Why a Book Club?
Adventure Theatre, founded in 1951, is the longest running theatre program for children and families in the Washington Metropolitan area. Part of our company mission is to produce stage adaptations of traditional and popular children’s stories in an effort to promote literacy, self-esteem and the academic success of our youngest patrons.

For these reasons, Adventure Theatre works each season to provide audience members who love our stage adaptations a chance to fall in love with the books that inspired them. Or vice versa!

What is the Book Club?
Our specially designed hands-on Book Club workshops are open to the public and take place after one performance of each of our six main stage productions. After the show, members are invited to join the Adventure Theatre Education staff for a fun-filled arts-and-crafts activity (snack included)! All workshops are now offered on a flexible drop-in basis so children and families may decide to participate in as many or as few workshops as they like! All participants will receive an official “Read the Book, See the Play” Book Club passport that can be stamped at each workshop to track their literary travels.

When are the Book Club workshops?
Adventure Theatre’s Book Club workshops will take place after the following performances:
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse – Saturday October 1, 2011 – 2pm
Twas the Night Before Christmas – Saturday November 26, 2011 – 2pm
The Snowy Day – Saturday January 28, 2012 – 2pm
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Saturday March 10, 2012 – 2pm
Five Little Monkeys – Saturday May 5, 2012 – 2pm
If You Give a Moose a Muffin – Saturday June 30, 2012 – 2pm

How do I sign up?
Reserve your tickets for a book club performance (see dates and times above) and pay an extra $5/child to stay afterwards to participate in the planned activity!

Recommended for ages 4 and up.

Don’t forget to take a look at our Suggested Reading Lists (can we link the list for the current show, or a place where we can post all of them for the season?), compiled especially for you by the AT Education staff to complement the experience of each of our main stage shows! Adventure Theatre encourages families and children to make reading a part of their daily schedules. We strive to find titles that connect to each of our shows in topic, author, or theme and that are available at a number of DC and Montgomery County Public Libraries. Each Suggested Reading List is also included in the Fun Guide sent to all patrons before they attend a show!

Questions? Feel free to email any book club questions or comments to us at jbrylawski@adventuretheatre.org.