JOHN BARBETTA

Arts Education/Experience
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC)
Showcase Theater (NYC-scholarship)
New York University (Graduate school Theatre in Education- NYC- U.K.)
Brooklyn Academy of Music (performance)
Carnegie Hall (performance)
Little Fox Theatre (performance)
Showcase Theater (performance)
Children’s Theater of Maine (Writer/Director)
Artist-in –the schools (State of Maine- First in drama)
Emerson College (Performing Arts/interdisciplinary projects/theater)
Emerson College (Boston, MA Director European Programs)

Awards/Accomplishments
Artists in the schools (NYC-Long Island part of national grant JFK)
Children’s Theater of Portland recognized As Children’s Theater of Maine
Regional grants for production of original plays for young audiences
Invitation appearances of original works throughout Maine, New England
(Including: Harvard University, Bowdoin College, New England Arts Festival, Colby College, Emerson College)
Selected by New York Easter Seals as a Highlight Fund Raiser
National and state grants for original historical dramas: Include:*“Cannon Fields”, “Scarlet Grain”
 Minute Man National Park, Concord, MA - “Glory through the Mist”, official presentation of the USS Constitution
Emerson College 125th Anniversary Award for founding/direction
Castle Well, Netherlands program (20th anniversary of program)

Presentations/Publications
Children and the Media (National conference, L.A. -presenter/contributor)
International Conference: Media for Youth and Family (Organizer/host/ presenter co-editor with Dr. Paul Vesin)**
Eisenhower Commemorative Publication Dutch American Friendship Day
(“Seeds”, a poetic mission statement chosen for publication and recitation
*Adapted for commercial television Boston July 4th special presentation
 Special showing on Armed Forces Television, Bonn, Germany
**The resultant publication is archived in at least 15 international universities and institutes including the UN Research Institute