A Class Act – Acting for Young People and Adults, Inc.  

For more information about the tour or booking information, contact Candice Carter

at (703) 554-4931or email to Candice@actingforyoungpeople.com

Learn all about AFYP’s new touring branch:  AFYP Stages

Sponsored by
the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts
and
LUCY 8 PRODUCTIONS

Presents:

STREET SMART: THE ADVENTURES OF POLLY PEDESTRIAN

A high-energy, entertaining play about traffic safety with a serious message 
for children of all ages

Coming soon to a school near you!

STREET SMART: THE ADVENTURES OF POLLY PEDESTRIAN

ENTERTAINS AND TEACHES KIDS

LIFE SAVING MESSAGES ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, pedestrians are hit every seven minutes each day. Surely there must be a way to teach our children about being traffic savvy, whether on foot or on a bicycle. Lisa Nanni-Messegee and Mary Lechter are in the business of doing just that. 

“Mary and I saw a great need for an Issues and Awareness touring program in this rapidly developing Northern Virginia region. We believe that an entertaining play about traffic safety for kids is not a luxury — but a necessity,” says Writer / Director / Co-Producer Nanni-Messegee. 

Nanni-Messegee has teamed up with Lechter, who runs A Class Act - Acting for Young People and Adults, Inc. (AFYP,) an established and highly reputable training program for young actors based in Fairfax , Virginia . Together, they are launching a new professional touring branch of their company that will develop plays that cover important issues for children and will take them on the road to local schools. Their first play, titled Street Smart: The Adventures of Polly Pedestrian is already slated for a premiere public performance in the Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts festival. The performance will take place on May 5, 2007 at 11:00am in Old Town Hall , 3999 University Drive , Fairfax , VA.  

Nanni-Messegee explains that this play is not your typical dry delivery of traffic safety information. “The play is very high energy. Polly, the heroine, is also really eccentric. She’s thirteen, with magenta colored hair and she wants to start a band. When she causes a classmate to get hit by a car she feels like a fugitive. She finds a friend in Ricardo, a very cavalier raccoon; think of him as a fur-bearing Antonio Banderas.” Nanni-Messegee adds that other authority figures present positive role models in the play including a police officer, teachers and good neighbors.

The lessons learned in Street Smart: The Adventures of Polly Pedestrian are not limited to pedestrians. Older children riding bicycles will benefit from some useful tips. “Beyond traffic safety, the play even delves into issues like taking responsibility for one’s own actions, the repercussions of stealing and having compassion for others,” says Lechter. “This play can affect kids of all ages and on a variety of levels.” 

For more information about the tour or booking information, contact Candice Carter

at (703) 554-4931
or Candice@actingforyoungpeople.com