Perks Season 6 Ep. 119 | Andrew Harris | A Playground of Empathy | 1-19-22

This week’s episode features Andrew Harris, the producing artistic director at Stage One, a performing arts organization for children in our city. If you live in Louisville, you have either attended a Stage One production as a child or as the parent of a child, and the shows are always magical. Andrew chats with us about his career in theater, the unique attributes of children’s shows, and why children’s theater is essential to adult theater.

Stage One has a couple upcoming plays, which we discuss in this episode: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Fly at the end of January and early February and Dragons Love Tacos in March and April. Of course, with Omicron, things could change, so be sure to contact Stage One directly for updates.

Books mentioned--
1- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
2- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
3- Jamie Whatever by Keith McGill
4- Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly by Y. York
5- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
8- The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gordichec
9- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (audiobook and real book)
10- Circe by Madeline Miller
11- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
12- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
13- The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher