It felt like the creative control I had in theatre but 10 We were traveling all over the world teaching others how to incorporate these creativeĪrts into children’s ministries, and I loved it. It was right in my sweet spot with my theatre background and creativity. I loved creating things for kids, producing mini-shows, Reynolds took on a more serious subject for his book Back of the Bus. Obviously at some point you started writing. I had never worked with kidsĪnd had never written anything at that point. A paid position came open, so I took a chanceĪnd left culinary school one semester shy of graduating. Time was a world leader in using creative arts to teach children about the Bible. I had begun volunteering in the children’s ministry program, which at that
I was in culinary school, we were heavily involved in a megachurch in the northwest I love cooking, so I thought this would be a creative alternative. That’s normally what starving actors do when they change careers. Having a family and I started thinking about alternatives. And it was at a point where it was just exhausting and we were thinking about We’d run out over lunch to audition, rehearse at nightĪnd on weekends, do shows on weekends, get home at three in the morning, rinse and I were getting steady work as actors and singers and dancers, but we were still workingĭay jobs to make ends meet. I got an internship with the Steppenwolf Theatre my I was going to study theatre, move to New York and star on Broadway. When you came to Illinois Wesleyan from the St. Letters he received from publishers (not that he was counting). Reflect just some of the talents Reynolds honed as an IWU music-theatre major.Īfter his presentation, the Chicago-based writer talked about how he went from performingĪrtist to children’s author and how he managed to persevere through the 390 rejection The silly accents, dialects and audience participation, including costume changes, His presentation for kids is part celebrity appearance, part stand-up comedy routine. Reynolds is the author of 30 children’sīooks, including New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Honor book Creepy Carrots. Visually interesting than the local DMV, Aaron Reynolds ’92 has the crowd of childrenĪnd their parents hanging on his every word. Standing at the front of a public library’s community room that’s only slightly more His book Creepy Carrots is an award-winning bestseller. Story by KIM HILL Reynolds uses his blog and social media such as this Instagram photo to build excitementįor his visits to schools and libraries. His theatre background into success as a children’s author. From IWU Magazine, Summer 2014 From Stage to Page Fueled by a passion to create, Aaron Reynolds ’92 parlayed
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