Reader’s Theater is an engaging, performance-based literacy experience where stories come alive through voice, movement, and collaboration. Students step into the roles of characters, using scripts to guide expressive reading while building fluency, comprehension, and confidence. Each session blends reading with drama as students practice pacing, tone, and emotion to bring meaning to text. Through group rehearsals and performances, students learn to interpret characters, understand dialogue, and work together as an ensemble enjoying stories in a dynamic way. In addition, students will have opportunities to participate in interactive theater games that spark creativity, strengthen focus, and encourage teamwork.

In these sessions, our older students will build on their foundations in stage presence and confidence. Students will go through the preparation process for a stage performance, including auditions for characters and weeks of scene rehearsals. Students will be practicing these skills with scenes from an adapted youth version of The Wizard of Oz.