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Welcome
Robert
Greygrass
Award winning actor, published author,
storyteller, writer, film producer,
writing & touring internationally for twenty too
many years...aaay

(Photo
courtesy of Corina Roberts)
Storytelling Show
Description:
Robert Greygrass will
stimulate your thinking, roller coaster your emotions, expand your spiritual
understanding and make you laugh till you cry, bringing his stories from the
Lakota and other tribes, including comical personal narratives from his life.
His
traditional northern style singing and cedar flute music stirs and guides
everyone a little further on life’s journey. You don't want to miss his
lighthearted, poignant and inspiring stories, song, and spiritual insight.
He can adjust
his presentations to any age. Robert has performed for tens of thousands
of audience members of all ages, in hundreds of corporate events, schools,
camps, churches, clubs, theaters, and festivals.
A few venues
and events Robert has played over the last ten years.
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Salvage, theater 2008 Autry
museum, "A tour de force"...Variety Mag.
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“Walking on Turtle Island”
creator/actor/producer, short film available for festivals and for
purchase.
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The Mojave Experiment feature
film. May 2008
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Storytelling Performance Barbican
Theater London May 2008
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Storytelling tour of England in
November 2007, 31 towns 34 shows 39 days. Sold out houses. Royal Center
venues.
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St Louis Storytelling festival;
featured teller.
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Sierra storytelling; festival
featured teller.
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Bay Area Storytelling Festival;
featured teller.
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Storytelling St.Clair Prods. Feb.
9th 2008 Ashland Oregon.
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Original One man Play Walking on
Turtle Island written and performed internationally for 12 years. Including
North Hollywood.
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Original One man Play Ghostlands
of an Urban NDN written and performed nationally for 5 years. Including North
Hollywood.
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Performed Walking on Turtle Island
and led workshops for United Nations anti racism conference Sydney Australia
2001.
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Facilitator for hundreds of Crazy
Wellness© workshops for teens and adults nationally and internationally.
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Prison visits as storyteller, and
wellness coach/advisor. England and U.S.
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Numerous Theatrical appearances in
Southern California, Oregon and Washington.
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Countless cultural presentations,
schools, universities, corporate and theaters.
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CD, Walking on Turtle
Island. Self produced and sold over 1000 copies to date.
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CD, For the Women's. Self
produced music and poetry sold over 400 copies to date.
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Chapbook WordMaker desktop
published sold over 1,000 copies to date.
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Poem, Eddies Dream.
Published in anthology of Native writers, 2000.
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Poem, Stunning Mother Woman
Child, Published in Ravens Rain 1998.
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Short story, “Dad Counts
Coup". Performed in stylized theatrical piece and small publication
Portland, Oregon, 2002.
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Short story, Leave it to
Little Beaver. Published in Yellow River Review Minnesota University
Press, 2007.
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Newsletter Circle of Wellness
written and distributed via email lists.
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Voice over video game characters,
2006 to present.
Chosen best
actor of the year in Ashland in 1993 as the legendary warrior Crazy Horse in
Black Elk Speaks and 1994 for his brilliant and deep portrayal of John Merrick
in The Elephant man.
On stage with
the Oregon Shakespeare festival, and the OSF school tour from 1995-97.
Selected as
Storyteller of the year by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers 1999.
A working SAG actor and living
in California, he pursues voice over, film and TV, and is an active company
member of Native Voices at the Autry. He tours internationally with his one man
plays, traveling Australia, Germany, Canada, England and all across Turtle
Island (U.S.) performing at storytelling festivals, theaters, and universities.
Multi
ethnic-Lakota-European and Creole he has an uncanny way of bridging the many
worlds of being multi-ethnic. A sun dancer, counselor, father, grandfather, life
coach, Robert conveys sensitivity, perfect timing, a fantastic sense of
humor, music and good medicine wherever he goes.

