Guy Peartree:

Guy Peartree has been telling stories since 1989. He performs historical characterizations of Frederick Douglass, William Brown and George Washington Carver; as well as folk tales from around the world. Guy Peartree also writes his own tales and believes the task of the writer and the storyteller is the same: "To let the voices of our culture and imagination speak."

 

Wizard of Tuskegee is a one man play by Guy Peartree about George Washington Carver, a gifted plant doctor when he was young boy, who became a famous scientist for extracting chemicals from plants to make new foods and medicines. The story of Carver is an absorbing history of science, folklore, religion and African-American life between America's Civil War and World War II.

Guy Peartree has performed in museums, colleges, schools, churches and libraries throughout New England and the country. He brings a love of folklore, writing, and history to the craft of storytelling and employs storytelling to motivate children to write creatively.

His storytelling is signatured by engaging characterizations evoked through voice, pantomime and dialogue. His historical portrayals are faithful to the folkloric elements that broaden and enliven history.

Born in North Carolina, Mr. Peartree is African-American with a mix of Cherokee. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Religious Education from Andover Newton Theological School.

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Presentations and Fees (Subject to Adjustment):

$1,000-$4,000 for first 60 minute performance

$500-$750 for 45 minute library performance

$300-$600 for additional performances and workshops/same day

$2,000-$4,000 and up for theater performances with lighting, costumes and props

Plus site specific researched references and play adaptations.

School Assemblies & Residencies

$500-$1000/ first assembly

$300-$600 for additional performances and workshops/same day

$1,200-$2,000/day for residencies

Teacher Workshops

$500-$1,000 for first teacher workshop

$300-$600 for additional workshops same day

Programs:

• George Washington Carver: Wizard of Tuskegee

  George Washington Carver was a gifted plant doctor when he was young boy, who became a famous scientist for extracting chemicals from plants to make new foods and medicines. The story of Carver is an absorbing history of science, folklore, religion and African-American life between America's Civil War and World War II.

• Through George Washington Carver's Eyes Workshops
  • Ecology, Biology, Environmental Science
  • Carver's Agricultural Experimental Station at Tuskegee
  • King Cotton and the Boll Weevil
  • Race Relations
  • Visionary -- "We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created."

Quotes:

"You did a real service for your audience and for the cause of American history. You enthralled us all with your recreation and dramatization of Douglass' life." -- Dennis O'Tool, Director, Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH

"Wonderful!... the presentation was professional. I want my students to have the opportunity to hear Mr. Peartree."" -- Teacher, at conference performance and workshop

"He is wonderful storyteller, and he had his audience spellbound from the start." -- Mary Johnson-Lally, Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA

Links and Resources:

George Washington Carver

• Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, 1212 West Montgomery Rd., Tuskegee Institute, AL 36088 Visitor Information, 334 727 3200 http://www.nps.gov/tuin/ George Washington Carver taught and did research at Tuskegee Institute
• National Park historical information page: http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/index.htm
• George Washington Carver National Monument , 5646 Carver Road, Diamond, MO 64840-8314 Telephone: 417-325-4151 http://nps.gov/gwca/ George Washington Carver's boyhood
• George Washington Carver All-University Celebration at Iowa State University http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/resources/links.html George Washington Carver attended college here. Hads papers, thesis and archieves.

Peanut Growers Foundations Information with George Washington Carver profiles and teacher guides

• http://www.aboutpeanuts.com/
• http://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/

Interviews:

Guy Peartree at 617-522-0032 or email at gpeartree@aol.com

Programs Description

Frederick Douglass -- one man play by Guy Peartree

Teacher Guide, Links and Resources

George Washington Carver -- one man play by Guy Peartree

Photographs and Press Kit

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