STEM Like a Girl is excited to partner with the Oregon Children’s Theatre this fall for their production of Me…Jane, The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall. This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series aims to introduce you to a younger version of Jane Goodall that you may not know about. Check out our previous post featuring her life, research, and conservation efforts that have shaped how we view chimpanzees.
With the wind in her hair, she read and reread the books about Tarzan of the Apes, in which another girl, also named Jane, lived in the jungles of Africa.
10-year-old Jane Goodall and her sidekick Jubilee (a stuffed monkey doll) journey no further than their quaint, English backyard. In Jane’s daydreams, however, they eat breakfast on the Sahara, feel the ground shake during the Great Migration on the Serengeti, and smell the air on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
Commissioned by the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, childhood imagination leads the way in this musical portrayal of Jane’s lifelong love of animals, starting with backyard chickens, hungry squirrels, and neighborhood dogs. Defying expectations of what girls “should” do, Jane’s natural curiosity leads her (and Jubilee) all the way to the land of her dreams: living amongst the chimpanzees in the jungles of Africa.
“Me…Jane is a teaching moment for adults, an encouraging story for kids, and a heartening tale of the potential locked within us all…”
–DC Metro Theater Arts
The Big Ideas
– Curiosity can lead to important discoveries.
– Observing the natural world helps you learn about yourself and others.
– Achieving your goals requires perseverance.
Me…Jane will run on Saturday’s and Sunday’s from October 19th – November 17th at the Oregon Children’s Theatre. Click the image below for show details, schedule, and ticket information. STEM Like a Girl will be hosting a fun kids activity in the lobby before select shows so stop by and do some Sound Science with us!
