Teddy Gross (Theodore Faro Gross) (born 1949) is the founder (1991) and executive director of Common Cents, a national not-for-profit educational organization, which specializes in designing

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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.

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.

References

External links

Common Cents Staff
Living people 1949 births {{US-activist-stub