The ShopRite Education Series includes an exceptional lineup of entertaining and educational presentations that cover a wide-range of subjects, including classic literature, the magic of math and dramatic recounts of historic events.
Around the World at the Speed of Sound
October 20 – 10:30AM (75 minute show)
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra and conductor Leif Bjaland present and exciting journey around the world through music and imagination. The program makes a stop in seven countries; United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and China, through the music of composers such as Beethoven, Offenbach, Grofe and Sousa. Educational Study Guide sponsored by the Schlegal Fund.
Best for Grades: 3-7; Curricular Integration: Music, Social Studies, Multi-Cultural, Language Arts
“Amber Brown is Not a Crayon”
November 3 – 9:30am & 11:30am (60 minute show)
Told in a uniquely funny and forthright style, this story of a feisty young girl who refuses to let her problems get the better of her will touch and entertain audiences everywhere. You’ll laugh and cry with Amber as she learns valuable lessons about the virtues of patience and the meaning of friendship. Produced by ArtsPower, National Touring Theatre.
Best for Grades: 2 – 6; Curricular Integration: Language Arts, Music, Character Development, Music
"Alice by Whoopi Goldberg"
January 31 – 10:00am (60 minute show)
The Kennedy Center IMAGINATION CELEBRATION On Tour Presents “Alice” by Whoopi Goldberg. Smart and sassy urban teen Alice believes it will, so when she wins a mysterious BIG BUCKS sweepstakes in the mail, there's no time to lose to claim her prize! With her two best friends in tow—a white rabbit who’s, well, kind of invisible, and a card-playing misfit who has a thing for big floppy top hats—Alice takes off into the city in a dizzying race against the clock. In this topsy-turvy neon wonderland, skyscrapers seem to grow taller, diners appear to get smaller, and a snooty uptown queen will stop at nothing to sit Alice down to a very mad, mad tea party. But that’s just the beginning to all the outrageous adventures in store in this delightful world-premiere adaptation of Whoopi Goldberg’s children’s book—in which Alice ultimately discovers the best jackpot in life isn’t money or fame at all, but simply the friendships had all along.
Best for Grades: K-5 ; Curricular Integration: Language Arts, Multi-Cultural Music, Character Development
Great Expectations
April 5 - 9:30am &11:30am (75 minute show)
Direct from its Off-Broadway premiere and based on Charles Dickens' landmark novel, a seminal work of literature comes to life in TheatreworksUSA’s moving atmospheric play, Great Expectations. Young Pip's chance encounter with a runaway convict sets off a chain of events leading from his small provincial home and Joe Gargery's blacksmith shop to wealthy old Miss Havisham’s decrepit mansion, where all the clocks are stopped at twenty minutes 'til nine, and Miss Havisham herself, still dressed in her ancient bridal gown, broods away the years since her ill-fated wedding day. While there, Pip falls in love with Estella, Miss Havisham's proud, contemptuous niece. Estella's treatment of him inspires Pip's dream of someday becoming a gentleman. An anonymous benefactor sponsors Pip's training to become a gentleman, and he is suddenly launched into the whirling, swirling world of London society. Pip finds this windfall at odds with the values of his humble upbringing, and he must decide which path to pursue.
Best for Grades: 7-12; Curricular Integration: Language Arts, Character Development, Play
MatheMagic!
April 26 -9:30am (60 minute show)
Internationally celebrated magician Bradley Fields captivates the audience with his famous magic illusions and teaches the secrets behind some startling math tricks. Focusing on counting, fractions, shapes and mathematical professions gives kids a new fascination for the history, the power and the beauty of the language of math.
Best for Grades K-5; Curricular Integration: Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies and Philosophy
And Then They Came For Me
May 17 - 9:30am & 11:30 (60 minute show)
Hartford Children’s Theatre presents James Still’s “And Then They Came For Me.” Directed by Kimberly West, this play follows the lives of two teens during the Holocaust. The true stories of Ed and Eva unfold on stage through their personal accounts of hiding, being sent to a concentration camp and survival. Ms. West has worked with the Alliance Theatre Education Department in Atlanta, GA and the Hartford Stage Education Department.
Best For Grades: 6-11; Curricular Integration: Language Arts, Social Studies, Character Education
Tickets for all the ShopRite Palace Study Hall-Education Series shows are $8.00 and on sale now at the Palace Box Office. For more information, please contact Box Office and Group Sales Coordinator Robyn Colossa at 203-755-8483 ext. 134.
