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The Hundred Dresses
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:30 AM
Tickets $7
Grades: 2-6
Wanda Petronski, the new girl in room 13, wears the same faded blue dress to school every day, but insists that she has a hundred bright, shiny new ones at home. As Wanda's story unfolds, her classmates learn the secret of the hundred dresses and with it, a lesson in tolerance, in taking responsibility and in living with the consequences of our actions. This endearing tale of “The Eckerd Theater Company’s production of The Hundred Dresses” is based on the Newbery Honor Book by Eleanor Estes. This story focuses on the difficult issue of bullying and how mistreating someone because he or she is different from oneself brings as much harm to the bully as to the victim.

Curriculum Connections: Character Development
Supports New YorkState Learning Standards: The Arts-Theatre 3, ELA 1, 2, 3

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008  10:30 AM
Tickets $7
Grades Pre-K - 3
The friendly bus driver leaves us with one simple instruction: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" However, the Pigeon is very clever and whines, bribes, pleads and even sings a song to get his own way… BUT WILL YOU LET HIM DRIVE??? This lively show for children three and up is full of fun, feathers, laughter and excitement. It also features original music and lots of audience participation! Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! was recently awarded the Caldecott Honor for children’s literature.

Supports New York State Learning Standards: Theatre 3, Music 3, ELA 1,2,3

Let’s Go Science Show
Tuesday, April 8, 2008  10:30 AM
Tickets $7
Grades K-8
Professor Smart shrinks his head, has toilet paper flying, juggles and has peoples’ hair standing on end while demonstrating principals of physics. Meanwhile, research and comedic sidekick Ms. Knowitall keeps the facts straight. In this show students will learn about air pressure, flight, awesome optical illusions, the laws of inertia, static electricity, experiments with falling masses, gravity and air resistance and gyroscopic properties. Curriculum Connections: Science
Supports New York State Learning Standards: The Arts-Theatre 1, 3; Math, Science, & Technology 4, 6, 7

Addy: An American Girl
Friday, April 18, 2008 10:30 AM
Tickets $7
Grades 3 - 8
Addy Walker is a hopeful 9-year-old girl growing up in slavery during the Civil War. Her life changes forever the day Poppa and her brother, Sam, are sold from their North Carolina plantation. Momma and Addy realize they must take the terrible risk and run before they lose each other, too. Building a new life in freedom isn't easy as Addy and Momma hold fast to their dream of having their whole family together again. Based on the Addy books by Connie Porter and written by playwright Cheryl L. West and directed by Linda Hartzel this production will be sure to please all audiences by bringing to life an American Girl classic.

Romeo and Juliet
Friday, May 9, 200810:30 AM
Tickets $7
All Ages
Shakespeare’s tale for the ages comes alive with romance, passion and irony in one of the great ballets of the classical repertoire.  This beautiful production by Buffalo’s Neglia Ballet introduces students to the world of dance as they have never seen it before.

Curriculum Connections: Dance
Supports New York State Learning Standards: The Arts – Dance 3, Music 3

Fish Face
Tuesday, May 13, 200810:30 AM
Tickets $7
Grades 1-5
Emily Arrow can do plenty of things well when she has Uni – her toy unicorn – to bring her good luck. But when Dawn Bosco appears, everything changes. The new girl seems to be good at everything. Worst of all, Emily discovers that Dawn has stolen her unicorn! In her efforts to understand why Dawn stole from her, Emily learns a few things about honesty and growing up. Based on the book by two-time Newbery Honor Award winning author Patricia Reilly Giff.

Curriculum Connections: Self Esteem, Character Development
Supports New York State Learning Standards: The Arts-Theatre 3, Music 3, ELA 1, 2, 3

Battledrum
Wednesday, May 21, 200810:30 AM
Tickets $7
Grades 5and up
More than two million boys of 17 or younger served on both sides of the American Civil War as infantry, buglers and drummer boys. The drum was an important means of communication for military orders in the field. Drummer boys often found themselves on the front lines of combat in the middle of smoke-filled battlefields. “The Eckerd Theater Company’s production of Battledrum” tells the story of Rufus, a Confederate orphan adopted by a troop of Union soldiers, who eventually becomes their drummer boy. Based on a wealth of compelling stories of real-life children who fought in the Civil War, Battledrum explores a complex period in American history through the eyes of young people.

Curriculum Connections: History, Music
Supports New York State Learning Standards: The Arts-Theatre 3, Music 3, Social Studies 1, 3, 5, ELA 1, 2, 3