Kids Culture 10.02.14

“Mockingbird” Auditions

Aspiring actors ages 8 to 12 have been invited to audition for the Bay Street Theater’s Literature Live! production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Monday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The theater is looking for children to fill the roles of Scout, a precocious 6-year-old girl, her smart and athletic 12-year-old brother, Jem, who has a tense relationship with his father, Atticus Finch, the play’s lead character, and Dill, the siblings’ playmate who is described as “wise beyond his years.”

Auditions have already been held for the adult roles. This is an Actors Equity production, and all actors will be paid. The play will be staged during the day for some school groups, so actors will miss some school, but almost all rehearsals will be in the after-school hours. The play will be staged at Bay Street from Nov. 5 through 29. Rehearsals are to begin early next week. Joe Minutillo will direct the production.

Cowgirls Theater

Kate Mueth and the Neo-Political Cowgirls are herding up girls 8 to 15 for a Cowgirls Theater Company that will gather at Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater on seven Saturdays and a Sunday starting this week from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Using journaling and improvisational movement exercises and games, participants will create, design, and direct their own theater pieces that will be performed for family and friends on Nov. 24. The cost is $225 per student, or $200 for members of Guild Hall. Advance registration has been requested by phone or email to [email protected].

Also on Saturday, Guild Hall will offer a sand painting and collage art workshop for kids 5 to 11. Young artists will tour the museum’s Robert Motherwell exhibition, learn about some of his techniques, and then use them to make their own works of art, with autumn as their inspiration. The class runs from 2 to 2:45 p.m. and costs $10, or $8 for members of the museum.

Anti-Bullying Art Contest

Artists in kindergarten through 12th grade, get your supplies out and start working. Joyce Raimondo’s Imagine That! Art Education is seeking submissions for an anti-bully art contest throughout the month of October.

Kids have been challenged to create a work of art that illustrates teamwork, the opposite of bullying. All works should be in color and can include a slogan or saying. There will be prizes for contestants in kindergarten through second grade and third through sixth grade. First-place winners will also see their art published as Imagine That! greeting cards.Finished submissions should be scanned or photographed and emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Imagine That! Art Education, P.O. Box. 419, Amagansett 11930, along with the name and grade of the artist and a parent or teacher’s email address and phone number. Winners will be selected by a team of professional artists and educators and will be announced by Dec. 1.

Dinosaur Story and Craft

Argentinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex. Kids can spend some time with their favorite extinct creatures on Saturday afternoon at the Amagansett Library as they listen to a dinosaur story and create dinosaur puppets. The program begins at 3:30 p.m.

On Sunday, as children begin to gear up for Halloween, the library will host the first in a series of three costume workshops for first through third graders at 2 p.m., this one focusing on wands. Participants will make wings on Oct. 12 and caps on Oct. 19. All materials will be provided free of charge, but advance registration has been requested.

Beach Memory Jars

Nicole Cummings of the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will lead kids on beach walks on Saturday to gather items for a beach memory jar. A walk for those 3 to 5 is planned for 10 a.m.; kids 6 to 8 will comb the sands at 2 p.m. Kids will learn about what they find and where it came from as they gather their items. The meeting place can be learned by calling the museum. There is a $4 materials fee for the program.

Behold the MakerBot

The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will show kids how to use its MakerBot 3-D printer during two sessions this week. Kids 12 and up will get an intro to the design software and the printer on Saturday at 2 p.m. Workshops for kids 7 to 12 will be held on Wednesday and again on Nov. 5, both at 4 p.m.