Susan Weber's handcrafted quilt depicting Ohio's people, geography, and official symbols is the backdrop for her interactive stories and songs. Ohioans of diverse cultures come to life in students' imaginations along a rich timeline of Ohio heritage. Susan's stories begin with Native American and European settlers and continue with canal diggers, farmers, entrepreneurs, freedom fighters, immigrants and astronauts. Students listen and respond through movement, imitation, sound effects, and voice to stories of Ohioans whose actions made a difference in Ohio's development.

Based on the beloved movie partially filmed in Cleveland, this classic holiday comedy is a funny and sweet tale of growing up in the 1940s. This is a great opportunity to introduce your students to live theatre!
Available December 1,2,9 & 16, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.

Bring the magic of theater right into your classroom with this exciting re-telling of Aesop's fables and Anansi's folktales. Acclaimed Teaching Artist Nina Domingue will perform right in the classroom as well as do a hands-on workshop with your students. Participants will have the opportunity to explore and create stories based on the style of these two master storytellers.

Alice in Wonderland is an in-school performance which combines a narrated story book version of this tale with excerpted dances from the full length story ballet. Bringing to life the classic children's tale, with a contemporary twist using high energy reggae music this performance is truly a new look at history's most beloved classic.

Alice in Wonderland is a main stage performance which combines a narrated story book version with excerpted dances from the full length story ballet which brings to life the classic children's tale, with a contemporary twist using high energy reggae music. Truly a new look at history's most beloved classic. Available on a first come first serve basis for field trips. Spring 2010.

"Promote literacy during this theatrical assembly program. With props and a "bag of tricks," Mr. G! acts out popular first readers such as Frog and Toad are Friends, Amazing Grace, The Wizard of Oz, The Cat in the Hat and others. This program is great for Right to Read Month or a kick-off assembly program for coming back to school.

What do hearing people do when they need to communicate with a deaf individual and don't know sign language? This school assembly program is a combination of theatrical skits and audience participation activities that creates deaf awareness in the audience. This program uses humor and exaggerated characters to explore conflicts that naturally occur between the Deaf and Hearing communities.

A man learns people should not be judged by appearances. A boy shares what it feels like to be poor. A family discovers the library. The power of reading and the benefits of being bilingual are revealed as you venture into Latin America through stories and song.

In a unique experience that combines theater and interactive technologies, the audience is immersed in a world made of music, digital images and butterflies. During the performance, your students are invited to take part, to enter the scene, to move among images which react to their gestures and movement. This special show and experience, direct from Italy, is limited to an intimate audience of 100
March 4-7, 2010, 10:15 AM & 12:15 PM Performances, 60 Minutes in Length

The wonderful world of Dr. Seuss is brought to musical life through this interactive performance, which includes beautiful singing, zany acting, and crazy props. Soprano, Lara Troyer, and her friends perform the one-act opera Green Eggs and Ham by composer Robert Kapilow.

Wearing the legendary pot on his head, Ray brings John Chapman (better known as Johnny Appleseed) to life in a lively presentation. Johnny leads participatory storytelling, songs, and movement activities that describe his personal history, his life in pioneer Ohio, the distribution and importance of apples in frontier life, and the varieties and usage of apples in our own times.

This two-character play is set on the porch of Tubman's home in Auburn, New York in 1902. The audience is regarded as a group of visitors who have come to reminisce with 82-year old Tubman as she recounts the heroic adventures of her life through story and song. Jeffrey Taylor, Jr. assists in telling her story and accompanies Tubman on accordion including traditional songs such as "Drinking Gourd," "Go Down Moses," and "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Discovered by Magical Theatre at the International Children's Theatre Festival in Scotland, this astounding bit of theater, music and storytelling will mesmerize your students and teachers. Sophisticated, and at the same time simple, this reinvention of the classic Wolf and Red folk tale is one of the most spellbinding performances you will ever see. And it's not just for the wee, little ones, either.

Take your students on a multicultural dance exploration where they discover various traditional dances from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. During a performance program, three artists perform the dances with traditional music and costumes while comparing and contrasting the different forms. Cultural and historical influences of the various dances are also a focus during this program.

A few chairs, a couple of music stands and you have Reader's Theater. This residency promotes literacy using popular children's classics such as Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, The People Could Fly, Anansi the Spider or Aesop's Fables as staged readings. Choose one of these stories and Jimmie Woody, as the narrator, works with your students to turn one of these stories into a wonderful staged reading for your classroom. This residency helps students develop their public speaking and dramatic skills as well as helps them learn how to cooperate with one another and be creative with literature.

The Snowman is a winter classic that follows the book, The Snowman, by Raymond Briggs with enchanting music by Howard Blake. The Snowman and his friend James take a magical journey to experience hysterical moments with perky penguins, dancing turkeys, squirrels, bunnies, a wolf, and even sassy skunks. Available on a first come first serve basis for field trips. Coming Winter 2009/2010.

Dancing Wheels' beloved classic, The Snowman is available to come to your gymnasium/auditorium. The performance will include fully costumed selections from the full length ballet set to a script read by a narrator. The performance concludes with a question and answer session with the company. The Snowman ballet is based on the story written by Raymond Briggs set to music by Howard Blake, the story is the adventure of a Snowman who comes to life and goes on a magical journey with his new friend James.