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  • All school shows are $5 per person, including teachers and chaperones
  • Seats are reserved on a first come, first served basis when payment is received, with consideration given for height differences between grades
  • Scholarship funds are available for applicable students through generous donations made to the Community Foundation of East Mississippi.
  • If you are requesting scholarship funding, please contact Dr. Charlotte Tabereaux before mailing your order form and payment. Scholarships are awarded based on funding available.
  • These shows are strictly reserved for students, teachers, administrators and/or chaperones.
  • Chaperones must be acting in an official capacity with the school and capable of walking up to four flights of stairs.
  • Chaperones should not exceed one per every 10 children; home school groups are limited to one parent per household; children under the age of 5, grandparents or other family members are not permitted.

>>Click here to download the order form.<<

For additional information and questions, please contact Dr. Charlotte Tabereaux at 601-696-2204 or ctabereaux@riley.msstate.edu.

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Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
  Produced by Theatreworks USA
  Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
9:30 a.m. and noon – Grades: K - 5
SOLD OUT!
 

Based on E.B. White’s Newbery Honor-winning children’s novel, Charlotte’s Web tells the story of a blossoming friendship between Wilbur the pig and a poetic, web-spinning spider named Charlotte.

Curriculum Connections:
Literature, Communication & Language Arts, Relationships & Family

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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
  Produced by Montana Repertory Theatre
  Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Noon – Grades: 9 - 12
SOLD OUT!
 

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its publication next year. Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation of Ms. Lee’s classic story continues to compel and delight viewers worldwide with its warmth, wit and wisdom.

Curriculum Connections:
Literature, Communication & Language Arts, Southern Culture, Relationships & Family

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Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Player
  Presented by Dallas Children’s Theater
  Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
9:30 a.m. and noon – Grades: 4 - 8
 

Most Valuable Player celebrates the triumphant life of the beloved athlete and national hero Jackie Robinson from childhood to his professional career, where he fought bigotry with courage, intelligence, leadership, resilience and athletic skill to become the 20th century’s first black major league baseball player.

Curriculum Connections:
Social Studies, Character Education/Heroes, Biography, History, Civil Rights/Integration

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Chasing George Washington - A White House Adventure
Chasing George Washington - A White House Adventure
  Presented by Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour
  Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
9:30 a.m. and noon – Grades: 2 - 8
 

An unexpected adventure comes alive in this new musical when three students accidentally knock George Washington out of his portrait and into real life during a tour of the White House. While trying to get the nation’s first president back into his painting, the threesome encounters White House residents Jacqueline Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd, and Dolley Madison, to name a few.

Curriculum Connections:
American History, Literature, Problem Solving,
Family Influence

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Junie B. Jones
Junie B. Jones
  Presented by Theatreworks USA
  Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
9:30 a.m. and noon – Grades: K - 5
SOLD OUT!
 

Based on four volumes in Barbara Park’s widely popular Junie B. Jones book series, Theatreworks USA’s new musical tells the story of Junie, a precocious first grader who keeps all her memories in her new “top-secret personal beeswax” journal.

Curriculum Connections:
Literature, Communication & Language Arts, Music, Relationships & Family

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The Little Engine That Could
The Little Engine That Could
  Presented by Omaha Theater Company
  Monday, Mar. 29, 2010
9:30 a.m. and noon – Grades: K - 4
SOLD OUT!
 

Giant trains and life-sized toys will captivate children in the stage-adapted version of Watty Piper’s famous tale of optimism and dedication. When several large steam engines — one too proud, one too powerful and one too old — are asked to pull a heavy train full of toys over a steep mountain, all refuse but the ambitious Little Blue Engine. With his motivational phrase “I think I can, I think I can” and help from lively children in the audience, he succeeds.

Curriculum Connections:
Literature, Social/Emotional Learning, Fine Arts

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From I Have a Dream to 
Yes We Can - A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
From I Have a Dream to Yes We Can - A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Friday, Apr. 9, 2010
Noon – Grades: 5 - 9
 

Barry Scott designed A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to teach today’s students about one of America’s most violent and inspiring times and the man who mobilized a generation of people and changed the world. In this hour-long program, Scott discusses King and the Civil Rights Movement in his lecture and impersonates Dr. King, re-creating some of his most inspiring speeches. Scott then tops off the powerful presentation with a Q&A session.

Curriculum Connections:
American History, Social Studies, Southern Culture

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Click, Clack, Moo
Click, Clack, Moo
  Presented by Theatreworks USA
  Thursday, May 6, 2010
9:30 a.m. and noon – Grades: K - 4
 

This new musical based on the Caldecott Honor-winning book, tells the story of Farmer Brown’s granddaughter coming for a visit. Upon her arrival he declares the farm a “techfree zone,” storing her laptop in the freezingcold barn. The cows use her computer to request blankets from Farmer Brown, but when he refuses, the cows, joined by the chickens, decide to stop giving milk and eggs. The hilarious predicament teaches Farmer Brown and his animals the meaning of compromise.

Curriculum Connections:
Literature, Communication & Language Arts, Music, Current Issues, Relationships & Family