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Bravo to children’s theater that lets kids be kids

May 12th, 2015

"Those Darn Squirrels" at Peninsula Youth Theatre features characters such as Old Man Fookwire (Aria Richmond) and the Whirley Bird (Jennifer Johns) -- plus, of course, those darn squirrels.

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Major benefits for students who attend live theater, study finds

October 16th, 2014

Science Daily, Oct. 16, 2014 by University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Field trips to live theater enhance literary knowledge, tolerance, and empathy among students, according to a study. The research team found that reading and watching movies of Hamlet and A Christmas Carol could not account for the increase in knowledge experienced by students who attended live […]