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RCT classes Roanoke Children's Theatre presents a unique way for your students to learn!

 

CLICK HERE for our Season in School Flyer for 2011-2012

All of our shows offer student matinees that include art lessons and gallery tours of the Taubman Museum of Art that connect to the material in the play. Play and Fine Art Guides give you SOL related material that prepare your students for the field trip as well as lots of activities and discussion generators to do with your students after the event.

Facts for Field Trips:
  • Choose your play, your performance date and time, and call 540-309-6802 or email meghan.roanokechildrenstheatre@gmail.com to reserve your seats. Book early, student matinees fill fast! 
  • All show dates have performances at 9:30am & 11:30am (except for some RCT4Teens showtimes).
  • Each show runs approx. 1 hr followed by a 15 minute talkback session with the cast.
  • Plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to the show time to allow us time to seat you and for your students to take any last minute restroom breaks. If you are lost or are running late please call 540-309-6802.
  • Turn off all cell phones and pagers.
  • No cameras or recording devices can be used.
  • The teacher at the head of your group should check in with an RCT representative before entering the theater.
  • Weather: In the event of a weather related cancellation, your school will be notified promptly and every attempt will be made to reschedule your field trip for the current show. If no reschedule can be made your school will be credited and will be allowed to make-up the performance for one of our other shows that season.
Bus Information:
From US I-81
Take US I-81 North to US I-581.  Then take Exit 6 and turn right onto Elm Ave. Take a right at the light on to Williamson Road.  At the fourth light, turn left onto Salem Avenue.  You will pass by the front of the building and then turn right onto Market Street.  At the stop sign, take a right onto Norfolk Avenue. Continue on Norfolk Avenue and stop to unload the students just before the Williamson Road underpass.  You must unload students at this spot only!  To enter the building, have the students follow the sidewalk on the right (near the Cafe) around to the front entrance of the building.  Buses may continue straight ahead, turn right onto Norfolk Avenue and then turn left onto 3rd Street, where they are able to park along the street behind the Firestone. Pick-up will be in the same spot as drop off.

 

  • 2011-2012 Season!
    Student Matinees are $6.00 per ticket
    $7.00 with Mini Art Museum Tour or lesson with PlayConnection
    For more information please call 540 309-6802

    WRECKED
    By Chris Craddock
    October 18-29, 2011 Student Matinees October 18-21 & 25-28 9:30 & 11:30
    Part of our RCT4TEENS project, WRECKED tackles the issues of alcohol abuse in the lives of teenagers and their families. This play is funny and entertaining; yet the issues are realistic and accessible to teens without compromising the power of its agenda.

     

    CHRISTMAS COOKIES
    Script and lyrics by Joy Sylvester-Johnson
    Music by John Wilcox Priddy
    December 8-23, 2011 Student Matinees December 13-15 & 20-22 9:30 & 11:30
    With the help of “The Duchess”, a neighborhood homeless woman, Emy and Jilly are confident they can keep the family cookie business afloat when their mother’s National Guard unit is activated for a tour in Afghanistan. A troupe of dancing gingerbread
    cookies will get young and old alike into the Christmas spirit in this world premiere of a new musical about what it means to be family.


    THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
    Adapted from the book by Margery Williams by James Still
    Lyrics by James Still Music by Jimmy Roberts
    March 29-April 7, 2012 Student Matinees March 27-29 & April 3-5 9:30 & 11:30
    Though the most modest toy in the nursery, the Velveteen Rabbit earns the love of a young boy and learns about the joys and pain of becoming “Real.” Margery Williams’ classic book springs to magical life in this enchanting musical about love, loss and self-esteem.


    Go, Dog! Go!
    Adapted from the book by P.D. Eastman by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz    .
    June 7-17, 2012 Student Matinees May 30-June 1 & June 4-7 9:30 & 11:30
    Based on the popular picture book by P. D. Eastman, this interactive stage experience with music and movement is full of fanciful frolic and frivolous fun that promises to thrill audiences of all ages. It is a wacky comedy that celebrates the simplicity of life!

    Tickets and packages on sale now!

    For more information please call 540 309-6802

On-Going ...

RCT offers a series of on-going programs at local schools:

Coming to your school: Cooking It!

aCooking It! is an original musical play designed to facilitate healthy eating and address childhood obesity. 
After a week long residency in an elementary school, actors from RCT and 4th grade, students will perform for the rest of the school.
Puppets, music, dance and fun are all entwined to teach youth that healthy eating can be as delicious as fast foods, sugary snacks and soda. Join "Brock Broccoli," "Brussel Sprout" and "Refined Sugar" as they engage your students in this unique participatory approach to a healthier school. Call (540) 309-6802 to bring Cooking It to your school. Cooking It is made possible by the support of Lewis Gale Hospital and Kroger Foods.

"Thanks so much for the opportunity for our school to participate with COOKING IT. What a great learning experience for our 5th grade students as well as PK-4th grades. We received many positive comments about the Friday performance. One of the lunch ladies mentioned an increase in the number of students choosing broccoli for lunch on Friday. It was a wonderful opprtunity. We'd love to do it again. It would be neat for students in the lower grades to have this same opportunity when they reach 5th grade." Susan Brown, Principal, Herman L. Horn Elementary

 

At Fallon Park Elem. School and Hurt Park Elementary School and Westside Elementary School, theatre games and story improvisations are used to bridge many different cultures and explore diversity.

At Cave Spring Elem. School the art of theatre is a component of a vibrant after-school enrichment program.

If you would like to sign up your school or class let us know. We are always happy to help out.

Study Guides: The Box Car Children, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Giver, Charlotte's Web, Honk!

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