image courtesy of Coterie Theatre This week we attended a world premiere performance of “The Secret of Courage” by Laurie Brooks. The play begins with the main character finding out that the headaches he has been having are actually symptoms…
On Wednesday we went to the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College to watch a live performance of “My Father’s Dragon” based on the book of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett. A classic of children’s literature, the…
This week we visited Theatre for Young America at Union Station to watch a live performance of “Click Clack Boo,” the Halloween book from the beloved series by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. Farmer Brown is afraid of Halloween, so…
This week we attended the live performance of “We Shall Not Be Moved” at Coterie Theatre in Crown Center. This show is about the student sit-ins in 1960 at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. This moving and…
On Friday we attended a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre for Young America. The cast was a combination of professional actors seen in other shows at TYA and students who attended the TYA summer camp. The…
On April 26th we attended the live performance of “The Velveteen Rabbit” at Theatre for Young America in Union Station. This adaptation takes the beloved classic into the library for a feature on rabbits, and includes a magician who helps…
On Tuesday, we attended the live performance of the Andrew Clements’ book “No Talking” at the Coterie Theatre. In the story, the boys and girls challenge each other to a no talking contest, which turns out to be much more…
On February 7 we enjoyed a live performance by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, performed at the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College. There were three stories – Brown Bear, Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Papa, Please Get the Moon…
On Wednesday we attended the live performance of Click Clack Moo at Theatre for Young America. The beloved book by Doreen Cronin has been turned into a fun musical that kids and parents alike enjoyed. The clever Duck was the…
Today we attended a performance of “Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play!” at JCCC. This adorable series of books by Mo Willems transferred wonderfully to the stage as a kid-friendly performance that highlighted some of the best known…
