From the Artist
Hey! My name is Amanda, and I draw pictures for fun and profit. I'm 25 years old and currently reside in Lancaster, PA, where I just received a shiny new BFA in illustration from Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. I love vegan cupcakes and baby animals and I hate it when people shuffle aimlessly in front of you while you're trying to walk someplace.
My work runs the gamut material-wise; my weapons of choice are ink and watercolor, but I also work digitally, and on occasion will break out gouache, acrylics, colored pencil, pastel, and graphite. In terms of subject matter, I straddle the line between the cute and the creepy. I love both, and try to meld them together into one oddly whimsical fusion genre when I can. If you sit me down in front of a blank sheet of paper and tell me to draw, I will probably make you a pudgy girl in cute underwear, possibly with a cat on her head, because that, apparently, is how I roll.
At this point in my career as a fledgling illustrator, I've done work for a few companies, taken part in the creation of 3 murals around Lancaster city, done some commissioned pieces for individuals, and in 2007 I was accepted into the Society of Illustrators student competition. Not too shabby so far, I think. Onward and upward!
Chicken Little on the Farm by Tom Width and Paul Deiss
April 9 – May 11, 2012 10:15 a.m. & 12:00 noon
Grades Pre-K - 2 • $9.75/$8.75 group rate
It’s Springtime in the barnyard, and Chicken Little has just found out that the sky didn’t really fall – that was just an acorn that hit him on the head last Autumn. ...and now that acorn is growing into something much bigger. In fact, the entire barnyard is full of growing things: baby plants, and baby animals, too. Join Chicken Little and his friends on the farm for some fun!
English - K1, K8, 1.1, 2.1
History – K4, 1.4, 1.7, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9
(Approximately 45 mins.)
History – VS.2, VS.9, VS.10, USI.2, USII.2
English – 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 6.2, 6.4, 7.3, 8.5, 9.1, 9.5, 10.6, 11.6
(Approximately 2 hours)
All prices include a
pizza lunch (except Full Length Productions)
Group rate applies to 20 or more · One free ticket for each 20 tickets purchased · Theatre only option
Reservations Please Call (804) 748-5203 Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Keep On The Sunny Side by Douglas Pote
October 7, 14, 21, 2011 • 10:15 a.m. (no lunch)
Grades 5 - 12 • $12.50
The full-length production of our mainstage show is available to your students at a very special price. Virginia’s musical history is brought vividly to life in this story of the first family of country music, the Carters. Book early for best seating.
Drifty’s Snowball Soup by Paul Deiss
November 28 - December 21, 2011 • Grades Pre-K - 2
10:15 a.m. & 12:00 noon (12:30 p.m. Sat.) • $9.75/$8.75 group rate
Drifty the Snowman is back, and he’s serving up a big bowl fun! After all, snow makes everything taste better, right? Join our North Pole family as we celebrate this holiday tradition at Swift Creek Mill.
English - K1, K8, 1.1, 2.1 (Approximately 45 minutes)
Tuskegee Peanut Man: The Inventions of George Washington Carver
by Tom Width and Paul Deiss
February 6 - March 2, 2012 (no performance February 22)
10:15 a.m. and 12:00 noon • Grades 3 - 7 • $9.75/$8.75 group rate
He was much more than just a peanut man! His counsel was sought by the likes of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, but he chose to make his career at the famous Tuskegee Institute, creating everything from lamp oil and plastics to cosmetics and medicines. An amazing man, and a fascinating story to celebrate Black History Month.
History – 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 3.11, USII.4, USII 5, USII.6, CE.11, CE.12
English – 2.2, 3.1, 3.5
(Approximately 45 minutes)
The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow from the Alfred Hitchcock film
Fridays, January 27 and February 3, 2012 10:15 a.m. (no lunch)
Grades 5 - 12 •
$12.50
Our mainstage production of this comic masterpiece is available for just two student performances at a special price. Based on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film of the same name, this show takes theatricality and invention to new heights. Drama students will take particular joy in the creativity of this dynamic production. Book early!
English – 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 6.2, 6.4, 7.3, 8.5, 9.1, 9.5, 10.6, 11.6
(Approximately 2 hours)
Tom Width
Artistic Director
sponsored by WACHOVIA/ WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION