For Schools

Interrupting Vanessa - School Tour

By Colleen Neuman

Grades 2 - 6

School Tour: January 23 – May 19, 2017

Weekdays, Various Times. Call for details.

Location: Your School!

Price: Starts at $550 per performance

Nobody understands Vanessa. She is happiest alone in her room creating inventions out of interesting objects she finds. When her mother does the unthinkable, and invites Timmy Fibbins over to play, she has to step out of her comfort zone and maybe—just maybe—make a friend. This moving and surprisingly funny play introduces audiences to a young girl struggling to come to terms with the loss of her father. In a world where imaginary friends seem real, and real friends are scarce, Vanessa discovers both. 

 

BIG IDEA:  RESILIENCY


CONNECT TO STANDARDS:

 

LITERACY

Reading (4.RL.3): Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g. a character's thoughts, words or actions).

21st CENTURY LEARNING

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (K-12): Solve Problems - Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways.

STEAM

Science (4.S4.C4.PO2): Describe ways in which resources can be conserved (e.g. by reducing, reusing, recycling, finding substitutes).

 

*Please note:  Play titles and performance dates are subject to change.