Under the laughs and WOWs elicited by playfully staged stories,
IMPORTANT THINGS ARE HAPPENING!

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Why children need live theatre:

• Children bond through the belonging generated in a shared live audience adventure.

• Without being told to, children practice behavior-reading and empathy with natural ease while watching plays.

• Live theatre holds a child's urgent interest while modeling how to be a person in a world with other people... A.K.A. Social Emotional Learning. 

• Live theatre is educational capacity building! Children trust the affirmation they feel when seeing themselves reflected in the universal awareness of a crafted stage story — providing them that inspiring sensation of: "I GET THIS! AND I'M PART OF THIS!"  That sensation opens minds and hearts, empowers imagination, increases confidence, and frees new thinking.

• Theatre-going informs more flexible and intentional interactions with peers and mentors. Children automatically learn, by watching actors play parts, that people can choose behaviors — which means we can try on new ones, too. Talk about profound possibilities in growth and learning!

 

Every child in Austin deserves a chance to experience live theatre and these unique benefits!