Limelight: Curtain Up on Poetry Comics! -- Renée M. Latulippe, Hardcover

A clever kids' graphic novel featuring a unique collection of theater-inspired poems, told in 3 acts that chronicle a musical, from auditions to opening night!

Young thespian fans of Theater Camp and Better Nate Than Ever will cherish this love letter to theater and theater production. Enjoy the show!

An appealing combination of fun comic illustrations and verse, Limelight is a collection in 3 acts and takes place during the mounting of a middle-school musical theater production. From auditions to rehearsals to the drama of opening night, this genre busting, poetry graphic novel gives voice to all things theater.

Script's Tips
Dear actors, advice:
be perfect, precise--
say what the playwright wrote!

Throw in some spice,
some fire and ice,
but please, don't overemote.

Personification of the script, the rehearsal piano, the dressing room mirror and more, these fresh and funny poems prove that all the world's indeed a stage in this unprecedented middle-grade graphic novel.

Back matter includes information on poetic forms and theater terms to further enhance the reading.

Author: Renée M. Latulippe
Publisher: Charlesbridge Moves
Published: 10/28/2025
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781623541422
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2025

About the Author
Renée LaTulippe is a poet and editor who also enjoys producing educational content online. She has a BFA in acting and directing from Marymount Manhattan College and an MA in English Education from NYU. Her poems have been published in several anthologies, among them No World Too Big, Night Wishes, School People, One Minute Till Bedtime and ThankU: Poems of Gratitude. She lives by the sea in Italy with her husband and three children.

Chuck Gonzales is a multifaceted author-illustrator who also works with advertising. He has illustrated many books, book series, and book covers, among them A'Camping We Will Gomez!, The Aguados On Ice!, and Elena Eco-Hero. He currently splits his time between Providence, Rhode Island, and Brooklyn, New York.
https: //chuckgonzales.com