Book-It 2016-17 Arts & Education Program Brochure

BOO K-IT REPE RTO RY THEATRE’S A RTS & EDUCAT ION PROGRAM

BRI NG I NG

Books Life TO

2016 2017

TOURING STORIES, RESIDENCIES, TEACHER TRAINING, & PERFORMANCES

Bringing Books to Life OUR MISSION

To provide an interactive relationship between youth and literature through diverse theatrical productions and educational programs that promote the joy of reading, enhance student and teacher learning, and inspire the imagination.

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Book-It Repertory Theatre’s Arts and Education Program is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages to read. The program tours a diverse range of stories to schools, libraries, and community venues throughout Washington State; conducts long-term residencies in schools; offers teacher professional development; and presents student matinées of Book-It’s mainstage shows.

All our work is adapted in the unique Book-It Style®, where the narrative is brought to life by the characters in the story.

The Book-It Style helps students connect with books on multiple levels as they ask questions, exchange ideas, and make meaning out of what they read, see, and hear—all while being “up on their feet.” The entire program is closely aligned with research-based reading instruction, Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts, and state standards in theatre.

Anytime a book is brought to life it increases students’ interest in reading.

Excellent production!

JUDY PIGER, EMMA CARSON ELEMENTARY

PICTURED ON COVER: Zoe P. (age 10) PICTURED ABOVE: Treavor Boykin in A Splash of Red: The Life & Art of Horace Pippin (2016).

All photos by Chris Bennion, unless otherwise noted.

What Book-It Offers TO U R I N G S TO R I E S |

PAG E S 3 - 6

Original adaptations of books for children, young adults, and adults that tour to schools, libraries, and community venues. This season’s stories include: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack El Deafo by Cece Bell CO ST

$600 (Advanced purchase. Additional travel fees apply.)

RESIDENCIES |

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Long-term, customized programs designed with classroom teachers to address specific texts, content, academic standards, and students’ needs.

CO ST

Varies based on scope

T E AC H E R P RO F E S S I O N A L D E VE LO P M E N T | PAG E 8 Bringing Theatre into the Classroom—Week-long summer training and school-year coaching for K-12 teachers designed to integrate theatre into all content areas.

CO ST

$500

PERFORMANCES |

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Teacher discounts and student matinées to Book-It’s mainstage season and our kid-friendly Family Fun Days.

CO ST

$10-$12

Contact Us!

B O O K - I T R E P E RTO RY T H E AT R E

Seattle Center Armory 305 Harrison Street Seattle, WA 98109

P H O N E 206.428.6266 F A X 206.428.6263 E M A I L education@book-it.org

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GRADES

K-6

TO U R S

THEMES

OCTDEC

CLASS AND STATUS FAMILY DYNAMICS SOCIAL COMMENTARY

THIS SHOW IS

BILINGUAL! Last Stop on Market Street will be performed using Spanish and English.

TOURING STORIES

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson. Text copyright © 2015 by Matt de la Peña and illustrations copyright © 2015 by Christian Robinson. Performed by permission of the author. All rights reserved.

Last Stop on Market Street WORDS BY MATT DE LA PEÑA

2016 Newbery Medal Winner

PICTURES BY CHRISTIAN ROBINSON

CJ doesn’t understand why he and his grandmother have to take the bus after church and not drive a car like everyone else. On the bus, he asks why he doesn’t have an iPod to listen to like the other passengers. With each question about what he doesn’t have, CJ’s grandmother tells him what he does have. With his grandmother’s help, CJ is able to see the beauty in the world around him and appreciate the things he has.

To continue serving our diverse audience, this production will be performed bilingually in Spanish and English. For more information: 206.428.6266

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PICTURED: Nina M (age 11)

GRADES

K-6

TO U R S

THEMES

JANMAR

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT JIM CROW LAWS FAMILY DYNAMICS PERSEVERANCE

Based on the literary work Goin’ Someplace Special, by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Text copyright © 2001 by Patricia McKissack.

Performed by permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. All Rights Reserved.

Illustrations copyright ©2001 by Jerry Pinkney. First printed by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. All rights reserved. Used with permission of Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Inc.

BY PATRICIA C. MCKISSACK

To get to someplace special, Tricia Ann must navigate her way through Jim Crow laws, hurtful signs, and rude strangers. Quite a daunting task, and it begins to look like Tricia Ann will never make it until she remembers what her grandmother told her. “You are somebody—a human being—no better, no worse than anyone else in this world.” With this encouragement, Tricia Ann may just make it to someplace special.

