Bio

A selective bio of Richard Michelle-Pentelbury's awards, presentations and writing.

 

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

 

Recent Theatre Directing (30 Years Experience)

Duck Variations (by D. Mamet)	Pumphouse Theatre	2011
Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Naomi Eaton)	Centennial Theatre	2010
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 Dream	Centennial High	2006
Evita	Front Row Centre Theatre	2006
Our Town	Centennial High Theatre	2005
Iolanthe (the Opera)	Morpheus Theatre	2005
Fiddler on the Roof	Bonavista Theatre	2004
Jesus Christ Superstar	Front Row Theatre	2004

 

Resident Director	Morpheus Theatre	2001-2011
Artistic Director	Liffey Players Theatre	1998-2001

 

Director/actor for Calgary Community Association of Theatres:

Bonavista Players; Broadminds Theatre

Front Row Centre Theatre; Morpheus Theatre; and Storybook Theatre

 

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	2009
Geoffrey (cameo)	The Dresser	Workshop Theatre	2008
Morrie	Tuesdays with Morrie	Morpheus Theatre	2007
Pierre (15 songs and MC)	Oh Canada, Eh!?	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; Thesis: Multipotentiality: A Grounded Theory Analysis	2000-2003
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
Cover painting: Stumbling toward Enlightenment, by Doon Wilkins. Pepys Publishing (www.mcpspeakers.com/speaker_bio/32)	2004
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

 

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	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 Promise	1984

 

Selected Publications

Michelle-Pentelbury, R. (2009). One Step at a Time, the journey from a wheelchair up a mountain. Retrieved, January, 2009 from 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 Published (through Amazon.com)>

ADMISSION:> 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. See synopsis

 

TRANSITION:> 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!