Introduction to Children and the Theatre:
Can you remember the first time you experienced a live performance, sitting in a darkened theatre while magic unfolded before your eyes? More than likely, it was when you were a child. Children need keys – like the theatre - to unlock their imagination and all the wonderful things an imagination can produce
The Washington Theatre Legacy Project:
"Tell me and I will forget.
Show me and I will remember.
Involve me and I will understand."
- Chinese Proverb
Since 1994, The Washington Theatre Legacy Project has been providing the tools, resources and opportunities to incorporate theatre into the daily lives of children, thus enriching, connecting and strengthening the future generation of our community. For most children it is their first live theatre experience. For many, it won’t be their last.
For kids and parents:
“Theatre is where your imagination can go wild and anything can happen.”
- Alex, age 9“On a scale of 1 – 5, I give theatre a 5.”
-Lisa, age 12“I think theatre is important because it teaches us about something that is fun, historical and educational. Learning about this taught me things I didn’t know before. It even taught me things that aren’t theater.”
- Tatania, age 10“Theatre is a universal language that everyone can speak if they try.”
- Mohamed, age 8
For teachers
"The future of our nation depends on our ability to create-and to be creative. During the coming decades our most important national resources will be human resources. If our nation is to continue to meet the challenges of the future, today's schools need to develop creative leaders."
Excerpted from Performing together: The Arts and Education, jointly published by The American Association of School Administrators, The Alliance for Education and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1985.
Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.