Field Trips & Activities

Theatreworks USA production of

El Mago de Oz (The Wizard of Oz)

Tuesday, November 1, 10:45 am
Grades 1-4
In this new musical loosely based on ""The Wizard of Oz,"" Dora feels like she’s caught between two worlds: on one hand, she is expected to embrace the Latino family traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation, but she also wants to be a contemporary American teenager… She sometimes thinks she’s trapped between a pinto bean and a cheeseburger. Dora can’t figure out where she fits in, and she longs for a place where she can forge her own identity. On the eve of her coming of age quinceañera, a mysterious woman disrupts Dora’s fifteenth birthday fiesta to foretell a journey of discovery that will take her far from home. Click your heels together tres veces, sing along with all-new songs written in contemporary Latin musical styles, and discover along with Dora the power of embracing multiple cultures and the true meaning of “home.”

Super Scientific Circus

Thursday, November 10, 10:45 am
Grades 3– 5

The Super Scientific Circus starring Mr. Fish and Trent the Mime, proves that science can be fun and funny. Alternately assisted and foiled by the comedic antics of Trent the Mime, Mr. Fish uses amazing circus skills involving boomerangs,bubbles, beachballs, bull whips, and magic to introduce the principles of friction, inertia, centripetal force, aerodynamics, sonic booms, air pressure, and ultraviolet light.

Eckerd Theater Company presents

A Thousand Cranes

December 5, 6, 8, 9, 10:45 am
Grades 3–5
Murray Studio Theater

There is a legend that says that any person who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish. Sadako Sasaki was two years old. Her mother held her in her arms and sang a lullaby. In the house, her grandmother was making tea. Suddenly, a flash of light cut across the sky. Ten years later, in 1955, when Sadako was a happy 12 year old school girl in Hiroshima, the radiation sickness came. Sadako began to fold cranes, wishing to be well again, wishing that an atom bomb like the one that took her grandmother would never be dropped again. Before her death, Sadako folded six hundred and forty-four cranes. Her friends and classmates folded three hundred fifty-six more to make one thousand. Three years later, in Hiroshima Peace Park, they unveiled a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane in her outstretched arms with this inscription: “This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world.” Every year since then, children have sent thousands of cranes to be placed at the foot of her monument. This play tells the true story of Sadako and of how her spirit of hope and strength continues to inspire young people the world over to work for peace. "

A Perfect Balance

Thursday, January 26, 10:45 am
Grades 1– 5

Written and Directed by Mary Hall Surface
Designed and Performed by Kevin Reese

A Performance for all ages Inspired by the work of American artist Alexander Calder (the inventor of the mobile), this one-man play follows a young artist, Sandy, on his quest to capture his vision of life. Challenged by his father to create a “masterpiece,” Sandy playfully experiments with drawing, painting and sculpting, accompanied by his puppet-like circus creations - his muse Fioni-of-the-flying-trapeze, his friend Ringmaster Loyal and his foe, Monsieur Critique. Only when Sandy risks taking his shapes “off the page” does he find his way to the show’s spectacular conclusion -- a mobile, 17 feet across, that suspends into the audience.

Eckerd Theater Company presents

Aesops Fables

January 9, 10, 12, 13, 10:45 am
Grades Pre K–2

For centuries, the wit and wisdom of AESOP’S FABLES have been passed down from one generation to the next. ETC continues its commitment to introduce the classics to young audiences, presenting these well-loved animal tales in interactive, story-theater style. Through lively storytelling and with the help of the audience, ETC actors use physical comedy with minimal props and costumes to bring to life familiar favorites like The Lion and the Mouse, The Tortoise and the Hare and The Fox and the Grapes along with tales not so familiar. Fun and chock full of imagination, AESOP’S FABLES is a perfect introduction to some of the world’s most cherished stories and to the magic of live theatre!

JazzReach presents

Hangin’ with the Giants

Thursday, February 16, 10:45 am
Grades 1– 4

Hangin' with the Giants is a fun, high-energy program designed to promote the inclusiveness and accessibility of jazz while highlighting the legacies and music of some of the art form's central contributors. Staged as a late night talk show, Hangin' with the Giants features animated likenesses of jazz greats, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk as show guests and offers numerous opportunities for students to interact and participate.

Roger Day - Why Does Grey Matter?

March 15 & 16, 10:45 am
Grades Pre K–2
Murray Studio Theater

What does a former camp counselor who studied German and spent ten years playing college coffeehouses do with his life? Write and sing award-winning children’s music, of course. Roger Day takes inspiration from The Beatles, U2 and even The Clash. A Parents’ Choice® Gold Award winner, he’s worked with artists such as the Indigo Girls, Nanci Griffith and The Crickets (Buddy Holly’s legendary band). Roger’s skilled musicianship combines with his wit and wordplay to create a musical experience that parents enjoy as much as their kids.Roger’s fourth release Why Does Gray Matter? -- his second Parents’ Choice® Gold Award winner -- features 14 tracks that make innovative use of “the brain” as a theme for every song. “I’m pretty sure it’s the first recording session in Nashville to research Web MD for fact checks,” says Roger. “One song is even co-written with a college friend who is a real-life neuropathologist. It’s the only kids’ song I know of that uses the terms ‘corpus callosum’ and ‘deep basal ganglia’ while referencing Ringo Starr.

CORBiAN presents

The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and The Hare

Tuesday, May 15, 10:45 am
Grades Pre K–2

Mother duck knew from the very beginning that one of her babies would be different from the rest... this egg was too large and oddly shaped! Upon hatching it is clear - mother duck has an Ugly Duckling! Teased, chased and pushed aside from his friends and family, Ugly Duckling must run away from the pond and venture out on his own. Through the different seasons and new friends along the way, he continues his search for others who will love him for who he really is…an Ugly Duckling? A beloved story about personal transformation and acceptance.