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2023-24 School Performances
Frosty: A Musical Adventure
Running Time: ~ 60 minutes
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Saturday,December15 at10AM
Recommended Grades: K – 5; Ages: 4 – 11
LUX Orchestra
Running Time: ~ 60 minutes
TBD,NovemberTBD at9:30AM
Recommended Grades: 3 – 6
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Music, Language Arts, Social Studies
An orchestra like no other! Bold. Dramatic. Visionary. LUX orchestra initiative is an explosion of light, sound and music.
Founded by conductor and composer Brent Chancellor, LUX, in collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Link Up and South Orange Performing Arts Center, presents a new vision for classical music specifically aimed at inspiring young audiences. LUX merges high-energy performance, dynamic lighting, and synchronized projections to introduce students to the orchestra in a uniquely engaging way.
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Music, Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies, History
A young orphan named Billy discovers magic in a stolen hat, and when he places the hat on a snowman’s head, that snowman comes to life! Can Frosty help Billy find his real family in time for Christmas? Join them on a thrilling quest through New York City as they discover that the real magic of the Season is Love.
The University of Wonder & Imagination
Running Time: ~ 60 minutes
Monday,January29 at10AM
Recommended Grades: 2 – 6
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Music, Language Arts, Literature, Science, Social Studies, History
The University of Wonder & Imagination is now enrolling students of all ages and magical abilities...and there’s a place with your name on it!
Journey to the most unusual of universities, where the mysterious Professor Bamberg will guide you through this interactive theater experience, and the choices you, the audience, make will shape your unique course. Choose your subjects of study and enter themed rooms (such as Math, Space, and Art!) You will interact with the liveliest of lecturers and encounter all kinds of problems and puzzles, unlocking your magical powers as you go.
Cahoots combines magic and illusion with multi-media technology to create an innovative, engaging theatrical performance bound to boggle the mind and spark the imagination… Come join the class!
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
Running Time: ~ 60 minutes
Friday,February9 at10AM
Recommended Grades: K – 5
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies
When the class gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic interplanetary field trip! But when rivalries both old and new threaten to tear the students apart, our young heroes must learn to pull together or risk getting forever lost in the solar system.
Hop on the Magic School Bus for a ride in this new musical adaptation based on the original book series published by Scholastic.
NJ Poetry Out Loud Region 5 Competition
Running Time: ~ 120 minutes
TBD,FebruaryTBD
at10AM
Recommended Grades: 8 – 12
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Language Arts
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a national poetry recitation program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation for students in grades 9-12, traditionally designed for public, charter, parochial school and homeschool teachers. For the 8th year, SOPAC hosts the Region 5 (Essex and Union counties) NJ POL Competition.
POL encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. During the competition, not only do they share their interpretation and delivery of poetry; they also vie for awards and scholarships totaling $50,000. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.
BubbleMania: Comedy With A Drip! Featuring Casey Carle, Comic Bubble Artist
Running Time: ~ 50 minutes
Sunday,February25 at1PM
Recommended Ages: 5 – 100
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Music, Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies
Featuring Casey Carle, comic bubble artist who has “burst” onto stages across the world with a flair for showmanship and an irresistible energy for bubbling…from the intricate to the massive. Come see beauty, wonder and fun as Casey brings his amazing one-man show BubbleMania combining spontaneous comedy, Jazzy music and brilliant bubbling. Among the many featured skills are fantastic fog-filled bubble sculptures, a cube bubble, funky foam, a big band bubble concerto, trapping an audience member (or two?) inside a gigantic soap bubble and much more!
The Math Maniac Show
Wednesday,March27 at10AM
Running Time: ~ 60 minutes
Recommended Grades: K – 6
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies
THE SHOW THAT MAKES MATH FUN!
In his fast-paced, up-beat and highly visual demonstrations, The Math Maniac proves that learning math and fun go together naturally. And because the content of this program is 100% supportive of core curriculum in math, whether students are reviewing the material, previewing the material or learning the material for the first time, not one minute is wasted, not one learning opportunity is lost! Students have so much fun they don’t even know they’re learning. This program will help K-6 students hone their skills in:
• ARITHMETIC • PATTERNS
• PLACE VALUES • WORD PROBLEMS
• FRACTIONS • MEASUEMENT
• GEOMETRY • MONEY • OPERATIONS
• WORD PROBLEMS • PROBABILiTY
Panto’s Beauty and the Beast
Monday,May6 at10AM
Running Time: approximately 60 minutes
Recommended Grades: PreK-5; Ages 4 – 10
Curriculum Connections: Visual and Performing Arts, Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies
When you think of a dying rose and a clock, a candlestick and a teapot who talk…you are thinking of Beauty and the Beast. One of this season’s spellbinding family shows from The Panto Company USA stars Dame Dotty Potty, Loopy Louie, Gaston, Belle, and, of course, the Beast!
The beautiful Belle finds herself in a spell-bound castle held captive by a beast…does she fall in love with the Beast before the last petal falls from the enchanted rose? Or will the Beast’s selfishness cost him the world he once knew and the hand of the girl that has melted his heart? Filled with the wonderful ingredients you have come to expect from The Panto Company USA; lots of laughter, stunning costumes, music, and plenty of magic.
A production of The Panto Company USA
Based on the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
