Welcome Principals, Teachers, Cultural Enrichment Coordinators and Parents!
The Ridgefield Playhouse, with the support of the Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, the Philip H. and Christine Lodewick Foundation, the Wadsworth Lewis Trust Fund and Union Savings Bank, is happy to present Arts in Education programming for the 2009/2010 academic year.
The Arts in Education initiative integrates school curriculum, moral lessons and/or historical perspective through the performing arts. It is our goal to provide students and teachers with a full performing arts experience. Performances are intimate and typically last one hour, with the ability to talk with the performers after the show – a rare and wonderful opportunity for enhanced learning. Study guides are also available, which provide educationally rich lesson for teachers to do with their students before and/or after attending the show.
You may print out the order form which outlines the upcoming performances, corresponding grade levels and dates. This form serves as your formal agreement to participate for the interested performance date and time requested. Each performance is $10/ticket for students, teachers and chaperones. Forms can be faxed to Julie Paltauf at (203) 438-4543 or you can call or email the box office staff at (203) 438-5795/info@ridgefieldplayhouse.org. We certainly hope that you and your students will take advantage of one or more of these wonderful performances.
See you at The Playhouse!
For order form, click here
For Arts in Education policy information, click here
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:00am and 1:00pm
Grades K - 5
Presented by Hudson Vagabond Players
Take a microscopic look at the insect world on the big stage! This masterful puppet show portrays, in vivid color, the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly as she grows from a caterpillar to a butterfly, then makes her incredible 1,500-mile journey to Mexico.
With her insect companions she will learn about her symbiotic relationship with Milkweed. She depends on it for food, home, and her unique form of defense against predators. Supported by a startup grant from the Jim Henson Foundation.
Curriculum Connections: Science, Theatre, Art
Click for Study Guide
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:00am and 1:00pm
A Black History Month Presentation
Grades 3 – 8
Presented by Theatreworks USA
Queen Nur takes on the roles of four exceptionally strong female African-American pioneers: Sojourner Truth, Ida A. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune and Cathy Williams in an indelible tour de force performance.
Curriculum Connections: History, Language/Communications Skills, Multi-Cultural, Women’s Studies
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Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:00am and 1:00pm
Grades K – 3
Presented by Pushcart Players
With this charming, well-seasoned blend of four folk tales from Africa, India, Eastern Europe and the United States, Pushcart Players continues a 35 year tradition of supporting the literacy movement's emphasis on the joy of reading. Dynamic, participatory, and filled with zesty entertainment, "Stone Soup & Other Stories" is brimming with music, color, fantasy and fun, as each tale gently raises value clarification issues while also introducing the spirit and customs of different cultures. This production is an excellent springboard for subsequent reading and reading-related activities as well as discussion and projects on multi-cultural themes.
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Language Arts Literacy, World History, Culture
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 Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10:00am and 1:00pm
Grades K - 5
Presented by Theatre IV
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s tales of outdoor adventure and pioneer spirit will inspire your students as they have millions of boys and girls for over 70 years. Born in 1867, Laura traveled across America’s rolling plains in the back of a covered wagon. The Wilders created patchwork quilts that would later help inspire her time-honored books. Laura’s quilts still exist today, and their patterns recall her beloved family – her strong and caring Pa, her heroic sister Mary, her warm-hearted Ma – and their adventures as they crossed the wild and often perilous frontier. Join the Ingalls in this adventure (authorized by the Laura Ingalls Estate) as they face the hardships and the triumphs of the wondrous new land, with sometimes only their faith and the love of family to sustain them.
Curriculum Connections: Family Ties, Self Esteem, Language Arts, History, Biography, Women’s Studies
Click for Study Guide. This show will also have an essay writing component.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:00am and 1:00pm
Grades 2 - 8
Presented by Shaw Entertainment Group
Creatively blending theatre arts with the wonders of scientific exploration, Doktor Kaboom keeps his audience riveted with interest and rolling with laughter whilst exploring scientific content that ties directly into mandated curriculum standards. Join him for a sidesplitting journey of increasingly spectacular, and often successful, experiments and demonstrations. Using masterful improvisational skills, the artist takes his audience on a sidesplitting tour of the modern scientific method while demonstrating spectacular applications of the physical sciences.
Curriculum Connections: Science, Math, Theatre
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All shows are 55 – 70 minutes in length, but allow additional time for Q & A and entering and departing the theater.
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