Up Next: Feb 14
Treehouse Shakers: Under the Tangle
Welcome to Up Next! This weekly blog post highlights virtual performances, experiences, and reading recommendations. As we discover new ways of enjoying and producing the arts during the pandemic, we hope that Up Next may help families, theater fans, educators, and community supporters discover something new or reconnect with much loved organizations.
Magik Theatre: Everything is Round by Nicholas Kryah
Treehouse Shakers: Under the Tangle
TheaterWorksUSA: A Tribe Called Tubman by Idris Goodwin
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte: My Wonderful Birthday Suit, Feb 2021
Rose Theatre: Tall Stories, The Gruffalo, Through Feb 28
Kennedy Center: Maas Theater and Dance, EGG-tion HERO
The Decameron Project: In conversation with Jason Reynolds, Feb 26
Metro Theater Company: Jacked! by Idris Goodwin, Through Mar 31
Metro Theater Company: And In This Corner: Cassius Clay (Virtual Field Trip for Schools)
TheaterWorksUSA: A Tribe Called Tubman by Idris Goodwin
Magik Theatre: Everything is Round by Nicholas Kryah
Rose Theatre: Tall Stories, The Gruffalo
Children’s Book Recommendations
MTC Staff Picks, Sarah Thompson
Ragtime Tumpie by Alan Schroeder
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther Dr. King Jr. and Kadir Nelson
Charlie Parker played be bop by Chris Raschka
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
