WEEKEND: PT Shorts celebrates nerdy kids with reading

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 2; “Saturday” and “Sunday” refer to Aug. 3 and 4.

PORT TOWNSEND — “Nerdy Kids Rock” is the title of this Saturday night’s PT Shorts, the monthly literary reading presented by Key City Public Theatre.

Admission is free to this all-ages performance at 7:30 p.m. at the Pope Marine Building, 603 Water St.

In this hourlong reading,

13-year-old Kaya Wiant is the featured actor.

“The Math Book,” a tale of an awkward 14-year-old who gets hold of a magic tome, is her story to fill the first half.

Then comes Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time — just the first chapter — and another look inside teenagers’ lives.

Joining Kaya to bring these stories to life are Sebastian Bowerman as the 5-year-old Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle, and Key City actors Michelle Hensel, Michelle Stay, Peter Wiant and Catherine McNabb.

For details about PT Shorts and other Key City presentations, see www.KeyCityPublicTheatre.org.

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