We are once again faced with the fallout of hate in the United States. The horrifying events in Atlanta on Tuesday night have brought national focus on the more than 3,800 acts this year of reported violence against members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community in our country. Our prayers and condolences go out to the families who have lost loved […]

The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the latest in the never ending list of traumas endured by the Black community has deeply affected our community at Adventure Theatre.  As a theatre and academy focused on children, we are particularly struck by the trauma of Mr. Blake’s three boys who personally witnessed this attack […]

Elementary Instructors Sean Finan Sean Finan is thrilled to return to Adventure Theatre MTC Academy as a teaching artist for the Digital Summer Camp.  He has directed productions with the Summer Musical Theatre Camp for the past six years and directed the 2015 Winter Student Production of Alice in Wonderland. Some favorite summer productions include Rats!,Thwacked, Pirates, and Go Fish. […]

What is Juneteenth? Today, June 19th, is the anniversary of the day in 1865 that the Union Army rode into Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the remaining enslaved people in the United States — two and a half years after it was originally signed. It has been celebrated in parts of the United States since 1866, starting in Texas.  Although many of […]

All content taken from ColoursofUs.com. See the list with photos and links here. Elementary School The Story Of Ruby Bridgesby Robert Coles In 1960 a judge orders little Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school in New Orleans. Surrounded by Federal Marshalls, Ruby faces angry mobs of segregationists as she […]

Over the weekend, the frustration of centuries of injustice and violence in America reached a new boiling point. The daily trauma faced by Black Americans has forced many people to take to the streets, despite the dangers of being in the middle of a pandemic and the risk of violence, in the hope that their […]