Stage Right students, ages 11 to 16, performed the play, based on the Olivia books by Ian Falconer. We saw the performance in the cafeteria at Hutchinson Elementary school, which is where the Southwest Greensburg/Welty Street School used to be on - you guessed it - Welty Street in Southwest Greensburg. Before the school - a junior high - was built in 1929, the spot used to be Electric Park, which was the site of the 1897 Westmoreland County Fair among other events.
If you're interested, you can still catch Olivia at one of four upcoming performances at other venues around the county. Plus there are dozens of other shows throughout the summer. The other books Stage Right will be performing are Catalina Magdalena (by Tedd Arnold), Captain Awesome to the Rescue (byt Stan Kirby), McKenna, Ready to Fly - The American Girl (by Mary Casanova) and Jake Starts School (by Michael Wright).
Find all the dates and times for the free, Books Come Alive series on Stage Right's website.
"She's smarter than you think!" (Lyric in the song about Olivia.)
As for today's performance, the kids in the show were adorable and very talented. The show itself was short, sweet and engaging. My girls especially liked the parts when Olivia chased her brother Ian off the stage area around the cafeteria and when Olivia came out with a loaded water gun - and we all got a little squirt in the process. Near the end of the show, the actors invited the audience to dance with them, but my kids (and most of the others) were being too shy to join in. But the director and performers knew how to work a room full of kids. I'm in the process of determining which dates/venues we'll attend their other Books Come Alive performances.
They were into it!
Giggles when Olivia was chasing Ian
Because this performance was presented by the Greensburg-Hempfield Area Library, representatives from the library were also there with materials from their children's summer reading program. The library offers programs for kids nearly every day of the week - the schedule can be found on their website.
The programs are free and they must be as super-fun as the descriptions suggest, as most events for the next few weeks already have waiting lists. However, I was told by the library staff today that they'll often add a session when enough people are interested in a particular program - so if you're really interested, don't be too discouraged by the waiting list.
The library is located at 237 South Pennsylvania Avenue, which used to be Greensburg's federal building/post office.
I was hoping to add a library activity to our calendar to report back on, but there don't appear to be programs that span my girls' ages of almost-3 and 6. I would have to take them to different activities at different times, so I need time to consider my options. We will likely attend the upcoming Scholastic book fair (July 9-12 & 16-19 from 10AM to 4PM each day). All items are buy one, get one free (you know the drill: freebie has to be equal or lesser value), and my kids are always looking for more books to pull off the shelf and leaving lying all over the house.
As you might expect, the library also offers "Adult Programs." (Do you think that sounds weird? Yeah, me neither.) On top of the typical library services (e.g., research databases, periodicals, books), they host book discussions and - like most libraries these days - you can check out books for e-readers. I've been meaning to get set up at the library for my Nook® , so I'll also plan to do this and share if the ease/difficulty of doing so is worth reporting.
This accidentally became a duel post because I figured I needed to give credit to both Stage Right and the Greensburg Hempfield Library for effectively entertaining my kiddoes - and doing it for free. I'm looking forward to taking advantage of additional Stage Right performances and other library activities throughout the summer. I hope you also take the opportunity to participate in these free, fun activities.
(Did I mention they're free? There's no excuse not to attend one or two!)
The programs are free and they must be as super-fun as the descriptions suggest, as most events for the next few weeks already have waiting lists. However, I was told by the library staff today that they'll often add a session when enough people are interested in a particular program - so if you're really interested, don't be too discouraged by the waiting list.
The library is located at 237 South Pennsylvania Avenue, which used to be Greensburg's federal building/post office.
I was hoping to add a library activity to our calendar to report back on, but there don't appear to be programs that span my girls' ages of almost-3 and 6. I would have to take them to different activities at different times, so I need time to consider my options. We will likely attend the upcoming Scholastic book fair (July 9-12 & 16-19 from 10AM to 4PM each day). All items are buy one, get one free (you know the drill: freebie has to be equal or lesser value), and my kids are always looking for more books to pull off the shelf and leaving lying all over the house.
As you might expect, the library also offers "Adult Programs." (Do you think that sounds weird? Yeah, me neither.) On top of the typical library services (e.g., research databases, periodicals, books), they host book discussions and - like most libraries these days - you can check out books for e-readers. I've been meaning to get set up at the library for my Nook® , so I'll also plan to do this and share if the ease/difficulty of doing so is worth reporting.
This accidentally became a duel post because I figured I needed to give credit to both Stage Right and the Greensburg Hempfield Library for effectively entertaining my kiddoes - and doing it for free. I'm looking forward to taking advantage of additional Stage Right performances and other library activities throughout the summer. I hope you also take the opportunity to participate in these free, fun activities.
(Did I mention they're free? There's no excuse not to attend one or two!)
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