Pippa White is in her fourteenth year as a solo performer. She calls her Ones's Company Productions "part theatre, part storytelling, part history. "Audiences call them unique, captivating, and touching. She has toured to twenty-seven states, including California, New York, Connecticut, Texas, Florida, and Alaska. She has performed at colleges, conferences, museums, libraries, festivals and performing arts centers. For eight consecutive years she has been featured at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines in their Applause Program, the only artist with this distinction. Other venues include the University of Nebraska, Iowa State Center, Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, the University of Colorado Hospital, the Connecticut Hospital Association, SUNY Orange, the Joslyn Art Museum, San Diego State University School of Nursing, the Association for Career and Technical Education, Kansas City Young Audiences, and several storytelling festivals. The Director of Special Projects at the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs calls her "the highest quality artist," and the Kansas Storytelling Festival said her performance was "one of the high points in our festival history."
Pippa has a BA in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She offers workshops and residencies, and has been a teaching artist with the Arts Are Basic Program (associated with the College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska) and the Nebraska Arts Council for seventeen years. The Orphan Train Heritage Society of America presented her with their Founder's Award for her efforts to preserve history. In 2005, she was a recipient of a $1,000 merit award from the Nebraska Arts Council, and in March, 2007 she received the Artist of the Year Award from the Lincoln-Lancaster Women's Commission. Before doing solo work, she had an extensive background in theatre and television on the West Coast, including five years hosting a daily morning television show on ABC in San Francisco.
Contact info:
(402) 477-6914
pipcompany@aol.com
www.pippawhite1co.com