Homeschool Nations - Wisconsin

Oct. 9, 2008

Children's Theater of Madison

Dear Educator,

This fall Children's Theater of Madison offers an opportunity for teachers and students to slip through the Looking Glass and explore an alternate universe in James DeVita's Looking Glass Land: The
Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice. It's a universe that challenges our way of seeing and hearing and thinking about the world. The production offers educators an opportunity to:

Introduce the writings of Lewis Carroll
Explore nonsense poetry and wordcraft through Carroll's
poems "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
Discuss the relativity of time and the physics implied in
alternate universes
Examine the critical thinking and strategy required in a
chess game
Discuss how design and visual art conveys the ideas of a
live performance

Celebrate the talents of a local playwright, James DeVita, and local actors. Some of the performers will be the same age as your students! Talkbacks following the performances give students a
personal connection with the actors and director.

Don't miss a chance to capture the imaginations of your students with this magical production, and extend the learning into the classroom with activities and projects from the Looking Glass Land Study Guide. Please share this information with educators in your district.

Award-winning playwright and renowned APT actor James DeVita brings Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass to new heights of fun and imagination. Through a series of fantastic encounters, Alice learns that being a queen is not all it's cut out to be — and that the real joy is in the adventure of life itself! DeVita's adaptation includes all the familiar characters and lines of the beloved tale with some
modern twists that will even hold teenagers spellbound. So hold onto your (mad) hats while we take you on this zany ride up and down and back around! Most appreciated by children age 6 and up, teens and
adults.

The first matinee is October 16th, so please reserve your tickets NOW for this delightful production. Call Education Director, Terry Kerr, at 608-255-2080 or email terry@ctmtheater.org.

We want to make your trip to CTM as affordable as possible. Student matinee tickets are $8.00. Ticket and transportation subsidies are available, so please call if your school needs financial assistance.

If you have not received our new Educator's Brochure, please use this link http://www.ctmtheater.org/EducatorsBrochure.pdf to access the Student Matinee schedule and ticket information or visit the
Education page at our new website at www.ctmtheater.org.

For some students, a class trip to see a CTM play is the first time they have set foot in a theater. They will be surprised at the power of a live production to inspire wonder and make them think and feel.
We think you will find this a great opportunity to engage your students in a new level of discussion about the ideas in the play and the very human responses of its characters.

Space is limited so please consider reserving tickets for your school today! Help students experience the power and magic of live theatre. If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 255-2080 or
email terry@ctmtheater.org. We are happy to assist in any way.

All the Best,
Terry Kerr
Education Director, CTM
228 State St.
Madison, WI 53703
608-255-2080
terry@ctmtheater.org

Looking Glass Land
by James Devita
October 11 - 26 Overture Center for the Arts - Playhouse Theater