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Real Live Literature, our newly developed educational program, is dedicated to bringing the vitality and accessibility of the literary imagination to the youth of the community.

This program produces theatrical concert readings of adaptations of literary material to be performed in in the classroom by professional actors. In addition, we offer workshop sessions in which our teaching artists work with students to adapt literature into scripts that they perform themselves!

Our processes provide a well-rounded learning aspect to literature by enlivening the stories and connecting literary themes to students' own lives.

Children of all ages learn how literature and theater can enrich and benefit each other and experience the beauty and power of the spoken written word.

 

Sample Packages:


Ready-made or custom reading + interactive discussion:
Bring our teaching artists to your school or event for a performance, followed by an interactive discussion with the students and artists.

Ready-made or custom reading + discussion & mini workshop:
Enjoy a performance of a favorite story followed by a mini workshop, in which City Lit's teaching artists work with the kids to develop a performance of their own.

Ready-made reading + discussion & multi day workshops:

Get cozy with the teaching artists as we explore characters, setting, and theater literacy with the students while working with them to adapt their own script excerpt for performance!

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Real Live Literature was founded with the generous help and encouragement of Arnie Aprill, the artistic director for CAPE. Incredibly, he is also a former artistic director and co-founder of the City Lit Theater Company.

 

For more information about our program, please email Educational Program Director Katy Nielsen

info@citylit.org

 

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