Story Time with Hassan at Weathervane Playhouse Weathervane Playhouse is excited to announce a new partnership with Story Time with Hassan! This program has been around for over two decades serving students in the Cleveland area. We are excited to bring this program to Akron. To celebrate this new partnership, we will be having two performances on October 17th here at Weathervane. Matinee Performance Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. $7.00 per student/teacher group rate $10.00 single tickets Evening Performance The Evening performance with feature Cleveland percussionist, Bill Ransom Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 p.m. Pre-show activities for kids will start at 6:00 p.m. where kids will get to make their own instruments, enjoy light refreshments, and more! To Learn more and get your tickets visit: weathervaneplayhouse.com or call 330-836-2626 ABOUT HASSAN ROGERS After working in the East Cleveland Special Education Early Childhood Program, Hassan joined Karamu's Drama Theater for Youth Project, enjoying success as an actor, writer and director, and in 1993, the DTY Project garnered the Anne Flag Award for Excellence in Theater Arts Education. Over the last two decades, Story Time with Hassan has played to more than 250,000 people. Hassan is a proud recipient of the R. Joyce Whitley award for new playwrights, winning the award for his autobiographical work, Mrs. Roger's Back Porch. Hassan has shared folktales in over eleven school districts in Ohio and Georgia. Whether it's vocal performances on the internationally syndicated radio show, Your Story Hour, or sharing the stage with The Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Hassan has enjoyed local and national exposure as a performing artist. WHAT IS STORY TIME? Story Time with Hassan is theater through participation that meets Early Learning Development and State Standards. It engages students, from toddlers to school age, in life sciences, gross motor skills, counting and memorization to rhythm and movement, just to name a few learning experiences. Through Story Time with Hassan, the audience becomes an actual facet of the story. With one sweep of his hand all the hundreds of little feet suddenly become one of the many migrating herds along the Serengeti or in a river in Alaska, with a bear, as they catch salmon leaping upstream. As a result, students find themselves involved in cooperative learning and fantastical expedition in geography. Hassan is a modern-day griot The Story Time with Hassan experience can be a valuable curriculum supplement for meeting children's English Language Art needs. Contact: Lauren Sprowls 1301 Weathervane Lane Akron, OH 44313 330-836-2626 x35 lsprowls@weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:lsprowls@weathervaneplayhouse.com> Lauren Sprowls Education Director Weathervane Playhouse 330-836-2626 xt 35 [facebook1]<https://www.facebook.com/WeathervanePlayhouse>[twitter1]<https://twitter.com/WeathervanePlay>[instagram1]<https://www.instagram.com/weathervaneplay>[linkedin1]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/weathervane-playhouse-akron>[youtube1 (1)]<https://www.youtube.com/user/weathervaneplayhouse>