A selective Bio: 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

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):

Camelot	Front Row Centre Theatre	2007
A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Centennial High	2006
Evita	Front Row Centre Theatre	2006
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	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

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

Communications Experience: Selected Keynotes

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://members.shaw.ca/positivedisintegration/2008regform.htm	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 Promise	1984

Selected Publications

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.

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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