Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Puss In Boots by Bits N Pieces Puppet Theatre
Bits 'N Pieces Puppet Theatre presents their own musical adaptation of “The Master Cat,” one of the fairy tales collected by French storyteller Charles Perrault in The Mother Goose Tales in 1697. Puss in Boots plots to change young Nat the Miller's son from a paw-per to an aristo-cat. The magical talking cat learns honesty is the best policy and good deeds are rewarded, as he helps Nat rescue the kidnapped Princess Penny Candy from a wicked ogre -- and they all are purrfectly happy ever after.
Intended Audience: PreK-4th grade
Thematic Connections: Literature, Reading, Language, Folktales
Performance Time: 55 minutes
Wednesday - Thursday, October 22nd & 23rd, 2008 - Performing in area schools*
Sticks N' Stones by Lyle Cogan
A New Show by Lyle Cogen about life skills and social responsibility among children on the playground, on the school bus, at lunchtime, or anytime of the day. As children grow, they must learn how to deal with gossiping, teasing, being laughed at, name calling, and stigmas. Developing one's own sense of confidence, social responsibility, and tolerance is paramount if children are to grow into our next responsible generation. This performance provides an accessible approach that teachers can use to share and teach about society's ethics. Sticks & Stones is a musical theatre performance that that explores these crucial social issues by taking the audience on a journey of vignettes through song, poetry and monologue. Songs are woven together with poetry and narrative to form a storyline that will enlighten, entertain and move students to notice negative behaviors such as teasing and bullying, and take action. Please inquire for complete content of each performance. A 35 page Teacher's Guide and show information is available. Please make reservations early for this outreach production to come to your school.
Intended Audience: K-2 and 3-6.
Thematic Connections: Poetry, Folktales, Literature, Speech, Humor
Performance Time: 1 hour
*Please call to request this on-site performance at your school (Scioto County schools only).
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 10 a.m., 12 p.m.
Beatrix Potter's "The Tailor of Glouchester" by TheatreIV
What a treat it is to discover a holiday classic by Beatrix Potter. When a poppycock mayor orders a cherry-colored coat for his Christmas wedding, the poor Tailor of Gloucester works his fingers to the bone. All goes well until the tailor realizes he lacks the piece of twisted silk needed to sew on the final button. He gives his last coin to Simpkin, his faithful pet cat, confident that he will set out into the snow to purchase the much-needed "twist." But it is Christmas Eve, that one blessed night when animals are granted the gift of speech. And so, before story's end, we hear not only from Simpkin, but also from all of the mice he has trapped beneath teacups for his holiday feast-well-dressed mice that have benefited for years from the tailor's elegant scraps. Natural enemies become steadfast friends, and all work together to complete a coat that leaves the bedazzled Mayor-and Simpkin and his mice-speechless for a miraculously happy ending on Christmas Day.
Intended Audience: Grades K - 5th grade
Thematic Connections: Art, Folk Tales, Mythology, Language, Literary Classic, History, Music, Reading
Performance Time: 55 minutes
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
If You Give a Pig a Pancake and Other Story Books by TheatreWorksUSA
A bright and bouncy new musical revue based on your students' favorite books including: Diary of a Worm, Fluffy the Classroom Guinea Pig, Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores, How I Became a Pirate, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Lilly's Big Day, Paper Bag Princess, and more!
Intended Audience: PreK - 4th grade
Thematic Connections: Literature based, Communication and Language Arts, Music, Multi-Cultural Relationships, and families.
Performance Time: 55 minutes
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Four Score and Seven Years Ago by ArtsPower
To young Lemuel, who has escaped slavery in Georgia, life in Gettysburg is everything he had dreamed it would be. His ideas about the North and the South, as well as what it means to be a free man, are challenged, however, when he unexpectedly befriends Jacob, a young Confederate soldier. The two men may be of different races and on different sides of the Civil War, but they have much to teach each other about bravery and loyalty in ArtsPower's exciting and suspenseful musical.
Intended Audience: 3rd - 8th grade
Curriculum Connections: Family Relationships, Historical, Language/Communications Skills, Multi-Cultural, Musical, Values-Based
Performance Time: 55 minutes