Student Shows
We invite you to plan a field trip to the HCPA during the 2011-2012 school year.
Season Sponsors:
Gilbert Hospital
Hyatt Place, Phoenix/Gilbert
AMAZ Radio
HCPA is part of:
Student Show info for 2011-12
Let Us Entertain and Educate Your Students
Plan on a field trip to the HCPA during the school year. The season is
full of performances that are designed to enhance your curriculum and to
give your students a live theater experience. We are very enthusiastic about
our 2011-2012 Student Series and encourage your grade level to make
reservations to attend.
HCPA provides an opportunity that cannot be matched by any other performing
arts venue when one considers the cost (just $5 per student), the
convenience (just a few minutes from your school to the Higley Center), and
the curriculum connections (enhance reading, writing, math, science,
history, social studies, music, dance, and theatre) through attendance at a
live performance. We sincerely hope you will find at least one production
that your students will enjoy and that enhances your curriculum.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Show Times: Most Student Series performances start at 9:45 a.m. and 12:15
p.m. and the performance lengths are approximately 60 minutes unless
otherwise noted. Please check for exceptions in the descriptions that
follow.
Target Audience: The target audience information indicates for what grades
the performance is most appropriate. However, any grade level may attend any
show if the teacher feels the performance should be experienced by his or
her students.
Admission Fees: Admission to most shows is $5 per child. One
teacher/chaperone is admitted for free for every 10 students. Other adults
who exceed the 10:1 ratio are admitted for $5 per person.
RESERVATIONS or QUESTIONS?
Please contact Larry Whitesell at
larry.whitesell@husd.org or (480) 279-7195.
Registration Forms for Your School
If you are from a School that is NOT part of the Higley Unified School District please click on the link below to go to the Registration Form Page. If you are with a School in the Higley District, please contact Larry Whitesell at larry.whitesell@husd.org or (480) 279-7195 for information on attending any of these great student performances.
And now, the shows!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - February 23, 2012
The Education Tour of the Utah Shakespearean Festival
Love is in the air (and in the nectar of a potent flower!) in and around
ancient Athens. This is one of Shakespeare’s most accessible comedies for
student audiences. Follow the fate of four young lovers, the relationship
between two warring fairy royals, the Duke of Athens and his new bride, a
group of would be actors, and the trickery of Puck as he plays a hand in he
complications that ensue.
Target audience: grades 7-12
Performance and audience discussion estimated to be 90 minutes.
Gilbert Hospital Presents Building Bridges Concert featuring Tom Chapin
March 1 @ 10 a.m.
March 2 @ 10 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.
Grammy award winner Tom Chapin returns to lead three interactive
performances. Study guides are provided to enhance your curriculum and
prepare students for the music they will love to sing along with Tom that
includes themes of life lessons of tolerance, the environment, diversity,
anti-violence and peer pressure.
Target audience: grades 1-6
Sponsors:
Additional Sponsors: "The City of Mesa and the Office of Councilmember Dennis Kavanaugh", Van and Cynthia Dunham family, and Michelle Barker.
Peacemaker - March 9, 2012
A
Cookie Company Production
This humorous, entertaining and poignant story by David Holman centers on
two cultures separated by a wall. The Land of Red and the Land of Blue have
each been taught to fear the other. Incorporating puppetry, juggling and
audience participation, Peacemaker takes you into a world where anything is
possible if you open your mind. This is a new production for Cookie Company
that debuts in Fall 2011, and it promises to be one of its most popular.
Target audience: grades pre-K through grade 3
Seussical the Musical - March 29, 2012
A
Partnership between Copperstar Repertory Co. and the HCPA
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday and promote excitement in reading and
literature with Seussical! This whimsical musical theatre production
is based on the books of Dr. Seuss and has become a favorite for school aged
audiences. Some of Seuss’ most popular characters are cleverly woven into
the main plot centering on Horton Hears a Who. The Cat in the Hat narrates
and is up to his usual antics, creating mischief throughout the show.
Target audience: grades 1-12
Two performances - 9:45 am and 12:00 noon. Length approximately 60 minutes with an
optional 15 minute Q&A Session and Meet & Greet with the cast.
Jackrabbit and the Desert Tortoise - April 26 & 27, 2012
Performed by the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre
Another Great Arizona Puppet Theatre original musical tale with a flavor of
Arizona. Jack is young and strong and fast. Dusty the Desert Tortoise is old
and slow and steady. Who will win the big race? Cheer for your favorite in
this Arizona adaptation of Aesop’s famous fable.
Target audience: grades K-2 Reserve early. Performances take place in the
Little Theatre with limited seating
The Higley Center for the Performing Arts is a
service
to the community by the Higley Unified School District.
