The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle: A Literature to Life Community Workshop

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Library Hall

In honor of ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT's celebration of Jeannette Walls' compelling memoir, The Glass Castle, Bud Werner Memorial Library presents...

A Literature to Life® Community Workshop and
an excerpt of The American Place Theatre’s
Literature to Life® stage presentation of
The Glass Castle

By Jeannette Walls
Performed by Sarah Franek
Adapted and Directed by Wynn Handman

Join the ultimate community book club conversation!  Seasoned theatre professionals from The American Place Theatre will lead participants through interactive drama-in-education techniques to help them gain new access to the best selling memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.  By exploring characters, settings and themes from the book in an active and kinesthetic way participants will develop insights into the process of writing and will connect personally with the world of the literature.  After seeing a brief excerpt of the stage presentation, participants will use the frame of the Literature to Life theatrical adaptation of The Glass Castle through which to view and explore a particularly provocative theme from the book.

The workshop is FREE.

About the Workshop Teaching Artist

Erin Ronder

Erin Ronder received her M.A. in Educational Theatre from NYU and is currently a Theatre Teaching Artist at The American Place Theatre, The Center for Arts Education, Disney Theatrical Productions, The DreamYard Project, TDF-Theatre Development Fund, and Manhattan New Music Project. In addition to teaching, Erin continues to perform throughout NYC and was last seen as Cynthia in Wild Blue (Access Theatre). Other Off-Broadway NY Theatre: Tragedian in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (MITF Festival- Outstanding Production of a Play and Outstanding Ensemble Awards), Alice in Next Week on Spring Valley (59E59), Jane in Manhattan Comedy (Abingdon), Narrator in Butterflies Are Free (Theatre Row 42nd St.), The Mother in The Giver (Player’s Theatre). Regional: Athena in The Eumenides (NYU). www.erinronder.com

Want to participate in the Literature to Life® Community Workshop?
Register online or contact the Adult Programs Coordinator, Jennie Lay at (970) 367-4917.

About American Place Theatre & Literature to Life
The American Place Theatre is committed to producing high quality new work by diverse American writers and to pursuing pluralism and diversity in all its endeavors. We strive to respond to the needs of our time with work that is relevant and cuts deeply into the fabric of American society. LITERATURE TO LIFE, The American Place Theatre’s performance-based literacy program, presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of significant American literary works. This educational program gives students a new form of access to literature by bringing to life the world of books with performances that create an atmosphere of discovery and spark the imagination. Literature to Life has already provided a catalyst for learning and self-expression for over 400,000 students nation-wide. The Theatre, having received over 30 Obies and 16 Audelcos, is critically acclaimed as a birthing place for artistic endeavors at the crossroad of literature and live performance for now 48 years.