PICTURED: Gabriel D. (age 12)

TOURING STORIES

Goin’ Someplace Special

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GRADES

K-6

THEMES

TO U R S

MARJUN

DEAF CULTURE ASL AUTO-BIOGRAPHY OVERCOMING CHALLENGES COMMUNICATION INTEGRITY

THIS SHOW IS

BILINGUAL! El Deafo will be performed using English and ASL.

TOURING STORIES

El Deafo by Cece Bell, Text and illustrations © 2014 by Cece Bell. Performed by permission of the author. Illustrations used by permission of Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York. All rights reserved.

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El Deafo

BY CECE BELL

When Cece loses her hearing at age four, her whole world changes. She faces embarrassment at school with her bulky hearing aid strapped to her chest. But with her hearing aid she discovers a superpower: the ability to hear the teacher when she is not in the room! In our staging of Cece Bell’s Newbery-honored graphic novel, you’ll experience how she learns to embrace her difference as the superhero, El Deafo, and make some true friends along the way.

PICTURED: Kingston B. (age 7)

TOURING STORIES

Touring S TO R I E S A TO U R I N G PAC K AG E . . .

Includes performance (35-45 min), workshop, study guide, and book Tours to schools, libraries, and community venues Accommodates audiences ranging in size from 10-500 in gyms, classrooms, auditoriums, and meeting rooms Costs $600* for performance, one workshop, study guide, and book *Advanced purchase. After Oct 31, 2016: $675.

Additional workshops: $150 each. Additional travel fees apply.

K-6

Fall

O CT - D EC | G RA D E S

Winter

JAN-MAR | GRADES

Spring

MAR - JUN | GRADES

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña K-6

Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack K-6

El Deafo by Cece Bell

WO R KS H O P C H O I C E S

Themes in Motion Students enter the world of the story using voice, body, and imagination to explore themes, characters, and events.

30-45

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35

STUDENTS MAX. P E R WO R KS H O P

GRADES

K-2

Adapt It! Stage It! Students analyze a selection of text, adapt it in the Book-It Style, and stage it for an informal performance.

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HR

35

STUDENTS MAX. P E R WO R KS H O P

GRADES

3-8

B O O K YO U R TO U R I N G S TO RY TO DAY !

206.428.6266 | education@book-it.org PICTURED: Nick Edwards and Erin Stewart in The Phantom Tollbooth (2014).

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RESIDENCIES

Residency P RO G R A M B R I N G I N G C L A S S RO O M L I T E R AT U R E TO L I F E !

A Book-It residency is an immersive, customized program that creates an interactive relationship between youth and the written word. Each program is designed with the teacher to address specific fiction or non-fiction texts, content, academic standards, and student needs. All residencies feature professionally trained Book-It teaching artists and culminate in formal or informal performances of the text. Students explore literary elements such as character, setting, plot, theme, and point of view to gain a deeper understanding of the text and collaborate with peers to make it come alive on stage.

Residencies develop the skills and knowledge students need for economic and civic success in the 21st century workforce by fostering higher order Thinking. Through the synthesis of literature and theatre, the program inspires students to analyze and interpret text in a highly personal, fun, and physical way!

RESIDENCY MENU

Book-It Style Productions: Students analyze literary elements—such as character, setting, plot, theme, and point of view—and adapt those interpretations into a script for presentations in the Book-It Style.

Classroom projects with selections of text: Students engage in hands-on exercises that support the comprehension of both fiction and non-fiction texts.

Book-It Literacy Project: Integrate theatre practice into your reading curriculum.

Page to Stage: Students create personal interpretations of original text based on identified themes and crafted message statements.

GRADES LENGTH

K - 12 One week and up

R E S I D E N C I E S C A N I N C L U D E fiction or non-fiction text, Book-It teaching artists, touring performance, and culminating student performance C O S T Varies based on length and scope of program—please inquire.

B O O K YO U R R E S I D E N C Y TO DAY !

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206.428.6266 | education@book-it.org PICTURED: West Woodland Elementary Residency.

P ROFE SSIO N A L D E VELOP M E N T

B R I N G I N G T H E AT R E I N TO T H E C L A S S RO O M !

