Fairy Tales for Free

When the coronavirus pandemic rang down the curtain on their slated production of “Alice in Wonderland,” the Boston College students in Luke Jorgensen’s Theatre for Youth course wanted to ensure that, somehow, a show would go on for their audience of local K-3 students.

The 16-member cast pivoted their plans, instead making home videos of themselves telling their favorite fairy tales, which Jorgensen—an associate professor of the practice and assistant chair of the Boston College Theatre Department—shared with teachers at the nine area schools at which the class was scheduled to perform this spring, including two on-campus locations: BC's Child Care Center and Campus School.

Read the article "The show must go on" written by Rosanne Pellegrini, Office of University Communications