Performances > Ketchup, Riddles, and Wacky Monkeys | It's Fun to Write | Who Am I?

Who am I? What am I feeling? How do my emotions fit in with other people and their feelings? The Children’s Voices Theatre production Who Am I encourages K-6 students—through the voices of their peers—to explore these questions. The performance includes acting, mime, clowning, juggling, and audience participation. Students lean forward as they intently watch a Chinese ribbon dance interpretation of a fourth-grade student’s poem called “My Sides.” They laugh uproariously at Michael and Marv’s slapstick hijinks in “Inner Riddle.” They enjoy the interaction of a father and son sharing breakfast in “Cheerios,” and they ponder poems about shyness, anger, silliness, love, and loneliness. While Who Am I is highly entertaining, it also helps students to develop resiliency by learning to identify and share feelings and make conscious choices. The Who Am I study guide provides follow-up activities that include writing, performing, and discussion. Help your students realize they can be—in the words of one of the student poets featured in the show—“Proud to Be Me.”

In addition to our 50-minute K-6 show, we also offer a shorter version tailored for pre-K through grade 2 audiences.

Submit poems and stories in advance, and we will include student writing from your school in the performance!

Other Children’s Voices Theatre performances include It’s Fun to Write and Ketchup, Riddles, and Wacky Monkeys.

"Humorous, lively, thoughtful, and inspirational! Michael and Marv, with their many talents, made the emotions and stories come alive. My students couldn't wait to get back to their own writing!"
—Pat Reynolds, fourth grade teacher, Sharon Elementary School, Sharon, Vermont

“Who Am I makes children more aware of their feelings and shows that feelings can be expressed in many ways—using humor, body movements, and music, as well as with words. It makes sharing emotions more real and less “heavy” than simply talking about them.”
—Megan Culp, Guidance Counselor, Hartland Elementary School, Hartland, Vermont