Book-It Repertory Theatre
Center House Theatre
305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Box Office: 206.216.0833
Admin: 206.216.0877
Fax: 206.256.9666
Grades: 6-Adult
Tours: Sept-Nov
Themes: Censorship, First Amendment rights, artistic freedom
Events: Banned Books Month, Teen Read Month, The Big Read
Danger: Books! is a series of readings from books that have been banned and challenged in the United States. Every year, we offer a brand new selection of readings. Past programs have included excerpts from The Lord of the Flies, Beloved, The Lorax, Geography Club, Dracula, Baby Be-bop, and Go Ask Alice. Readings are presented in the "Book-It Style" by a group of professional actors, who perform the most controversial sections from the books, then facilitate a discussion on the First Amendment and how and why books are banned and challenged.
Grades: K-8
Tours: Sept-Dec
Themes: World War II, Japanese culture, family, illness, hope, perseverance
Events: National Children’s Book Week, International Day of Tolerance
Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes tells the story of an athletic young Japanese girl who develops leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima. While hospitalized, Sadako finds strength and hope in a Japanese legend which claims a sick person will become healthy if they fold one thousand paper cranes. Book-It celebrates the extraordinary courage of a real-life heroine in this revived production.
“I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.”
– – Sadako Sasaki
Grades: 3-8
Tours: Jan-Apr
Themes: Slavery, courage, freedom, coming of age, underground railroad
Events: Black History Month, Read Aloud Month, MLK Jr. Day, Harriet Tubman Day
Before Harriet Tubman became the heroic leader who helped so many slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad, she was a young and feisty slave girl at the Brodas Plantation on Maryland’s eastern shore. Minty, short for "Araminta" her "cradle name," would often get into trouble and try to find comfort by setting animals free from traps, telling stories of freedom to her doll and dreaming of the day when she would run free. When her father realizes his daughter is dead set on running away someday, he begins to teach her the skills she would need to survive and lead her to freedom.
Grades: K-6
Tours: Feb-June
Themes: Point of view, critical thinking, ingenuity, humor
Events: Spring, National Cheese Fondue Day
In this Book-It All Over production two classic fairy tales are fractured before your eyes in Jon Scieszka’s unique style. The story of the three little pigs is told by one Alexander T. Wolf as he sits in the pig penitentiary doing time for a crime he insists he didn’t do. A huff and a puff turn into a giant sneeze and the three pigs transform into a free ham dinner all in pursuit of an innocent cup of sugar. This zany story will be told in tandem with The Stinky Cheese Man, the irreverent tale of a lonely old couple and their creation of a companion made from cheese. This story takes us on a ride into an uninviting world that will be sure to have children laughing in seconds.
Tour Fee: $550
Additional workshops: $100 each
Additional travel fees may be included
If you have any questions about next year's programs, please contact the
Education Department at 206.770.0880 or email us.
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To provide an interactive relationship between youth and literature through theatrical productions and educational programs that promote the joy of reading, embrace diversity, enhance student and teacher learning, and inspire the imagination