ANGELA AMES HOLLENBERG IS A GIFTED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR,
PUPPETEER, AND PERFORMER WHO WRITES STORIES BUILT FROM POEMS
THAT SHE HAS COMPOSED AND WRITTEN. AS A STUDENT OF THEATER AND
SPEECH AT MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, SPRINGFIELD SHE WAS TRAINED
IN ORAL INTERPRETATION AND READERS THEATER BY DR. LESLIE IRENE
COGER, WHO ALONG WITH COLLEAGUE DR. MELVIN WHITE, HELPED LEAD THE
RENAISSANCE OF READERS THEATER IN THE 1960'S. ANGELA IS A SELF -
TAUGHT VENTRILOQUIST AND PUPPETEER. THE IDEA FOR "STORIES
WITH THEIR POEMS" COMES FROM HER LOVE AND PASSION FOR CHILD-
REN'S LITERATURE SHARED AS A TEACHER IN THE AT-RISK CLASSROOM
AND ON MEMORIES OF BEING READ TO AS A SMALL CHILD BY HER MOTHER.
THE NAME, "MY HOUSE PLAYHOUSE," IS INSPIRED BY THE SPECIAL CHILD-
HOOD PLAYHOUSE HER FATHER BUILT FOR HER. SHE IS CURRENTLY AT
WORK ON VOLUME 2, "STORIES WITH THEIR POEMS." ANGELA'S STORIES
INTRODUCE LOVEABLE CHARACTERS AND TEACH VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS.
ANGELA SAYS, "CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE FUN WHILE LEARNING AND THERE
IS A CHILD IN US ALL!" READ ALOUD READ SCHOOL, LIBRARY, COMMUNITY
CENTER, AND SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMS FOR KIDS COMBINES ANGELA'S
POEMS AND STORIES, PUPPETRY, VENTRILOQUISM, AND COMMITMENT TO
BUILDING BETTER READERS THROUGH READING ALOUD, A STRATEGY EX-
PERTS AGREE IMPROVES THE READING SKILLS OF READERS OF ALL AGES
CHECK IT OUT ON THE READ ALOUD READ LINK ON THE HOME PAGE OF THIS
WEBSITE.
GARY HOLLENBERG HAS TAUGHT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL
TEACHING COURSES IN CREATIVE WRITING, HISTORY, GOVERN-
MENT, PHILOSOPHY AND WORLD RELIGION. HE IS CURRENTLY
WRITING AND IS PLANNING TO RECORD ON CD AN AUTOBIO-
GRAPHICAL SERIES ABOUT GROWING UP IN A 1950's SMALL TOWN,
THE SERIES ENTITLED, IN CADENCE , WILL BE AVAILABLE ON
WWW.MY HOUSE PLAYHOUSE.COM IN THE NEAR FUTURE. GARY IS
A SELF-TAUGHT COMPUTER GUY WHO PROVIDES TECHNICAL KNOW
HOW IN ALL "MY HOUSE PLAYHOUSE" ENDEAVORS. GARY DOES THE
SCHEDULING FOR AND ALSO HAS A MINOR ROLE IN READ ALOUD
READ SHOWS.
ANGELA AND GARY HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS.
THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF THREE GROWN DAUGHTERS. THEY LIVE IN
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH THEIR FIVE LOVEABLE DOGS.