Saturday Morning Live! Presents: Writing Stories! Wowser Bowser!

Schedule

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:45 am

UTC-04:00

Location

The National Theatre | Washington, DC

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Adventures in Time! The Time Travel Series for Kids returns with an interactive musical about two icons of Washington, DC history!
About this Event

About the Show

Adventures in Time! The Time Travel Series invites you on an interactive, musical journey into the past. Writing Stories! Wowser Bowser! introduces you to Washington, DC icons Helen Hayes and Benjamin Banneker. Learn about their important contributions and discover how to write your own stories. Written by Duncan Hood, Mathew Johnson, and Gale Nemec.


Time and Place

Performances will take place at 10am on Saturday, March14th and March 28th in the Helen Hayes Gallery of The National Theatre, located at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004. Children will be encouraged to sit on rainbow mats on the floor and parents to sit in chairs behind.


Tickets and Donations

Registration is FREE but donations are welcome. In the event of a sellout, please feel free to join the waitlist; we also accept walk-ups, pending the availability of space.


Audience

This performance is ideal for children ages 3-6 but all are welcome!


Accessibility

This performance will be ASL-interpreted. The space is wheelchair accessible.


About the Artists

It’s Back! The Bea & the Bug!HoneyBea™ BungleBug ™ and DragonFly ™, with their two best friends, traveled back in time and met so many people in American history. Now, the show has a new name… Adventures in Time! The Ultimate Time Travel Series for Kids! And it’s here for you. Adventures in Time! is the brain-child of visionary actor, writer, songwriter, music producer, and children's book author Gale Nemec. Visit www.AitTVWeb.fun for more information.


About Saturday Morning Live!:

Saturday Morning Live! is a program of The National Theatre Foundation made possible by The Jacqueline Badger Mars Next Generation Fund. A small donation goes a long way to helping us grow this program while keeping it accessible. Visit nationaltheatre.org/saturday-morning-live to learn more.

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The National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States

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