Theater at Monmouth, Educating Young Minds Since 1970

Monmouth, Maine – Theater at Monmouth will celebrate 45 years of arts education for young people throughout Maine with two arts learning programs: Page to Stage and the Write On! Student Playwriting Project. Each program provides students hands-on opportunities to explore their creative voices with professional artists. For grades pre-k to 8, TAM’s Page to Stage Tour brings a world premiere adaptation of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s My Father’s Dragon to schools across the state. The second annual Write On! Student Playwriting Project invites students in grades 5 through 12 to make their voices heard by submitting their own original plays for a opportunity to be presented in TAM’s 2014 Summer Season.

Since its founding, TAM has a brought classic literature to students across the state through education tours and in-school residencies. Each spring, TAM brings adaptations of classic literature to students through Page to Stage. Created for grades pre-k-8, Page to Stage deepens understanding of, appreciation for, and connection to classic literature for learners of all ages. TAM’s Page to Stage program annually reaches more than 9,000 students from York to Limestone, Rangeley to Lubec.

Launched in 2013 with support from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, Write On! integrates the art of playwriting into the middle and high school curriculum to enhance academic and culturally literacy, creative expression, and communication skills. Students learn the importance of language structure, grammar, and word choice as a means of clearly communicating their own thoughts, choices, and imaginations through the development of an original play. Write On! includes professional development workshops for teachers, curriculum guides, and classroom visits with professional teaching artists continuing TAM's mission to take learning in and through the arts to all corners of the state.

2014 Page to Stage Tour: My Father’s Dragon
Ruth Stiles Gannett’s treasured tale of a young boy’s quest to rescue a baby dragon comes to life in TAM’s