Expand opportunities for STEM learning by using arts strategies to investigate the world around you. Explore earth, life, and physical sciences through drama, music, and puppetry. Discover how the arts can enhance children’s understanding of weather and seasonal changes, and the natural world outside your door.
Penny Russell is a puppeteer, teacher and performer based in Prince George's County. She has performed with Good Life Theater for three seasons of Wolf Trap Field Trip Performances as Shelly in "Junkyard Pirates" and has worked as a Teaching Artist with the Wolf Trap Institute since 2010. In addition, Ms. Russell has worked as a writer, director and performer with the Blue Sky Puppet Theatre since 1994. She has also performed for the Kennedy Center (with Dinorock), The Puppet Company at Glen Echo, and Bread & Puppet Theater. She has taught puppetry for Camp Jabberwocky and Camp Tulgey Wood in Massachusetts; the Iona Community in Scotland; The Actor's Center in Washington, DC; and in schools, churches and camps throughout the DC and Baltimore region. Ms. Russell also sings with the Swing Set Trio and the Roland Cumberland Orchestra.