Rehearsals: September 12, 19, 26 • October 3, 10, 24, 31 • November 7, 14, 21 • December 5, 12

Times: 9am-12pm

Blue Sky is our ensemble for ages 8 to 12. Beginners and seasoned performers, in the same room, making theatre together. This semester they'll devise a new play, written entirely by them, based on E. Nesbit's Five Children and It.

Story summary: Five kids dig a hole in a gravel pit and find something at the bottom of it. It's older than anyone can understand and it's the last of its kind. This creature also happens to grant one wish each day. The catch is that you get exactly what you asked for. Wings, with no way down at sunset. Gold that nobody will take. A little brother suddenly so beloved that strangers try to walk off with him.

Over twelve Saturdays, the ensemble will learn the story, decide how they want to tell it, and shape it into an actual script. Then they rehearse it and put up a world premiere play.

Rehearsals are at Jones Paideia Elementary. The performances are at the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre, staged in a minimalist theatrical style.

Rehearsals: Twelve Saturdays, 9am to noon at Jones Paideia Elementary September 12, 19, 26 • October 3, 10, 24, 31 • November 7, 14, 21 • December 5, 12

Tech rehearsal: Monday, December 14, 5:00 to 8:30pm at the Looby

Performances: Wednesday, December 16 and Thursday, December 17, both at 6:00pm at the Looby

Every family gets five free tickets. Additional tickets are $15.