EDUCATION with a Dramatic Flair!

Airport Playhouse

“Taking Long Island Theater to New Heights!”

Dear Educator,

Welcome to another season of Airport Playhouse’s Educational Theater. Are you looking for an exciting way to bring literature to life??  Would you like your students to experience “live” professional theater?  We are sure that you will find many stimulating and entertaining choices in our 2009/2010 schedule. Not only can you come to our comfortable 255-seat theater but also many of our productions can be brought into your school building.

As always, we provide study guides for pre and post show discussions. Your students may also have the opportunity to participate in an educational question and answer period with the performers. 

All of our productions are not only linked to the New York State Learning Standards but BOCES approved for funding. 

In addition to a low theater ticket price of $6.00 per ticket for most performances, we offer one free chaperone ticket with each 15 paid students. 

For traveling shows, please call for prices. Travel performances range from $500 - $750 per performance with same day discounts. We are happy to work with you if additional time is needed for payment due to purchase order processing. We can also customize the length of our performances to fit your schedule.

For reservations, information, or personalized requests, please contact our box office at (631) 589-7588. We look forward to hearing from you to book an Educational Theater experience that deserves a standing ovation. 

Information about all of our productions can also be found below.

Sincerely,

Terry Brennan

Executive Director 

Check your BOCES catalog! We're listed in Nassau and Suffolk

 218 Knickerbocker Ave * Bohemia * NY * 11716

631-589-7588

Email:  airportplayhouse@aol.com

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It All Began With a Book approx. 45 minutes * " Special Program offered for PARP " Grades K-6 Available October - May..Theater or travel to school.

A play with music perfect for your PARP celebration. 

Emmy doesn’t like to read.  She would much rather watch TV or go to the movies.  Wandering through the Library, trying to find something for her reading assignment, Emmy encounters the delightful characters from books that found a brand new home on the big and small screens.  In her adventures, she meets everyone from Peter Pan to Annie.  Each one of the many characters convinces her that it all began with a book.  This program encourages children to look for the beginnings of their favorite friends in literature. 

 

Charlotte’s Web 60 minutes * Grades Pre-K-3 Available weekdays March –April * Theater or Travel to School

The story of a young Wilbur the pig and his challenge to fit in. It teaches children about life on the family farm, how to treat someone who is different, and what it's like to be different.

Dr. Seuss Goes Green 60 minutes * Grades Pre-K-3 Available November - June * Theater or Travel to School

 The Cat In The Hat, the Lorax and Sam do their best to clean up McElligots pool. Along the way through song and rhyme, the audience participates in creating a safe, clean world. This musical performance involves children in an ecologically sound view of our world today and prepares them for tomorrow.  

Rappin’ with Mother Goose 45 - 60 minutes * Grades K- 3 Available weekdays October – May * Theater or Travel to School

 A musical performance by Mother Goose herself takes a fun, hip-hop approach to some wonderful rhymes.  Includes audience participation, reading books and sing-a-longs

 

Aesop’s Fables 60 minutes * Grades 1-4 Available weekdays October – May * Theater or Travel to School

 An interesting and appealing live performance with 3 performers retelling a selection of Aesop's Fables using creative storytelling.  Student interaction is embraced and encouraged through discussion of each of the fable's morals, including "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "Lion and the Mouse.”.

Mark Twain Telling Tales 60 minutes * Grades 6-12 Available Weekdays October – May * Theater or Travel to School

A live performance of excerpts of Mark Twain’s classic stories told by one actor portraying Mark Twain. Includes the famous white-washing scene from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This performance is taken entirely from Twain’s Essays and stories.

 

Fahrenheit 451 75 minutes * Grades 7-12 Available Late September - May Available Weekdays October – May * Theater or Travel to School

Paper burns at 451º and in the 24th Century, firemen destroy all books to protect the government's suppression of independent thought in order to maintain control. Stresses the importance of the freedom of speech. Performed with 3 actors.  Perfect for Banned Books Week. September 27–October 4, 2008.

 

To Kill A Mockingbird 60 minutes * Grades 9-12 Available weekdays October – May * Theater or Travel to School

A Radio-Style drama surrounding the trial of a black man accused of a crime he did not commit as seen through the eyes and actions of his attorney and the attorney’s 9 year-old daughter. Learn about racial injustice, destruction of innocence, issues of class tensions, courage and compassion, and gender roles in America ’s Deep South . Performed by 2 actors.

Study guides available

*Call the box office at (631) 589-7588 for details and pricing for Travel to School performances.

218 Knickerbocker Ave, Bohemia, NY  11716 * 631-589-7588 * www.airportplayhouse.com

or email us airportplayhouse@aol.com

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