As an in-service component for schools, Art Access is developing a curriculum and teaching tools for teachers to use in the classroom following performances of thematically selected scripts, or along with a class production of a play from an available script.

For its debut of the Theatre Arts Program, Art Access, in partnership with the local PYGmallion Theater Company, is presenting a one-act-play called The Mysterious, Happy Life of Brown Bag. Written by local playwright Greg Near, this is a poignant story about a boy who was born with a unusual difference. The story chronicles Brown Bag's struggle to fit in, and is told from the perspective of his mother and his teacher. Art Access took the play on the road and presented it at the Troubled Youth Conference, as well as to every junior high school in Washington County School District as part of the area's Anti-Bullying Campaign.

More productions of other relevant short theatre pieces are being explored and incorporated into this new Theatre Arts Program format.

Contact:

To request a performance of The Mysterious, Happy Life of Brown Bag, or to learn more about this program, please contact Amanda Finlayson at 801-328-0703 opt. 5 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .