Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas
330 University Drive NE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Box Office: 330.308.6400 | www.kent.edu/tusc/pac
CLASS ACTS
Raptor Encounter
eness: K - 5
Age Appropriat
2016-2017
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 – 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Using the power of live Ohio hawks, owls, falcons and vultures, this newly revamped program engages your students
into the lives of raptors. Students learn the natural history of these birds and their survival stories. Students are
engaged in connecting with conservation issues and become empowered to take action
and give back through personal stewardship.
Pinocchio
Age Appropriateness: K - 4
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 – 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Humor and hi-jinx of the highest order! The Italian tale of a lonely old man and
his wooden puppet who yearns to become a real, live boy is hilarious and
delightful. Pinocchio undergoes a series of misadventures that help him
discover the importance of love, hard work, and of course, telling the truth.
Magical Theatre Company takes stories from page to stage and makes
curriculum connections to encourage children to read, develop critical
and creative thinking, and to be curious about the world around them.
Jigsaw Jones and the Case of the Class Clown
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 – 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Athena Parker has been slimed and she doesn’t think it’s very funny! There is a practical joker on the loose
in Ms. Gleason’s class, so it’s up to Jigsaw (Theodore) Jones and his friend Mila to catch the clown.
This might be their most slippery case yet. Brimming with music, charm and humor,
Age Appro
ArtsPower’s production, based on the book by renowned author
priatenes
s: K - 4
James Preller, will make audiences laugh and think as they learn
the secret codes that Jigsaw must decipher to solve the mystery.
Age Appropriateness: 3rd Grade and up
Everybody's Hero:
The Jackie Robinson Story
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
At the start of the summer of 1947, television was brand
new, the sound barrier had not been broken and baseball
was a white man’s game. By the time the fall arrived, all
that had changed. President Truman addressed the
nation for the first time on TV, Chuck Yeager flew faster
than any man ever had and Jackie Robinson became
the first African-American to play major league
baseball. It was no accident that Jackie Robinson
was chosen as the first ballplayer to break the color
barrier in the sport known as America’s pastime. There were plenty of good athletes
in the Negro Leagues: some maybe even better than Jackie. But when Branch
Rickey decided to add a black person to the Brooklyn Dodgers, he knew that
individual had to be special. He had to be strong enough to stand up to the teammates who
would ridicule him, the pitchers who would throw at him and the fans who would send him
threats. He had to be able to turn the other cheek, to show that he was the bigger man and
to prove that he could be everybody’s hero. This play with music by Mad River Theater Works
shows the events that shaped Jackie Robinson’s character, his struggle to gain acceptance
and the tremendous obstacles he overcame on his way to changing the face of our nation and
our national pastime.
Age Appropriateness: K - 2
Rainbow Fish
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 – 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
With her lovely coloring and shimmering scales, the Rainbow Fish is used to being the most
beautiful creature in the ocean. So when the other fish ask her for some silver scales, she
refuses. How can she sacrifice the one thing that makes her so unique? Will some good advice
from the wise old Octopus persuade the Rainbow Fish to share her gifts with those around her?
ArtsPower has turned Marcus Pfister’s bestselling book into a delightful and touching musical
about the value of sharing true friendship with others.
Tickets are $1 for students. For more information, please call us at 330.308.6406.
Reservations by teachers and schools only. No individual reservations.