Teddy Gross
Encyclopedia
Teddy Gross (born 1949) is the founder (1991) and executive director of Common Cents
, a national not-for-profit educational organization, which specializes in designing citizenship
programs for children and young people, and supporting their work in schools throughout America. Common Cents organizes The Penny Harvest
, which has become the largest child-philanthropy program in the United States.
Common Cents
Common Cents is a national educational, not-for-profit organization, which specializes in creating and managing service-learning programs for young people between the ages of four and 14...
, a national not-for-profit educational organization, which specializes in designing citizenship
Citizenship
Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities...
programs for children and young people, and supporting their work in schools throughout America. Common Cents organizes The Penny Harvest
The Penny Harvest
The Penny Harvest, an educational program created by the not-for-profit Common Cents, engages students in Youth Philanthropy – fundraising, grant-making and service – with the goal of developing their generosity and moral character as well as their understanding of democratic...
, which has become the largest child-philanthropy program in the United States.
Plays for the Theatre
- Red Square, Seattle Repertory Theatre. Daniel Sullivan, director, 1987.
- Crossfire. Off Broadway, Double Image Theatre. Max Mayer, director, 1984; Denver Theatre Center, 1984; Center Stage, Baltimore, 1983; New Voices Series, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1983; Virginia Stage, summer residency, 1983.
- Lost & Found: A Play for Children. Commissioned by Santa Fe Theatre Festival, 1981; Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1983; productions in translation in Frankfurt, Sttutgart, Esslingen, Vienna elsewhere.
- Fire at luna park. Magic Theatre, San Francisco. 1982; published in Kenyon Review, 1983.
- Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 1979,1981.
Book and Recordings for Children
- Everyone asked about you. Putnam & Grosset, NY, 1990; Macmillan paperback, 1993.
- Sing me a story, Bob McGrath songs. Video Treasures. 1995.