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Ignition Arts creates new work & new ways of working Ignition Arts is a nonprofit arts organization now entering its 21st season.
We actively engage with our communities, cultivate necessary new work, and foster collaboration across all genres of art and change-making. Whether it's a play reading, a podcast, or personal transformation, we invite you to stART something. To learn more, visit ignitionarts.org.
01/02/2026
We are so excited to announce our first title of 2026:
A Quest for Lily
by & .cat.art
Lily knows it’s time for a quest, but where do you begin when you are searching for yourself? Join Lily in this feminist fairytale in which a child journeys into the uncharted unknown to chart the unknown journey to herself.
“A Quest for Lily is a whimsical and thoughtful tale that reminds us all to stay curious—about each other, the word around us, and ourselves.”
— (Associate Professor, Theatre for Young Audiences,
Now available wherever books are sold!
What can you do?
📖Request it to your library
🌀Donate it to your child’s school.
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12/09/2025
Looking for a meaningful gift & want to ?
Check out all of Ignition Arts’ new releases!
Collaborations with (NJ), (Chicago), (NY), .cat.art (ND) &
And this is only the beginning!
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🤦🏻♀️A is for Anxiety: a parenting primer with
🌊The Ocean of Emotion: a little book of big feelings with
🌀Check-In: a little book to practice presence with
🌈The Wonder in Alice: a love letter to language with
Book of Wonder with
✨A Quest for Lily with .cat.art
🎨 How to Dramadoodle: a creativity workbook with
12/02/2025
✨Book of Wonder✨
A book and a musical? At the same time?
Join the journey of this piece’s development by being the first to receive the printed book.
Are you an artist? Are you an educator? We have a particular offering coming up that we can’t wait to share so…
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12/01/2025
“Clever evocative rhymes and images pair beautifully in this book which reads like a work of art. It’s a brilliant resource for parents, caregivers, therapists and teachers of all kinds, as well as a reminder of the beauty and power of the ocean of the ocean of emotion we all carry us.” - M.Ed., CCLS
Created by & for little humans who experience big feelings (as well as the rest of us who are still learning to ride the tides!)
So what are you waiting for?
Dive in!
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🌊 The Ocean of Emotion: a little book of big emotions.
Drawn from text from the O’Neill semifinalist musical, Lost Boys, The Ocean of Emotion explores complex emotions with rich imagery and expressive spreads.
Created by the consummately creative & , explore the gamut of emotions and help little hearts put words to big feelings in the process.
“A brilliant resource for parents, caregivers, therapists & teachers of all kinds.”
- M.Ed., CCLS
📚Order your copy today!
🎁Makes an excellent gift for a child, educator or family!
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📖You may have heard of a novel being adapted into a musical, but have you ever heard of a novel and musical developed simultaneously to mine the magic of both genres? 🎶
Welcome to
✨Book of Wonder ✨
by
Brennan & White brainstormed this musical concept in discussions with the incredible and went on to develop it in musical form with young people
In the absence of more in-person development, they spent a year developing the novel. Then, they were invited to develop the musical further with with the amazing and a wonderfully generous creative team.
Now, we are so excited to share that the book is available for purchase wherever books are sold.
Get yours today. Gift it to a friend. A story about the power of stories. A book-lovers quest.
Thank you to all the creative humans who brought the project this far. We cannot wait to see where this visionary concept goes next!
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Check-In: a little book to practice presence together was born of intense study of Lewis Carroll coupled with Linklater as well as the need to find a pocket-sized, easily transportable diversion.
Check-In is just that. Small enough for tiny hands, big enough to kill time until the food arrives. Stash one in the car or your bag so you and your child can remember to stay present and enjoy your precious time together when the world gets too crazy, chaotic and loud.
Release No. 2!
A is for Anxiety: a Primer for Parenting through the Apocalypse
With illustrations by the incredible
A children’s book for adults for anyone who has tried to parent during the dumpster fire of the last decade.
Grab a copy for yourself, ask your local liberal bookstore to order it in, or gift it to a parent-friend.
A reminder that you don’t have to navigate the end of the world alone. 💫
How to Dramadoodle: Activate your subconscious, Unlock creativity & Excavate meaning through play
Remember joy?
This 130-page full-color workbook is an invitation to reignite the creative flame within you. Meander its pages to brainstorm, wrestle with a project, develop a completely new idea.
One of our artists used it for personal healing, one to figure out the end of a play; one is working with it now to better understand the main character in her novel.
“The Dramadoodle workbook gave me the exact kind of guided freedom I needed.” - playwright
“Great for teachers, therapists, artists, creators of all types!” -, M.Ed., CCLS
Join the 4 people on Amazon who gave the book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, none of whom we are related to.
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