Center Stage at The Young offers K-12 school groups a variety of affordable opportunities to

experience live, educational and cultural based-performances, workshops and tours.

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

TUE, OCT 8, 2024

10AM GRADE LEVEL: K-6

RUN TIME: 50 MIN

Curriculum: Language Arts, Seasonal Celebrations

Ichabod Crane is the new schoolmaster in town, but his snooty cosmopolitan ways rub some of the residents of Sleepy Hollow the wrong way. To get rid of him, the villagers will make sure that “Icky” meets their local legend - The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow!

NUMBER THE STARS

THU, NOV 14, 2024

10AM GRADE LEVEL: 4-8

RUN TIME: 65 MIN

Curriculum: Social Studies, Literature

When the Nazis invaded Denmark in the 1940’s, thousands of non-Jewish Danes worked together to smuggle their Jewish friends and neighbors across the water to neutral Sweden, safety. A thrilling true-life adventure about doing the right thing to save your friend.

LYLE THE CROCODILE

TUE, NOV 19, 2024

10AM GRADE LEVEL: K-4

RUN TIME: 55 MIN

Curriculum: Language Arts

There’s a crocodile in the bathtub - but don't worry it's Lyle, the friendliest crocodile you'll ever meet. Lyle helps those around him learn that they should not judge others by how different they appear to be, but to love people (and crocodiles) for what they are.

THE GIVER

WED, JAN 29, 2025

10AM GRADE LEVEL: 5-9

RUN TIME: 65 MIN

Curriculum: Language Arts

12 year old Jonas has been anointed the new receiver “Receiver of Memory”, he’ll have to spend time with “The Giver”, the previous holder of memory, who’ll be Jonas’ guide into the old world, where pain and happiness existed in equal parts. Jonas begins to realize how sameness has killed the essential humanity of his community.

HARRIET TUBMAN

TUE, FEB 11, 2025

10AM GRADE LEVEL: K-8

RUN TIME: 55 MIN

Curriculum: Social Studies, Black History

TUBMAN is a great introduction to a real-life American hero, someone willing to risk everything in pursuit of freedom: stories include the Underground Railroad, Harriet’s experience as a civil war nurse, bringing a spy for the Union Army, and becoming a speaker for equal rights and voting rights for women.

THE MONEY SHOW

THU, MAR 20, 2025

10AM GRADE LEVEL: 3-8

RUN TIME: 55 MIN

Curriculum: Math, Business, Economics

The Grasshopper and the Ant explain the basics of economics! Using improv-style games with lots of interactivity with your students, we’ll cover supply and demand, how banks, credit cards, and markets work, college and career choices, budgeting, and how anyone can survive an economic ‘winter.’

MYTHLOMANIA!

TUE, APR 8, 2025

10AM GRADE LEVEL: K-6

RUN TIME: 55 MIN

Curriculum: Language Arts, Seasonal Celebrations

Creation of myths such as Pandora’s Box, Persephone, and Prometheus jostle for space with a bunch of other characters and tales, culminating in a 10 minute version of The Odyssey - all the monsters, shipwrecks, and action in a fraction of a classroom period! This fast-paced comedy is a perfect addition to your school’s mythology unit.

ROMEO AND JULIET

WED, APR 23, 2025

10AM GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

RUN TIME: 70 MIN

Curriculum: Language Arts, Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet come from rival crime families, but they fall in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin in a duel, and is forced to leave Verona to save himself. Juliet hatches a plan to allow them a life together, but a series of miscues turn her hopes to tragedy instead.

50 STATES IN 60 MINUTES

TUE, MAY 6, 2025

10AM GRADE LEVEL: K-6

Curriculum: Social Studies

**Please Note: Slavery, the treatment of indigenous people, and historical ethnic & gender discrimination are dealt with in this show, in the service of showing students how far we’ve come in the pursuit of liberty and justice for all.

You’ll come face to face with Columus, the Pilgrims, the Salem “witches”, Washington, the framing of the Constitution, Levi Strauss, Gettysburg Address, Edison, Susan B. Anthony, the invention of movies, WWI & II, the Great Depression, FDR, the Cold War, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam, Watergate, Reagan & Gorbachev, and the internet!

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Got Questions, please contact:

MADDIE ADAMS

Outreach Coordinator

262-472-1432