Play Me a Story

Play Me a Story & Workshop

Experience the fun and magic of theater on Saturday mornings with Play Me a Story! Ages 4 – 10 enjoy a performance of children’s stories followed by an interactive acting workshop with Portland Stage’s Education Artists for $15. Sign up for the month and save or pick individual days that work for you. Build literacy, encourage creativity and spark dramatic dreams!

All books featured in Play Me a Story are presented with permission from the publishers and/or authors.

Financial Aid

Portland Stage Education offers need-based financial aid for all of our programs. Please fill out our form to apply.

Play Me a Story 2024-2025

Play Me a Story takes place in person at Portland Stage’s Theater for Kids on Saturday mornings from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. Doors open at 10:00, 10:30 performance, followed by an interactive workshop from 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM, with everything wrapped up by 12:00 PM.

All books featured in Play Me a Story are performed with permission from the publishers and/or authors.

October 19 2024 – March 29 2025

Sign up for the month and save or pick individual dates that work for you.

February 1 2025

THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Text copyright © 2004 by Julia Donaldson. Illustrations copyright © 2004 by Axel Scheffler. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

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