The Pittsburgh International Children's Theatre is a division of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and from October through April they offer one children's play each month. They typically put them on at local schools around the area and offer one production downtown at the Byham. I have taken James to most of the productions over the past few months at our local middle school. This was the first one we went to downtown and it was so fun! He has loved all of them. This one was especially wonderful because it was done entirely with puppets. It was very unique and absolutely adorable. We have read all of these sweet books by Leo Lionni: Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by Inch. A special bonus was that the theatre company was from Nova Scotia. I told James that this is where his Nan was born and raised.
His favorite was Swimmy because a bunch of little fish get eaten by a big fish and only one survives. He then spends his days exploring the ocean floor discovering all of the wonderful creatures of the sea. We have been acting it out all week! They encourage the children to be comfortable and ask questions; it is a non-shushing event. I love that they are free to be kids while starting to understand the creativity and imagination of the world of theatre.
After the play we took James out to lunch at Bravo. He had fun eating chicken fingers while coloring on the table and playing with his trucks and we got to enjoy a lovely adult meal. There won't be any more productions until next fall, but James and I can't wait to go again!
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