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Richard Francis Michelle~Pentelbury

(A selective Bio): Awards ~ Presentations ~ Writings

In order to make use of Richard's multiple potential and to promote his public motivational speaking engagements, theatre-directing engagements, acting coaching, art painting, individualized commissions, book cover illustrations, novel and poetry writing, his independent or individualized award winning curriculum design implementation, teaching awards, academic references, and potential for presentations to your company: Book him! (richard@paintingsbyorder.com)

Various Awards

Best Director, Alberta Provincial Drama, One Act Festival 2011
Best Production, Calgary Regional Drama Festival 2011
Outstanding Director, Sandy Singer Award for Outstanding (Lifetime) Contribution to Community Theatre 2010
Outstanding Director, Camelot, for Front Row Centre Theatre: CAT AWARD 2008
Outstanding Actor, as Morrie, in Tuesdays with Morrie, for Morpheus Theatre: CAT AWARD 2007
Outstanding Director, Jesus Christ Superstar, for Front Row Centre Theatre: CAT AWARD 2004
Alberta Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development: Innovative Practices Award 2003
Graduate Student Scholarship, Alberta Learning (Outstanding Academic) 2002

Excellence in Teaching Award Alberta Teachers’ 1994
Centennial Playwright Award "Glorious and Free!" 1994
Poulin Award, Outstanding Citizenship Lakehead University 1981
President’s Medal Lakehead University 1981
McAllen Munro Prize for Prose Lakehead University 1980
Art Exhibition First Place various prizes and awards for art: www.paintingsbyorder.com  


Recent Theatre Directing (30 years experience):

Duck Variations (by D. Mamet) Pumphouse Theatre (in March) 2011
Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Naomi Eaton) Centennial Theatre2010
Harvey Morpheus Theatre 2010
Peer Gynt Centennial High 2009
Patience (the G&S Opera) Morpheus Theatre 2009
Alice in Wonderland Centennial High 2008
It's a Wonderful Life! Centennial High 2008
Camelot Front Row Centre Theatre 2007
A Midsummer Night’s DreamCentennial High 2006
Evita Front Row Centre Theatre 2006
Our Town Centennial High Theatre 2005
Iolanthe (the Opera) Morpheus Theatre ~ www.morpheustheatre.ca 2005
Fiddler on the Roof Bonavista Theatre 2004
Jesus Christ Superstar Front Row Theatre ~ www.frontrowcentre.ca 2004

Resident Director, Morpheus Theatre   2001 to current
Artistic Director, Liffey Players Theatre ~             www.liffeyplayers.com 1998 ~ 2001
Director/actor for Calgary Community Association of Theatres:
    -- Bonavista Players; Broadminds Theatre; www.broadminds.ca
    -- Front Row Centre Theatre; Morpheus Theatre; and Storybook Theatre: www.storybooktheatre.org
Some other productions, Directed: (usually with a cast and crew of 70+)
    -- Pirates of Penzance; Romeo and Juliet; Pygmalion; Our Town; Macbeth;
    -- Peer Gynt; Finian’s Rainbow; The Sound of Music; The Wizard of Oz;
    -- Wherever You Go!; Little Women; Same Old Moon; Carousel; Gondoliers;


Recent Theatre Lead Roles Performed (50 years experience):

Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie Break-a-Femur Productions (for June) 2009
Geoffrey (cameo) The Dresser Workshop Theatre 2008
Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie Morpheus Theatre 2007
Pierre (15 songs and MC)Oh Canada, Eh!? www.ohcanadaeh.com Canmore (professional) 2002
Professor Frank Educating Rita Broadminds Theatre 2001
Emile (romantic lead) South Pacific Front Row Centre 2000


Formal Academic Credentials

  M.A. (Gifted Education Specialization): University of Calgary: 2000~2003
     Thesis: Multipotentiality: A Grounded Theory Analysis  
  B.A. (First Class); B.Ed. : Lakehead University: 1977~1981

Selected Institutional Affiliations and Professional Presentation Roles

Keynote Address: Revolution for Leaders. Calgary Teacher's Convention 2011
Spiral Dynamics, Psycho-geometrics, the Actor, Director, and You. Aghullus Theatre Convention: Johannesburg Civic Theatre 2010
Keynote Address: (40-year Reunion) PBHS: Interpersonal Dynamics, Past, Present, and Future. Pretoria 2010
Rotarian Goals, Mission Statement, Evolution. Rotary Society Workshops. Calgary 2009
Inter-personal and Intra-personal Dynamics; an overview of Humanitarian Models. Calgary Rotarian Society 2008
History, Big Bang to Present, University of Calgary, Summer Success, Gifted Ed. 2007
Chair, Gifted and Talented PD Steering Committee 2003
Gifted and Talented PD Committee: regular Conference presenter 2000~2003
Centre for Gifted, University of Calgary: Professional Development Series 1999
Staff Development Group: Enrichment and Extension Strategies Committee 1999
Staff Development Committee: Exploring the Needs of Gifted Students: 1998
Research and System Development: The Drama Alphabet: 1997
Humanities: Hartlepool Centre, UK Implemented Independent Learner Program 2002
Drama; The Actor’s Alphabet: University of Calgary, Summer Success, Gifted Ed. 2001
Drama Alphabet: Theatre Teachers’ of America, presenter, Washington D.C. 2000
Cover painting: Stumbling toward Enlightenment, by Doon Wilkins. Pepys Publishing www.mcpspeakers.com/speaker_bio/32 2004

