School & Community Outreach Tours

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park connects your students to the power of the arts and the magic of live theatre. Our School and Community Outreach Tours:

• Bring professional theatre directly to your school
  
• Offer plays that are relevant and age-appropriate for your students
  (plays run 40 – 60 minutes)
  
• Include a question-and-answer session and a study guide to help you prepare students for the show and to extend the experience into the classroom
  
• Reach more than 30,000 young people in the Tri-state region each year

Through generous grants, we are able to offer these shows for $375. There are a limited number of subsidies for those schools that cannot afford the full fee. Performance dates are limited, so send the on-line registration form as soon as possible.

With the description of each play we have listed three important things

• Performance dates for each performance
  
• The recommended grade level for that play
  
• The basic Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana academic, core and state standards met by that play
  

NEW KID
By Dennis Foon
October 3 - November 1, 2009 ∙ Grades 3 – 7

Nick and his parents are from the country of Homeland. He has just moved to America — a strange new place where he doesn’t even speak the language. Nick struggles to find his bearings and make friends in his new home. He desperately wants to fit in with his school mates, but this turns out to be harder than he expected. Gradually, he makes friends, even as one student proves to be a mean-spirited bully. As Nick learns takes on the ignorance he sees around him, he teaches his own mother about perseverance and making a new start. The playwright plunges the audience into Nick’s experience by having him and his mother speak English, even as the others speak a comic, invented language. This humorous and unforgettable play challenges everyone to question bullying and prejudice and to welcome the new perspectives newcomers can bring.

Meets Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana academic core standards for conflict resolution, cultural diversity, friendship, humanities, immigration, language arts, listening skills, oral communication, psychology and human relationships, social/contemporary issues/conflicts, theatre, world studies.

CYRANO
Adapted by Jo Roets from Edmond Rostand
January 16 - February 14, 2010 ∙ Grades 6 – 12

The famously large-nosed Cyrano is in love with Roxanne. She, in turn, adores Christian. What Cyrano lacks in beauty he makes up for with his artful words and their effect on the heart of the woman he loves. Christian, though handsome beyond words, can barely form a sentence without the help of his friend Cyrano. The two are bound by one thing: their love for Roxanne. They conspire to work together to create the perfect man — one with Cyrano’s romantic and thoughtful words and Christian’s dashing features. Will Roxanne fall in love with a face or the words behind it? This unique adaptation of the French classic Cyrano de Bergerac uses only three actors and one musician to retell a romantic and poetic story in a theatrically exciting, refreshing new setting.

Meets Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana academic core standards for classical literature, conflict resolution, friendships, French history & culture, humanities, kinetics, language arts, literature, music, oral communication, poetry, storytelling, theatre.

THE GARDEN OF RIKKI TIKKI TAVI
Adapted by Y York from Rudyard Kipling
March 27 - April 25, 2010 ∙ Grades K – 3

This free-flowing comic brawl is a loose adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic children’s tale Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Darzee, the diva tailor bird, is incensed when Rikki Tikki Tavi, a young mongoose, washes up in her pristine garden. Darzee and her friend, Chuchu, pull out all the stops in their attempt to run off the pesky mongoose until they see that Nag, a cobra and the garden despot, runs in fear at the sight of a mongoose on the loose. This comedy about sharing and cooperation has received numerous productions across the country. Award-winning playwright Y York is known for her adaptations of contemporary children’s classics.

Meets Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana academic core standards for animals, conflict resolution, friendship, humanities, India/South Asia, listening skills, literature, oral communication, storytelling, theatre.

Traveling Storytellers

Storytelling is theatre at its simplest and most powerful. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park believes in exposing the best storytellers to the youngest students. This most basic of dramatic forms goes beyond entertainment toward helping children with language skills and literacy.

The Traveling Storytellers tour local elementary schools with inspiring story programs that are relevant and age-appropriate for your students.

Through generous grants, we are able to offer these storytellers for $375 per program. There are a limited number of subsidies for schools that cannot afford the full fee.

For more information, please call our Education Department at 513/345-2242.

SALLY CRANDALL
Shoestring stories to tickle your funny bone and stretch your imagination from here to yonder.
October 26 - 30, 2009 • Grades K-2

Sally's unique stories come from as near as her backyard and as far as across the globe. They are full of energy, participation, the unexpected and are aimed at finding something out about yourself and those around you. Sally draws students into the world of the imagination with the power of words. She has 20 years of experience as a teacher and librarian, an M.A. in Library Science, is a winner of the Hock Hocking Liar's Contest and the first National Storytelling Contest. She was awarded one of two national scholarships to the National Storytelling Conference and is on the board of Central Ohio Storytellers. Learn more about her at www.SallyCrandall.com.