How Do You Spell Hope? plays The Bushnell May 2
Contact: Amanda Savio (860) 987-6068; e-mail: amanda_savio@bushnell.org
APRILl 4, 2002 HARTFORD, CT - The inspiring How Do You Spell Hope? will come to The Bushnell Center For the Performing Arts' Mortensen Hall on Thursday, May 2, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. as part of The Bushnell Children's Theatre. BCT, which is sponsored by People's Bank, includes presentations that are filled with humor, heroes and history, and are connected directly to areas of study in the classroom. Individual tickets, which are $6.00, may be purchased at The Bushnell Box Office by calling (860) 987-5900 or online at www.bushnell.org. Schools or groups of 10 or more should call (860) 987-6010.
How Do You Spell Hope? weaves together three stories of courage and compassion. One story is based on the stirring personal narratives of Frederick Douglass and other African-Americans from the slave era who invented ingenious ways to seize literacy for themselves. Another story centers around a child who overcomes dyslexia to not only learn to read, but to become an author. She accomplishes this in spite of painful and unjust projections on her as a child that she was slow and stupid. The third story explores the experiences of a family for whom English is a second language. Conflicts experienced by immigrant families will be dramatized and the richness of oral literacy will be celebrated.
How Do You Spell Hope? is appropriate for students in grades 3 though 8.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts The Bushnell is Connecticut's premier performing arts center, hosting more than 300 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. In November 2001, The Bushnell completed a $45 million expansion project that added a second, 900-seat theater to the existing historic structure. The new, state-of-the-art performance hall allows for expanded arts, entertainment and community offerings. The Bushnell's nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), is a cross-community educational effort serving 32 schools in 14 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is in its 72nd season. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.