OUR STAFF

Making Books Sing's staff has combined experience of more than 90 years in theatre and education. We are committed to bringing high-quality productions and pedagogically sound educational programs to New York's young people, teachers and families.

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OUR TEACHING ARTISTS

Making Books Sing has an exceptional roster of gifted teaching artists. As working actors, directors, playwrights and dramaturgs, they bring to the classroom an expertise in their artform, a passionate belief in the importance of arts in education and at least five years experience as teaching artists. They are skilled at building a safe, nurturing environment in which children's imaginations can bring a book to life. We provide them with professional development and support to ensure that their work in the classroom is at its very finest.

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OUR HISTORY

In 1996, Making Books Sing was launched as the family theatre and arts education program of New York City's Vineyard Theatre, one of Off Broadway's most accomplished theatres. Begun as a pilot program, we involved just 180 students and teachers in our first year. Today, Making Books Sing is a dynamic, independent organization that will serve over 12,000 kids and adults in the coming year.

In total, Making Books Sing has: 

• Presented seven professional productions of new plays, musicals and operas in four boroughs of New York City and Westchester County;
• Served over 27,000 school and family audience members from New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Connecticut;
• Involved more than 9,000 students and teachers in our artist residency programs, during which students have created over 300 plays, songs and musicals based on books;
• Disseminated over 2,500 Teacher's Resource Packets and Anthologies of student work , free of charge, to promote and document the integration of theatre arts into the language arts and social studies curricular areas;
• Involved nearly 600 family members in Parent-Child programs during which grown-ups and children explore books through storytelling, visual arts, theatre and music activities.