Fall 2025
Book Club: Page to Stage
This Journey invites mentees and mentors to explore classic and contemporary literature through both reading and performance. Participants will read three books and then experience them brought to life through dynamic solo stage adaptations in partnership with Literature to Life (LTL).
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Learning Objectives
Book Club: Page to Stage Community Experiences
Mentees and mentors in this Journey are required to attend the monthly Journey meetings and one Journey workshop listed below.
Each meeting features a hybrid performance by Literature to Life (LTL) of one of the three books listed below. Sessions run for two hours and include a 15-minute introduction by LTL, a 60-minute solo performance, a 15-minute Q&A facilitated by LTL, and 30 minutes of reflection, discussion, and comparison between the book and its stage adaptation.
- Saturday, November 15, 2025 2-4 pm: If Beale Street Could Talk
- Saturday, December 13, 2025 2-4 pm: Fahrenheit 451
- Saturday, January 24, 2026 2-4 pm: The Great Gatsby
Book Club: Page to Stage Courses
Welcome to Book Club: Page to Stage Journey.
This course is designed to help develop critical thinking skills, engage with literary criticism, and form a reading practice. Specific topics range from active reading to review writing to connecting stories to current events.
Book Club: Page to Stage Mentoring
Mentees and mentors in the Book Club: Page to Stage Journey will be matched for one cycle. Pairs will meet for at least two hour-long sessions each month. Mentees will write a piece in response to one of the books and its performance, with mentors providing support and guidance throughout the process. This Journey is open to both mentor-mentee pairs and Peer-to-Peer pairs.
Journey Teaching Artist
Journeys in the Read 360 Adventure focus on close readings of books and creative works in community with other writers. Think of it as a Girls Write Now book club!
Book Club: Page to Stage is a Journey in the Read 360 Adventure.
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