Ticket Prices:
Single: $10 ADV | $12 DOS
Family (up to 8): $35 ADV | $40 DOS
Family (8+) call the box office
Two Shows (60 minutes each) 12:30P and 3:30P
An afternoon show for families with Readers Theater performances of four children’s books. A cast of local professional actors will narrate and perform the stories, with illustrations projected behind them. Presented by Midcoast Literacy.
Midcoast Literacy’s Readers Theater series introduces audiences to wonderful stories through live performances of adult and children’s literature. Readers Theater blends the reading aloud of a book with theatrical elements before a live audience. While narrating, the cast of actors bring added life to the characters and plot through voice, expression, and movement. In productions for children, illustrations from the books are projected on stage to further enhance the experience.
The October event will feature performances of four children’s books sure to captivate families with children ages 4-10. Check our website again in September for the final list of titles. Copies of the books will be for sale and kids will have a chance to meet the actors following the show.
Midcoast Literacy is a non-profit organization based in Bath that has been providing free tutoring and literacy programs to people of all ages in Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and northern Cumberland Counties since 1970. Through a wide range of family literacy and adult literacy programs, the dedicated staff and volunteers strive to help children and adults develop their literacy skills, so they can succeed through all stages of life.
Featured Children's Books:
Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
Grandma Drove the Lobsterboat by Katie Clark
Bone Soup by Cambria Evans
In “Miss Nelson Is Missing” by Harry Allard, the misbehaving kids in room 207 get a rude awakening when their teacher, Miss Nelson, is replaced by substitute Viola Swamp.
In “Jabari Jumps” by Gaia Cornwall, working up the courage to take a big leap is hard, but Jabari is nearly almost ready to make a splash.
In “Grandma Drove the Lobsterboat” by Katie Clark, when the waves get choppy, can Grandma take the helm and get the lobsters in to shore in time for the big Labor Day lobster bake?
And in the ghoulish re-telling “Bone Soup” by Cambria Evans, a hungry skeleton on Halloween night tries to get the other townspeople to contribute to his cauldron of soup.
