Mill Mountain Theatre's production of Aesop's Fables, adapted for stage by Director of Education, Anna Kimmell, connected the arts to literacy through a new partnership with Star City Reads and the Roanoke Public Libraries. Literacy is a current and critical issue in Roanoke, Virginia. Several public elementary schools last year failed to achieve accreditation standards because of weak student reading skills and low scores on standardized tests. The recent influx of immigran