Book-It's reach into the community across disciplines is broad and rich. Book-It partners with libraries and community organizations to produce staged readings and Special Edition projects in the Book-It style™.
Past community project partners include the Frye Art Museum, Save Darfur Washington, Page Ahead, Seattle Arts and Lectures, Seattle Public Library's Washington Center for the Book (Seattle Reads), and The People for Puget Sound—plus many, many more.
If you think you have a projectthat aligns with Book-It's mission of inspiring people to read, or relates to the kinds of work we create on our stages, please make your inquiry by clicking here. We are happy to entertain your ideas as time and people-power allow.
2009-10 Special Editions:
Book-It Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the Seattle Public Library, presents: Staged Readings from the 2010 Seattle Reads book, Secret Son, by Laila Lalami, adapted and directed by Kate Godman
Secret Son tells the story of a young man who grows up in the slums of Casablanca with his mother, believing that his long deceased father was a poor, respected schoolteacher. Youssef discovers that his father is in fact alive, a wealthy businessman living in the same city. He sets out to find Nabil and for a time enters his father's sophisticated world.
Set in modern Morocco, against a background of Islamic fundamentalism and corrupt liberalism, Secret Son explores the struggle for identity, the need for family, and the desperation that overtakes ordinary lives in a country divided by class, politics, and religion.
Saturday, April 24, 11 a.m. to noon University Branch, 5009 Roosevelt Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105, 206-684-4063
Monday, April 26, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104, Microsoft Auditorium, Level 1, 206-386-4636
Saturday, May 1, 11 a.m. to noon Columbia Branch, 4721 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle , WA 98118, 206-386-1908.
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Previous Special Editions this season have included Two Wheel North and Great Expectations.
Book-It Repertory Theatre and 4Culture's Heritage and Site-Specific performance divisions partnered to present a Book-It Special Edition: Two Wheels North by Evelyn McDaniel Gibb, adapted and directed by Annie Lareau
As an adjunct celebration of the centennial of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909 free staged reading-style performances in the Book-It style took place in September and November 2009 at the Nordic Heritage Museum, Auburn Library, Seattle Architecture Foundation, Kirkland Heritage Society, Highline Historical Society, Covington Library, Tukwila Parks & Recreation, History House of Greater Seattle, North Bend Library, Fall City Arts, and on the Book-It Mainstage.
Vic McDaniel and Ray Francisco, fresh high school graduates, set out on their second-hand bicycles from Santa Rosa, California in August of 1909 to take on the challenge of cycling from their home to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. They pedal, push, and walk a thousand miles of primitive roads for 54 days, and encounter nearly every imaginable natural, mechanical, and human challenge on their one-speed bikes. While adventure is their primary lure, there is a promised purse of $25 from the Post-Intelligencer waiting for them if they can only make it to Seattle before the final day of the AYP.
Charles Dickens GREAT EXPECTATIONS Orcas Center co-production with Book-It Repertory Theatre Adapted by Julie Beckman, Directed by Jane Jones Thursday-Saturday, October 15-17, 22-24, 2009 7:30 pm at Orcas Center, Orcas Island |
Book-It continues its partnership with Orcas Center to produce a dramatic staging of Charles Dickens’ classic, Great Expectations. Directed by Book-It Co-Artistic Director Jane Jones, this production will be showcased on Orcas Island with local actors before receiving a full production at the Center House Theatre in a future Book-It season.
If you think you have a project that aligns with Book-It's mission of inspiring people to read, or relates to the kinds of work we create on our stages, please make your inquiry by clicking here. We are happy to entertain your ideas as time and people-power allow.
Book-It Repertory Theatre | Seattle Center House,305 Harrison Street | Seattle, WA 98109 | Box Office: 206.216.0833 | Administration: 206.216.0877 | email: info@book-it.org Book-It Repertory Theatre is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and to inspiring its audiences to read.
Book-It Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the Seattle Public Library, presents:
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