Thursday, February 07, 2008
Interactive play puts children in driver's seat
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "A bird wants to take the controls of a bus on stages throughout the Pittsburgh area, and it's up to the kids in the audience to stop it."
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Children's theatre is an interesting style, where most time and energy is coming up with something that will keep the kids engaged and active in the show. I think that the literal stance that this show uses is one of the best ways to do that. Studies have shown that kids have incredibly short attention spans, and that though something new can easily command their attention, they are even more easily distracted. I believe that this play will be quite successful in its ability to keep kids engaged through their ability to control the action on stage, therefore keeping their attention focused on the production.
It's nice to hear that children's theater groups are doing new works. It's sad to seem the same set of fairy tales retold a thousand times. It seems like the playwright and company put real effort into engaging the audience, which is a crucial part of any children's theater piece.
Talk about an engaging piece. The key element to making this a success, in my opinion, is allowing the children to get up and get active! It is a genius idea to have the children take over an almost “parental” role. This is seen often when kids play house, and children enjoy mimicking what they see in adults, and asserting themselves as individuals. This piece, from what I’ve read, seems to satisfy many of these needs all wrapped up in a fun time.
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