InterAct Story Theatre

FINAL DAY! One more program today at our 9th Annual KidStory Theatre Festival, Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m.—A theatrical celebration of stories written by kids for kids for kids and families. Thank you to our community members who joined us yesterday at InterAct’s Wheaton Family Theatre Series for our Season 11 finale at Highland Elementary School, 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902. FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed. Best for ages 4 and up. www.interactstory.com/wheaton • •

About the program:
All year long, InterAct Story Theatre artists create stories with kids, and invite them to share their epic stories with us. This May, we’re choosing some of our favorite stories written by kids, as we present a series of short plays and stories performed by our InterActors. Best for ages 4 and up.

TODAY! Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. Wheaton Family Theatre Series presents a theatrical celebration of stories written by kids for kids in our 9th Annual KidStory Theatre Festival! A FREE event for kids and families. Two performances at Highland Elementary School, 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902: Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m. FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed. Best for ages 4 and up. www.interactstory.com/wheaton • •

About the program:
All year long, InterAct Story Theatre artists create stories with kids, and invite them to share their epic stories with us. This May, we’re choosing some of our favorite stories written by kids, as we present a series of short plays and stories performed by our InterActors. We can't wait to show you what the kids have dreamed up! Best for ages 4 and up.

THIS WEEKEND: Our 11th Season of InterAct Story Theatre's Wheaton Family Theatre Series presents our KidStory Theatre Festival. A theatrical celebration of stories written by kids for kids! Two performances at Highland Elementary School, 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902: Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m. FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed! www.interactstory.com/wheaton • •

We're choosing some of our favorite stories written by kids, as we present a series of short plays and stories performed by our InterActors. Best for ages 4 and up.

MEET OUR ACTORS! InterAct Story Theatre would like to introduce you to Hannah Chester, Brian Lloyd Jimenez, Tia Nellie, and Melissa "Max" Shohet at our 9th Annual KidStory Theatre Festival!. InterAct Story Theatre’s Wheaton Family Theatre Series, for kids and families, returns to Highland Elementary School this Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m. FREE and OPEN to the public. Come join us for a theatrical celebration of stories by our favorite authors: kids! We can't wait to show you what the kids have dreamed up! 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902. https://www.interactstory.com/wheaton Best for ages 4 and up.

• Hannah Chester (she/her) is thrilled to be joining InterAct for KidStory Theatre Festival! She is a local actor and dancer in the area and hopes you enjoy the show!

• Brian Lloyd Jimenez (he/him)loves playing pretend and visiting imaginary worlds, and he's excited to do it at the KidStory Theatre Festival for the first time. He dedicates this performance to his new nephew, Cy, who he can't wait to play pretend with soon!

• Tia Nellie (she/her) is an actor, playwright, and multidisciplinary creative from Baltimore, Maryland. She is so excited to make her debut with InterAct through the fun Kidstory Theatre Festival plays! Instagram:

• Melissa "Max" Shohet (they/them) is a member of the Theatre Washington 2026 Mentorship Cohort, and proud alum of the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Johns Hopkins University, and many a library story time. They can't wait to join InterAct Story Theatre in giving back to the DMV community and bringing real children' s stories to life (now with 100% more dinosaurs and chocolate gorillas)!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! We appreciate all of our communities who have helped InterAct Story Theatre in our belief that Arts are for everyone, and everyone learns through the arts! If you would still like to donate but did not have a chance to yesterday, our site will still be open on the Spur Local Give Greater DC site https://www.givegreaterdc.org/o/interact-story-theatre through May 31st or visit interactstory.com and click on the donate button on our own website.

With your help, InterAct Story Theatre can continue to pursue our mission of fostering learning and growth through the arts and expanding access to arts opportunities across the area.

Only a few hours left to help us reach our goal! By helping us raise $5,000 this May, you help us provide arts and education opportunities for more children throughout the area–you help us ensure that children can learn and thrive through the arts. If you'd like to support InterAct's mission through this fundraiser, get started by visiting this link: https://www.givegreaterdc.org/o/interact-story-theatre

Thank you for your support!

Thank you to our community of supporters who are helping us in our mission today, May 12th as Spur Local hosts the Give Greater DC day! …And we are not done yet! If you'd like to support InterAct's mission through this fundraiser, get started by visiting this link: https://www.givegreaterdc.org/o/interact-story-theatre

Our goal is to raise $5,000.00 by 11:59 p.m. and we need your help to do it! If you would like to donate to our mission, any amount helps, but we also appreciate those who share this message and help us spread the word. Here are just a few things your support makes possible:

1. InterAct’s Arts Education Programs in Schools! We create and conduct engaging arts education programs in schools and communities throughout the region, designed to promote learning for scholars of all ages in Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, and more through the arts.

2. InterAct’s Wheaton Family Theatre Series Season 12! The Wheaton Family Theatre Series presents monthly performances in a wide variety of art forms. All events are free and open to the public thanks to generous support from the Maryland State Arts Council, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, local businesses, and YOU!

3. InterAct’s KidStory Theatre Festival! Each year, InterAct artists work with thousands of children in schools across the area, devising original stories and plays. The best of the best become part of our annual KidStory Theatre Festival, in which the children’s stories become short plays performed by professional actors. In many cases, schools and school systems are able to pay only a portion of the costs--the rest of the costs are subsidized by grants and by donors like you.

By helping us raise $5,000 this day, you help us provide arts and education opportunities for more children throughout the area–you help us ensure that children can learn and thrive through the arts. Thank you for your support!

Join Give Greater DC day! Help InterAct Story Theatre’s mission to create meaningful, accessible, interactive theatre and arts learning experiences for kids and the people who love them! Get started by visiting this link: https://www.givegreaterdc.org/o/interact-story-theatre if you'd like to support InterAct's mission through this fundraiser hosted by Spur Local. Help us celebrate people making a meaningful difference in the DMV.

Today is the day! InterAct Story Theatre celebrates Give Greater DC on Tuesday, May 12, a day of fundraising throughout the DMV. With your help, InterAct Story Theatre can continue to pursue our mission of fostering learning and growth through the arts and expanding access to arts opportunities across the area.

Our goal is to raise $5,000.00 by 11:59 p.m.tonight, and we need your help to do it! If you'd like to support InterAct's mission through this fundraiser, get started by visiting this link: https://www.givegreaterdc.org/o/interact-story-theatre

On May 12th, Spur Local hosts the Give Greater DC day to celebrate people making a meaningful difference in the DMV.

If you'd like to support InterAct's mission through this fundraiser, get started by visiting this link: https://www.givegreaterdc.org/o/interact-story-theatre

By helping us raise $5,000 on May 12, you help us provide arts and education opportunities for more children throughout the area–you help us ensure that children can learn and thrive through the arts. Thank you for your support!