International and Local Communications Experience: Selected Keynotes

The Paradigm *Phallacy and You! [*coined] Centennial Remembrance Day 2010
  
*Aspiralling to Change! [*coined]. BDO International Accounting. Johannesburg 2010
  
Evolving toward Future Goals. AIDC (Automotive Ind. Dev. Centre) Johannesburg 2010
  
The Actor's Alphabet and You! Cast of Les Miserable. Calgary Theatre 2010
  
Motive Action! A multiple series of Personnel Development Workshops. Calgary 2009
  
Beware “The Paradigm Phallacy” [hereby coined]; An Autonomous and Unique Personality a la Dabrowski.
   Eighth International Congress of the Institute for Positive Disintegration in Human Development.
    Aug. 7-9, Canmore
    http://positivedisintegration.com
2008
  
Audition Semiotics; An Actor's Master Class. Morpheus Theatre workshop series. 2008
  
The Challenge of Change and Diversity; Hope for Leaders and Educators
   Calgary Teacher’s Convention
2007
  
Spiral Dynamics as it Affects Administration, Teachers, and Students
   Society for advancement of Gifted Education, University of Calgary
2004
  
The Individualized Learner Program
   Alberta Teacher’s Convention, Calgary
2004
  
Implemented The Individualized Learner Program in England (by special invitation)
    Nothumberland, U.K., Hartlepool Gifted and Talented
2003
  
Dabrowski’s Theories and the Affective Domain (with Bill Tillier)
   Calgary Regional Consortium
2003
  
Drama, Time Machines, and Social Studies: What a Way to Learn!
   Calgary Regional ATA Social Studies Council
2003
  
Metaphorical Symbolism Inherent in My Oil Paintings and Novel, As Promised
   C.J. Jung Society, Calgary
2000
  
The Individualized Learner
   Society for advancement of Gifted Education, University of Calgary
2000
  
The Actor’s Alphabet for Drama Teachers and Actors
   Washington, D.C., Theatre Teachers’ of America
2000
  
The Actor’s Alphabet for Educators of Drama
   Quality Learning Symposium, Calgary
2000
  
Glorious and Free! by r.f.P, at Centre for Performing Arts
    ESSO Imperial Oil partnership with Bowness High School
1994
  
The Basis for Comprehensive Learning: Alberta’s Gifted ~ Celebrate the Promise1984

Selected Publications

Michelle~Pentelbury, R. (2009). One Step at a Time, the journey from a wheelchair up a mountain. Retrieved, January, 2009
www.positivedisintegration.com/2008%20Proceedingsf2b.pdf  or http://positivedisintegration.com

Michelle~Pentelbury, R. (2004). The Colour of Character, an Introduction of Spiral Dynamics to Theatre. August 2004. Retrieved, March 24, 2005 from http://www.morpheustheatre.ca/news/colourofcharacter.pdf

Michelle~Pentelbury, R. (2002). TPD and Practicality in the Classroom: A need for Subjective Identification. AGATE, 16 (2), 29-32.

Pentelbury, R. (2000). Fred Flintstone to Luke Skywalker, Beam Me Up! ATA Glance, 12 (3), 1-2.

Pentelbury, R. (1996). Gold and Purple Days. Island Journeys, Anthology. Poetry Institute of Canada.
Pictorial Press.

Pentelbury, R. (1996). Camp Fire Chit Chat. Poetic Voices of America. Sparrowgrass Poetry.

Pentelbury, R. (1995) Pundit’s Grammarland, (illustrated series). Copies direct from author.

Pentelbury, R. (1987). The Carrot or the Reins? Teaching Today, VI (1), 18-20.

Novels seeking publication

Book One (530 pages, double spaced): iAfrika!

Adam Broadford, a white child foretold eventually to write of all he witnesses by an ancient Sangoma, grows up under the wise influence of an old Matabele mentor in the cauldron of Colonial Africa's Zambia. Torn between the clashing cultures of his Afrikaans step-parents and his English heritage, he eventually is conscripted into the South African Army where he is forced to make the ultimate choice before he can write his story; escape the country and give up the one person he would always love, or stay and forever dispute the consequences of his unusual destiny.

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Book Two (500 pages, double spaced): a-Kanata!

Adam is continually faced with intriguing and adventurous choices in his quest for freedom that lead him to be a refugee as he cycles up the length of Britain, pursued by Home Office, and by others, yet driven by the demands of his destiny. Eventually, in the Orkney Islands, he comes to make his escape to Canada, only to discover that the reaches of his past continue to make unusual demands before he can fulfill the mandate of the old prophecy: Write, write about it all ! It is a quest not so much for freedom that enlivens his story, as it is for insight and wisdom.

Every reader will be enthralled.

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