Most Importantly, The Child Should Experience How Theatre Can Make Kindness, Patience, Courage And Curiosity Matter

The Theatre Times: Laouni Bellil (Mascara, Algeria) is an emerging talented – theatre actor, storyteller and director specializing in children’s theatre, puppetry and storytelling. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from the Drama Academy at the University of Oran, where his artistic and academic work focused on the development and direction of puppet theatre for young audiences. Over the past decade, he has led and facilitated numerous theatre workshops for children across Algeria, including in Oran, Algiers, Mascara and Adrar.

Returning to Your Magic Tree House

AMERICAN THEATRE: What is your first artistic memory? We at American Theatre love to ask folks what moment in their youth generated that first spark, what title infected them with the theatre bug. When it comes to the theatre, I recall dancing in the aisles during habitual outings to theatre for young audiences in Rio and, as a toddler, proclaiming I’d make theatre for a living. When I came to the U.S., my love for language and the written word blossomed with The Magic Tree House series and Beatrix Potter books.

Inside Broadway Reveals 2025-2026 Theatre Programming

www.broadwayworld.com: As the curtain opens on another school year and students gear up to go back to the classroom, Inside Broadway has announced its lineup of 2025-2026 theatre programming available for New York City public school students from elementary to high school across the five boroughs.

New Klee-Shea Children's Museum Project!

ExhibiTricks: The Museum Exhibit Design Blog: Spokesperson Jay Ochs informed me that the full name of the new museum will be the Klee-Shea Discovertorium Incrediblarium Children's Museum, named after the renowned community leader and paper goods heiress Dr. Kleemona Necks (known to everyone by her childhood name, "Klee") and her beloved 63-year old pet tortoise, Shelly, affectionately called "Shea".

A Portland Performer Discusses the State of the Arts Under Coronavirus

Portland Monthly: If you’re a Portland parent, chances are you’re at least passingly familiar with John Ellingson’s work. For a spell in the 2010s, he appeared in every single mainstage production at Northwest Children’s Theater, where he’s also taught classes and done scenic painting for more than a decade. (Now, he’s the company’s associate artistic director and resident set designer.)

What You, Theatremaker, Can Learn from Theatre for the Very Young

HowlRound Theatre Commons: “Where’s the TV?” a five-year-old sitting on a chair with pretzeled legs asked. “There is no TV,” the mother answered, “this is a live show.”

That conversation happened next to me in early May during a production at the Alliance Theatre’s Toddler Takeover in Atlanta, Georgia—an annual festival of international performances designed for audiences aged zero to five and their guardians. The Alliance’s trailblazing commitment to theatre for the very young has been shepherded by their director of theatre for youth and families, Rosemary Newcott, who is retiring at the end of this season.

Madagascar

Pittsburgh in the Round: Stage 62 presents Madagascar A Musical Adventure. For the next two weekends, your favorite DreamWorks characters are live on stage, singing, dancing and cheering up and down the aisles of the theater and across the stage.