Play Me a Story
Saturday Morning Readings &
Acting Workshops for Kids 4 - 10

Fall 2010 Program
Experience the magic of theater! Join our professional actors as we read new and classic children’s books, then participate in an acting workshop based on the stories. Register early for best availability. Click here for a registration form, email theaterforkids@portlandstage.org or call 207-774-1043 x117 with questions or to sign up.
CRAZY KIDS
September 11, 18, 25
10:30 AM

Calling all kids - these books are about you! See how kids like you get ready for school, avoid going to bed and drive their parents crazy! Watch as our professional actors discover their inner children during the readings, then participate by acting out zany antics of your own during the post reading workshops.
Workshop series starts Saturday September 11th at 10:30 AM. Sign up for the whole series of 3 readings + workshops or choose your favorite, $40 for the series or $15 each. Ages 4 -10.
Click on the book jacket or title to link to authors websites
![]() OWEN Copyright © 1993 by Kevin Henkes. Used by Permission of HarperCollins Publishers. |
September 11 Owen |
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Abigail Spells |
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Grace for President! |
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September 18
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Penguin |
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September 25 Good Babies |
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ANIMALS ON THE LOOSE!
October 2, 9, 16 & 23
10:30 AM

Watch out for that crocodile! Imagine a place where sharks are scared of tigers, owls beg for bedtime, and cows can type. Watch our professional actors read these mixed up tales, then act out your animal instincts in an interactive workshop.
Workshop series starts Saturday October 2nd at 10:30 AM. Sign up for all 4 readings + workshops or choose your favorite, $50 for the series or $15 each. Ages 4 -10.
Click on the book jacket or title to link to authors websites
![]() Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach is used by permission of Kids Can Press. Text and illustrations © 2008 by Mélanie Watt. |
October 2 |
![]() Bats at the Beach Copyright 2006 © Brian Lies, reproduced with permission of the author |
Bats at the Beach |
![]() SHARK AND LOBSTER'S AMAZING UNDERSEA ADVENTURE. Text and Illustrations © 2006 by Silvia T. Viviane Schwarz. Coloring copyright © 2006 by Joel Stewart. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, Ltd., London. |
Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure |
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October 9 Guji Guji |
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I, Crocodile |
![]() CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE Copyright © Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin |
October 16 Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type |
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Trudy |
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October 23 |
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Little Hoot |
THE TALLEST TALES EVER TOLD
October 30 &
November 6, 13, 20
10:30 AM

Want to hear the story of the three little pigs from the wolf's point of view? Meet the strongest woman on the frontier? Watch a princess defy gravity? Come to this month's readings of fabulous fables and twisted tall tales, then see what it's like to become a legend in your own time during our acting workshops!
Workshop series starts Saturday October 30th at 10:30 AM. Sign up for all 4 readings + workshops or choose your favorite, $50 for the series or $15 each. Ages 4 -10.
Click on the book jacket or title to link to authors websites
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October 30
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Three Silly Girls Grubb |
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November 6 Cendrillon by Rober San Souci |
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The Tale of Little Babaji |
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November 13 Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs |
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The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind |
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November 20 Princess Hyacinth: The Suprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated by Florence Parry Heide |
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by AW Flaherty |



























