Banned and Challenged Books Young Actors Workshop 
Wed., Sept. 4-25
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Lower Level Meeting Room
Grades 6-12
Free 
Registration Required 
 

             The Clinton County Youth Theatre announces a Young Actors Creative Workshop, which will focus on the stories of Banned and Challenged books and the freedom to read. The free workshop is open students in grades 6-12 and will meet on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6:00 p.m. from September 4-25 with a final performance on Friday, September 27 in Skanta Theatre at 6:00 p.m. Performances are free and open to the public.

            Actors will learn about readers theatre and performance art while exploring the freedom to read at the Banned and Challenged Books Young Actors Creative Workshop. Sessions will include information on theatre history and creative storytelling. Guest speakers include John Hinton of the Indiana Poetry Society, songwriters, and actors. Students will create their own performance and receive free books to read (and keep) for inspiration.

            The workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required. . Registrants are asked to select one of the following once, or currently, banned or challenged books, below: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Bridge to Terabitha by Katherine Paterson, Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, and The Outsiders S.E. Hinton.

            The workshop is in celebration of the American Libraries Banned Books Campaign (September 22-28). The theme is “Freed Between the Lines” and celebrates the fact that “we can find freedom in the pages of a book- but book bans and censorship threaten that freedom, along with many other rights and institutions” (ala.org). The workshop is made possible in part thanks to a grant from the Freedom to Read Foundation.