Performances

Featured Plays

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InterAct Story Theatre is proud to offer a variety of performances tailored to children and young adults of all ages. Please scroll down and click through to check out our featured plays, storytelling and story theatre programs, and coming soon exciting new performance programs featuring music, dance, and "hybrid" multidisciplinary programs! For more information, please contact us!

*World premiere of this new play for young audiences! There’s trouble afoot at the circus! The new ringleader wants to do a good job leading her zany crew of circus folk, but there’s a new problem every time she turns around, and no one wants to pitch in or even try to get along. To make matters worse, the monkeys have broken loose and are wreaking havoc everywhere! How can a community work together to solve its problems, when everyone thinks it’s not their problem to solve? And how can the community work together to stop the monkey madness? InterAct’s new play on community and personal responsibility features three actors who transform themselves into a variety of zany characters. Everyone in the audiences gets into the act right from where they’re sitting, becoming part of the community of performers who need to tackle this hair-raising problem!

Audience: 300 student maximum for each 55-minute performance.

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A fresh take on an InterAct classic! Based on Armenian and Italian folktales, this soulful play follows a sad young prince on a quest for the secret of true happiness. But what is the secret to being happy? Is it money? Is it fame and popularity? Is it endless fun and entertainment? What does one really need to be happy? The prince finds his answers in surprising places on his journey. This play is performed by two actors, who transform themselves into a variety of warm and funny characters, with help from the entire audience who get in the act from their seats.

Audience: 300 student maximum for each 50-minute performance.

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MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PERFORMANCE...

ADD A TALKBACK SESSION AFTER THE SHOW!

One of the best ways to fully appreciate a play is to talk with the actors who bring the play to life. Adding a Talkback session with the actors after a performance of Voytto Tech or Two-Tone Tale gives your students a wonderful opportunity to ask questions, explore the themes and lessons of the play, and learn more about the actor's craft. As part of the talkback, the actors will also demonstrate a little of what happens "behind the scenes", showing students how the set works and how the actors manage the split-second costume and character changes our plays require. An entertaining and educational arts experience!

Maximum 125 students per Talkback session; a typical Talkback is approximately 20 minutes in length.

ADD A FOLLOW-UP CLASSROOM WORKSHOP!

The fun and learning continues with a follow-up classroom workshop. After a performance of Voytto Tech or Two-Tone Tale, students participate in an engaging creative drama workshop with an actor from the play. Students explore the characters and themes of the play, and work together to compose and act out their own original scene extending the story of the play. This exciting workshop connects with curriculum content standards in English/Language Arts and Theatre.

Maximum 25-27 students (one class) per workshop.

A dynamic one-woman show celebrating the life and contributions of a great African-American—Harriet Tubman.

Following the performance of Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One, students discuss the play with the actress and playwright, Gwendolyn Briley Strand. Gwendolyn has a wealth of knowledge about the life and times of Harriet Tubman. These discussions are a rare opportunity for the students to dialogue with an actress and a playwright about a significant time in American history.

Maximum 300 students for each 60-minute performance

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ADD A WORKSHOP TO ENHANCE THIS PROGRAM:

The Story Continues (Grades 3-12)

Join actress/playwright Gwendolyn Briley Strand for a follow-up workshop after the performance. Students learn more about the fascinating life of Harriet Tubman and then become actors themselves as they dramatize key moments in her life.

Maximum 15 students for each 60-minute session.

The Civil War (Grades 6-8)

Through the drama strategy of tableau (living statues) students explore key events and issues of the Civil War. Some of the causes, tragedies and triumphs of the war are revealed.

Maximum 15 students for each 60-minute session.

At left: Gwendolyn Briley Strand in a performance of Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One.

Actress Marian Licha transforms into legendary Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. In the play, Ms. Kahlo teaches us how to paint by teaching us how to live with boundless determination to overcome obstacles and celebrate triumphs.

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At left: Marian Licha as legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo