Bring ONCE UPON A THEATRE to Your School

CONTACT US:  505-299-6020 / Email

MISSION:
ONCE UPON A THEATRE is dedicated to improving the education of the children in our area. ONCE UPON A THEATRE's educational program brings into schools the joy, excitement and developmental and academic stimulus of quality live theatre and assists teachers in maximizing the experience through effective teaching tools before and after the performances.

SEASON: September through May. Performances are available during the day every Tuesday and Thursday.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Kindergarten through Middle School

FEES: $450 per performance with Activity & Study Guides
An additional performance immediately following is $300.

HIGHLIGHTS :

• Two Types of Plays:
   
  Fall Production 2007 - "The Dancing Princeses"
  From the "Once Upon A Rhyme" children's series written by Myrna Smyer. This series won a First Place Award For Quality in Education from the New Mexico Research and Study Council and the University of New Mexico in 1989-90 and in 1995 received the Albuquerque Arts Alliance Bravos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts in Education. Original adaptations of classic fairy tales, written partially in rhyme, designed for kindergarten through elementary age children.
   
  Spring Production 2008 - "Who Dunit? "
  A second production is designed for older elementary and middle school age students, this presentation is a fun and suspenseful environmental comedy-mystery.
    
      
• Productions are about 40 minutes in length.
    
• Question and Answer Period following the show.
   
• Activity/Study Guides, based on the plays, provide curriculum connections for teachers whose students see the production.
   
• Portable Sets - Sets are portable and may be performed in any type of setting (all purpose room, mini-gym, gym, etc.) A space approximately 35’ by 35’ is required for the set.
   
• Adult Actors