Overview

RICK ADAM has been performing, teaching, and inspiring people of all ages for over 20 years. He has combined his extensive theatrical and musical experience and training with his own life experience to create original theatrical performances that both educate and entertain. Adam has toured widely, from elementary schools to colleges to maximum-security prisons, from Rhode Island to Russia. He has acted with the Trinity Square Repertory Company and has appeared in films and on television. He was featured on a PBS show about one-man bands, which is now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute.



Rick Adam (right) and Tom Bergeron (left) at the Celebration Barn in 2010.

Resume (Partial list only...)

Maine Art Sponsors Association
South Carolina Arts Council
New Your State Performing Art Center
Maine Arts Council
Rhode Island Arts Council
Very Special Arts of NY, ME, RI, CT.
Westerly Performing Arts Center
M.S. Society of Massachusetts
The Collaborative
Portland Performing Arts Center
Portland Sister City Committee
Rhode Island Adult Correctional Prison
Kentucky Center for the ArtsArt Sponsors



Rick on the movie set of "Dirty Tricks" starring Kate Jackson and Elliot Gould.

Community/Educational Residencies

West Warwick Rhode Island
Bethel Maine Schools
Skowhegan School District
Van Buren Maine, Schools and Community
Bath Maine Public Schools
Schenectady New York Public Schools
BOCES of New York State
Brooklyn New York School District
Bronx New York School District
Queens New York School District
Harlem New York School District
Young Audiences of Massachusetts
Fort Kent Maine School District
International Reading Assoc.
Beijing China School District



Rick as a "Tex" with moviestar Dick Cavett.

Museums & Colleges

Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Brockton Museum of Art
Portland Museum of Arts
Boston Children's Museum
Searsport Maine Marine Museum
Belmont Massachusetts Children's Museum
Portland Observatory
Maine Aquarium
Boston Aquarium
Southampton Art Museum
Rhode Island Children's Museum
Dr Seuss National Memorial, Springfield, MA
Amherst College
Simmons College
Rhode Island College
Simmons College
Hampshire College
Colby College
Leslie College
Brown University
Hasty Pudding Club, Harvard University
University of Rhode Island
University of Connecticut
University of Maine
University of Southern Maine
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Roger Williams College, RI
Bowdoin College
State University of New York at Purchase



Rick juggling in Red Square in Moscow (left) and in China (right).


Fairs, Festivals, & Parades

International Theater Festival Russia
Mark Twain Days, Hartford, CT
Rough Riders Centennial Celebration, Montauk, NY
Dr. Seuss Seussentennial Celebration, Springfield, MA
Hudson River Revival Folk Fest.
Presque Isle International Balloon Festival
Fools Fest Parade, VT
Zupfmusik Festival
Montpelier Fools Fest
Quahog Festival of RI
International Children's Theater Festival
October fest, Pawtucket, RI
Potato Blossom Festival, ME
Pittsfield Egg Festival, ME
Yarmouth Clam Festival, ME
Rockland Lobster Festival, ME
New England Mime Festival
Common Ground Fair, ME
Fryeburg Fair, ME
Maine Festival for the Arts
Deering Oaks Family Fest
New England New Vaudeville Festival
Fools First Parade, RI
Governor's Festival, MA
First Night Boston
Free For All, N.Y.C. Park



Rick entertaining at a Phish concert.


Corporations

Con Edison Corp.
IBM Corporation
BASF Co.
ETNA Insurance
Hoboken Wood Floors
Dun & Bradstreet
Clairol Corporation
Digital Corporation
Wal-Mart Corporation
Faneuil Hall Ltd.
Central Maine Power
C-E Environmental
Jordan Marsh Corp.
Macy's Corp.
Filenes Dept. Stores
The Monte Carlo Circus
Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus



Rick playing the musical saw early in his career.


Media

Lonesome Pines Specials, PBS-TV, Kentucky
WJAR-TV (NBC), RI
PBS#36,RI
NBC-TV, Wash, DC
WPRI-TV (ABC), RI
MPBN Radio, ME
WSBE-TV (PBS), RI
Movie: "Dirty Tricks" with Eliot Gould



Rick performing on stilts alongside cheerleaders.