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Coming in September

September 19 - October 5, 2008
by Lois Lowry

Note: Most appreciated by adults, teens and children ages nine and up.

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Synopsis:

Have you ever wondered where your dreams come from? Award-winning author Lois Lowry tackles this question in her First Stage adaptation. In this richly imaginative story, a young dream-giver, assigned to help a troubled child and a lonely woman, must battle the creators of nightmares to help these two people discover their courage, strength and the power of love.

GOSSAMER is a collaboration between Oregon Children's Theatre of Portland, Oregon and First Stage Children's Theater. The collaboration includes a co-commission of author Lois Lowry to adapt her book by the same name for the stage, play development and associated educational programming.

Click here to watch the Oregon Children's Theatre's video on GOSSAMER.

Here's an excerpt about the making of GOSSAMER from Lois Lowry's blog:

"More about the play, Now that I am back from New York, the play is off and running and in the hands of the two directors, Stan Foote in Oregon and Jeff Frank in Milwaukee. This morning Jeff sent me sketches of set design and costumes...all of the behind-the-scenes, before-the-show stuff is so interesting!

The final readings in New York went smoothly and the audiences at the three performances had lots of comments. Me, I can see how it begins to come together and jumps off the page and into a whole other realm. I'll see the final version in its opening in Milwaukee September 19th, and
then...different version...in Portland in late October.

Back here in Maine, I am working on a book manuscript, and it's amusing to see how I now begin to picture the characters and setting on the stage since I have been so consumed for the past ten days by that genre. I was writing this morning a scene set during a storm and I began to think about sound effects and how they would, backstage, produce the wind and rain sounds.

When I described, on the page, a drenched silk dress, I started worrying about the costumes and how they would deal with soaking a dress each performance...Gotta stop thinking that way!" Read more

Family Workshops
Enhance your family’s theater experience with our Family Workshops! The First Stage Education Department offers 45-minute family workshops in conjunction with each mainstage production that provide an opportunity for you and your family to gain an understanding of the play’s subject, while developing a strong, personal connection to the themes explored throughout the play.

Our Family workshops are free to all subscriber families. For non-subscribers, workshops are available for only $10.00/family of four, $5.00/parent and child, $2.00 for each additional child and $4.00 for each additional adult. To find out more information about workshops, or to reserve your place at a workshop, please call our Academy/Education Coordinator at (414) 267-2970, or email workshops@firststage.org.

Performance Schedule:

Fridays	September 19 & October 3	7:00 PM
Saturdays	September 20 September 27 October 4	7:00 PM 1:00 PM 3:30 PM & 7:00 PM
Sundays	September 21, 28 October 5	1:00 & 3:30 PM 1:00 PM

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First Stage would like to thank the following community organizations:

The Sojourner Truth House
http://www.sojournertruthhouse.org/