A collaboration between three theatres—Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre—Bringing Theatre into the Classroom (BTiC) is a five-day summer intensive for K-12 teachers with professionally led coaching sessions throughout the school year. BTiC creates an engaging and fun learning community among teachers and teaching artists to integrate drama into all curriculum areas.

July 18-22, 2016 $500 per teacher A P P LY O N L I N E sct.org/for-educators/BTiC D AT E S

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Can’t make it to the Summer Intensive? Book-It Repertory Theatre provides Professional Development workshops and intensives yearround. Book-It’s BTiC workshops teach methods to make literature fun, physical, and active for students. Teachers learn how to take text from page to stage using the Book-It Style. Workshops offered at BTiC include “Picture Book Tableaux and Purple Words,” “Literature Meets Theatre,” “Adapting and Directing in the Book-It Style,” “Punctuation Walk,” and so much more!

CO ST

$500 per day

B O O K YO U R S C H O O L ’ S P RO F E S S I O N A L D E VE LO P M E N T TO DAY !

206.428.6265 | education@book-it.org

Book-It Repertory Theatre (as part of BTiC) and the South Kitsap School District are members of the Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

PICTURED: The 2009 BTiC workshop; photos by Laine Mullen.

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PE RFO R MA N CE S

Performances Mainstage

Over the past 27 years, Book-It has created more than 100 worldpremiere adaptations of literature for the stage. Our 2016-17 season holds four more exciting shows in store: 2 0 1 6 - 1 7 M A I N S TAG E S E A S O N

A Tale for the Time Being

by Ruth Ozeki | September - October, 2016 Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson | December, 2016 A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway | at Café Nordo, February - March, 2017 Welcome to Braggsville

by T. Geronimo Johnson | June - July, 2017 M A I N S TAG E T I C K E T S

Join us for evening and weekend performances. We offer discounts for teachers, and we are a TeenTix partner.

S T U D E N T M AT I N É E S

Select Book-It mainstage productions are available to schools through low-cost student matinées.

Book your student matinée today for Treasure Island: Dec 6 & 13.

Call 206.428.6266 or email education@book-it.org

Family Fun Days

Our popular kid-focused family gatherings are a great chance to see the energetic productions that our education department tours to thousands of young people all over Washington. Bring the whole family to enjoy a live theatre performance of a great children’s book. Check our website for dates and locations: book-it.org.

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PICTURED: The cast of The Brothers K (2016); a Family Fun Day participant in the Center Theatre lobby.

M Y R A P L AT T Founding Co-Artistic Director

ED UCAT IO N STAF F

Education S TA F F Myra is the Founding Co-Artistic Director of Book-It Repertory Theatre with Jane Jones and Founder of Book-It’s Arts and Education Program.

She has helped produce over 100 world premieres and her production of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay won the 2014 Gregory Award for Best Production. Myra was a recipient of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Founders Award, the 2010 Women of Influence from Puget Sound Business Journal and named (with Jane Jones) by Seattle Times an Unsung Hero and Uncommon Genius for their 20+year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region.

A N N I E D I M A RT I N O Director of Education

Annie joined the Book-It team following her tenure at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut where she was in charge of all educational programming and oversaw the Next Stage Resident/ Intern Program. During her years there, Annie expanded the Theatre’s Professional Development Program, In-school Residency Program, the Studio School, and started the Shake-it-Up Shakespeare Summer Youth Ensemble, for which she also directed the shows.

B O O K - I T T E AC H I N G A RT I S T S

Our talented touring actors are also skilled teaching artists, trained in the Book-It Style and ready to lead student workshops and discussions.

OUR MISSION

Book-It Repertory Theatre is dedicated to transforming great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and to inspiring its audiences to read.

Learn more about us at book-it.org.

PICTURED: Myra Platt and Annie DiMartino

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PICTURED: James Weidman and Nick Edwards in The Phantom Tollbooth (2014); Matt Sherrill and Angelica Duncan in The Secret Garden (2015).

ArtsWA, Boeing, Charlotte Martin Foundation, KeyBank Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Norcliffe Foundation, Nordstrom, Safeco, Tulalip Tribes Charitable Foundation, US Bank Foundation.

Thank you to all our supporters!

BOOK-IT’S ARTS & EDUCATION PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY:

STUDENT, MEEKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Thank you for coming and performing.

You brought the book alive!

206.428.6266 | EDUCATION@BOOK-IT.ORG BOOK-IT.ORG

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