gave so much of their time and talents.
The current performers touring in High
School BULLY are: Joe Catanzaro, Ben Craven,
Jamie Dellorco, Marianne Douglas, Luke
Doyle, Krista-Louise Genereux, Megan
Gonsalves, Sam Hood, Amber Johnson, James
Lambert, Brendan Macera, Cameron Marcotte,
David Payton, Sarah Pothier, Jillian
Rivers-Keegan, Roxy Roca, Patrick Saunders,
Audrey Thompson, and Dan Walsh.
- The schools, principals, teachers,
guidance counselors and parents who bring us
into their schools to educate and entertain
their students year after year and also all
of the fans who come year after year to see
our productions at Rhode Island College or
at the Scottish Rites in Cranston, bringing
their families, as well as members of their
organizations, schools or groups.
- The Angels out there who give so much to help us raise funds for our programs, in particular, Carrabas Restaurant manager, Jim Lee, The Shriners, Wayne Sutton, The John Moran Fund’s, Jerry Ventre and The Pauls Foundation’s David Valkema and Paul Mavros.
This can only be accomplished with your help. If you believe in what we are doing and you are able to help us get the messages out by either your own personal financial support or your company’s financial support then please contact us and make our programs available to those who so desperately need them. Together we will make a difference.
Thank you. Thank you all.
~ David