Robert Greygrass
(Photo: Taso Papadakis)
Long pony tail not shown in photo.
Robert, Elena Finney, Noah Watts in world Premier of "Salvage" Native
voices at the Autry 11-2008.
Robert Greygrass portrayal of Wolfert is a tour de force
.
...Variety Magazine
More Info on the London shows...
http://www.bordercrossings.org.uk/Origins.html
Management/Agents
Live shows, television and
theatrical:
Mitchell Stein Midwest Talent
Management Inc. North Hollywood, CA 91601 Main Office:
818-765-3785 Direct Line: 310-770-4121 Fax Main Office:
818-484-3500 Fax Direct Line: 909-397-0777
Voice Over;
Linda Mcarroll at Daniel Hoff
Agency
Hollywood, California
323-932-2500 ext. 229
Voiceover@danielhoffagency.com
Commercial:
Kenneth Suarez and Nelson Henderson at
Brick Entertainment
Hollywood California
818-784-2000
323-350-3285
kenny.brickent@gmail.com
Direct
contact:
www.walkingonturtleislandthemovie.com
RobertGreygrass@midwesttalent.com
robert@greygrass.org
Walking
on Turtle Island---acclaimed original one man play.

(Photo by
Christian Murdock)
Four
plays within the play, and a spirit helper guide to lead the audience along on
the journey. Two stories are historical and two are contemporary. The
Stories and the guide show the listener how it is to live on Turtle Island (the
north American continent). Follow Iyeska as he introduces us to 21
characters in four seperate stories, druing a two act, hour and forty five
minute epic one man play written and performed by Robert. Michael O'rourke
adapted one story from the book Night Flying Woman. Requires theater,
lights and sound system.
GhostLands of an Urban NDN
Big
funny, poignant, original one man play

(Photo by
Ken Lubas, Painting by Toby Linwood)
Follow
Robert and his alter ego Big Nose, as they journey through the urban landscape
of NDN's, America, mixed blood experience, religion, recovery and all the
ironies of "wearing skin" looking through these modern eyes, with humor wonder
and redemption.
Requires
theater, lights and sound system.
See a one
minute teaser of the short film Walking on Turtle Island, produced and shot in
and around Los Angeles in July 2008. Go to
www.walkingonturtleislandthemovie.com

(Robert Greygrass
and Noah Watts---photos by Maria Ventura)
Robert
created, executive produced, and stars in this clever, time traveling
story. Directed by Ian Skorodin.

Director Ian
Skorodin, actor Ehectal Chavez and Robert on the set of "Walking on Turtle
Island"
You want to see some
Hollywood stand up storytelling?
Live at the Improv in West
Hollywood March 2007 click here:
<http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5356922320421574016&hl=en&fs=true
COMING
SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXTREME
SPIRITUAL MAKE OVER
Robert's first book, here is what he thinks about
it:
A Tangential and Humorous Discourse During the
True Spiritual Growth of the American Empire of One Multi-ethnic Mans’
Experience and Enlightenment through Lakota Way of Life and indigenous Teachings
about Living on Mother Earth that have led to Recovery, Peace, Humor and
unlearning multi-generational dysfunctions, living as “other”, and not
being reincarnated as a great Indian chief from a previous
lifetime.
Book One.
Workshops Offered by
Robert.
Crazy
Wellness©
This workshop
can be done in one, two hour block or two, one hour blocks and we can fit it to
what ever age group, and or wellness theme you are looking for. Everything from
self esteem building, to communication to basic acting skills, are wrapped up in
this fun, creative session. Appropriate for teens and
up.
Show
the Story©
This workshop
is for 5th through 8th grade and is a way for the students
to tell the story. Robert performs a storytelling assembly; then the kids spend
three days rehearsing, building sets, learning a powwow song or two, and then
show time for the school, mom and dad and the
community.
Call now
for rates and calendar dates!
514-301-0370
Robert@greygrass.org
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