Fresh on the heels of performing at the New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), Taproot Theatre’s Road Company begins a new season of touring educational plays to schools throughout the Pacific Northwest at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 when it performs “Alexander and the Dragon” at Maywood Hills Elementary in Bothell.

Now in its 25th year of touring social-issues plays to schools, the Road Company will be spending this year focused on bullying and violence prevention. The plays are guided by some of the leading curricula on the topics, Committee for Children’s “Steps to Respect” and “Second Step” programs. In addition to teaching students how to respond to bullying, the plays also teach students important lessons aimed at preventing harassment before it even starts.

The Road Company has performed for more than one million students since it began touring social-issues plays in 1985.