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Student Matinees
Are you ready to plan your next field trip or homeschool excursion?
Let us help bring live theatre into your lesson plan!
These performances are written, designed, and scheduled with teachers in mind. Each show has a study guide that includes a list of related SOLs, a premade lesson plan, and study guide content that centers around the performance's content. Our parking lot is bus friendly and our theatre is fully ADA accessible.
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One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom
by Mike Wiley
Tells the true story of Henry "Box Brown, an African American who was born into slavery in 1816, in Louisa County Virginia. After Brown witnesses his wife and children taken from him and sold to another state, he reaches his breaking point and devises his escape plan. He would seal himself in a small wooden box, and mail himself to freedom in Philadelphia.
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$14 per ticket.
10/14/24 - 10/18/24, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
SOL - Grades 3+ History - 3.13, VS.1, VS.7, VS.8, VS.9, US.9, USII.1
Drifty's Snowball Soup
by Paul Deiss
Southern and sassy Miss Darla Bean televises a special edition from Santa's living room. When she discovers that Drifty has his own recipe for snowball soup, he achieves immediate celebrity status. The secret to his success..? Great friends who are there to spice things up, literally. Drifty's a handful in the kitchen but gets hands-on experience with measuring; teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, half-cups, etc.
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$14 per ticket.
12/02/24 - 12/06/24, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
12/09/24 - 12/13/24, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
12/16/24 - 12/20/24, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
SOL - Grades Pre-K - 5 English - K1, K.2, K.3, K.8, K.9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1 2.2, 2.3, 2.8, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 Math - K.1, K.2, K.3, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
The Diary of Anne Frank
by By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Wendy Kesselman has newly adapted this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama, and the result is an even deeper exploration of a Jewish family's claustrophobic existence during World War II. Heartwarming, honest, and Impassioned.
$18 per ticket.
1/28/25, 1/31/25, 2/4/25, 2/6/25, 2/7/25, 2/11/25
2/12/25, 2/13/25, 2/14/25
All Youth performances for this show start at 10:15
Please note, this show will not be edited or condensed from the full Mainstage production.
SOL - Theater Arts - 6.23, 6.24, 6.25 English - 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.9, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.4, 10.5, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 12.1, 12.2, 12.5, 12.6 History - USII..8
Awesome Aesop
by Paul Deiss
“The Monkey King,” “The Country Mouse
and the City Mouse,” “The Fox and the
Grapes,” and the classic story of “The
Boy Who Cried Wolf” are told under
the watchful eye of Aesop himself, who
teaches the meaning of his legendary
tales. Each of these fables offers a lesson
in the wisdom that will have your students
saying, “Wow! Aesop really is awesome!”
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$14 per ticket.
03/24/25 - 03/28/25, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
03/31/25 - 04/04/25, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
04/07/25 - 04/11/25, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
04/14/25 - 04/18/25, 10:15 am & 12:00 pm
SOL - Grades Pre-K – 5 English - K1, K.2, K.3, K.8, K.9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1 2.2, 2.3, 2.8, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5
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