April 2025

Special “guests” will be returning to Fort Bend County Libraries’ George Memorial Library in April for National Poetry Month! Library visitors will have an opportunity to interact with some of their favorite poets in a theatrical experience that is sure to delight poetry lovers of all ages!

“Walking in Verse: An Interactive Poetry Experience” is an immersive live-performance event that will take place on Saturday, April 26, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, at George Memorial Library in Richmond.

Actors from The Live Oak Playhouse will portray iconic poets, such as Emily Dickenson, Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Phillis Wheatley, Helen Beatrix Potter, Frederic Ogden Nash, Sara Teasdale, James Baldwin, and more. Children will even have an opportunity to meet Mother Goose and be treated to some rhyming fun!

Ongoing performances will rotate and take place simultaneously in the lobby and the 2nd-floor landing of the library. While alternating turns in the spotlight, the actors will bring the poets to life, recite their poetry, and interact with visitors who will be able to converse with them as if they were speaking to the poets themselves!

Throughout the event, enjoy Tea Time with the poets in Room 2C and visit with local poet Melissa McEver Huckabay!

The Live Oak Playhouse is a nonprofit community-theater group, based in Missouri City, that is dedicated to enriching the lives of their audiences by presenting entertaining, thought-provoking experiences, first-hand involvement, and arts education.

Directed by Stacy A. Bakri, the strolling players bring a variety of acting experiences to the theater group, forming a kaleidoscope of passions and visions that evolve and transform the group into a living, ever-changing masterpiece.

Made possible by the Friends of the George Memorial Library, this event is free and open to the public.