The Grand's Summer Children's Theater hosts both national touring companies and local artists who produce a variety of fun shows including: musical theater, puppetry and physical comedy. The summer series offers children of all cultural and economic backgrounds the opportunity to enjoy the invaluable experience of live performance. Attendees include children from schools, daycare centers, summer camps, and families.

Rock (and Roll) Soup
Wilmington Drama League | Tuesday, July 14
Written by Matt Casarino and directed by Kathy Buterbaugh, performers bring a village together over a stranger's bubbling brew of music. The village conquers its' fear and mistrust making their hearts free to sing!

School House Rock
City Theater Company | Thursday, July 16
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs instructs a whole new generation to "Unpack Your Adjectives" and "Do The Circulations" in this family-fun stage version. Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such beloved "Schoolhouse Rock" songs as "Just A Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly" and "Conjunction Junction."

Princess and the Pea featuring Ritzy the Wolf
The Ritz Theatre | Tuesday, July 21
In Princess and the Pea, a prince travels about the world, searching for a real princess to marry but returns home disappointed. One evening, a young woman claiming to be a real princess seeks shelter from a storm in the prince's castle. The prince's mother decides to test the validity of her claim by a unique method using a single pea.

King of Kazoos
Rick Hubbard | Thursday, July 23
Audience members receive a kazoo and a kazoo lesson and follow the King of Kazoos as he leads the audience into band formation. Children have a chance to perform...

The Snow Queen
Hudson Vagabond Puppets | Tuesday, July 28
Hudson Vagabond Puppets narrate the story of The Snow Queen in a ballet danced to the music of Arcangelo Corelli.

 


The Little Mermaid
MCT Tours | Saturday, August 1
MCT Tours will set up a four day residency program auditioning local children who will rehearse, perform and present. Deep in the salty waters of the Sassafras Sea, there lived Celia, a little mermaid. She lived for music. In fact, it was said that she was the loveliest in all of the Deep. Celia and her three sisters were allowed one visit to the World Above, each on their sixteenth birthday, to learn the secrets of life on dry land. Their discoveries included ferocious dragons, advancing armies and, of course, a handsome and resourceful Prince Charming. In a new version of the age-old tale, lots of music, plot surprises and humor await the audience.

Auditions for The Little Mermaid will be held on Tuesday, July 28 and rehearsals will be held Tuesday, July 28 - Friday, July 31. To pre-register for auditions or for more information please contact Que Robins at 302-658-7897. Click here for an Audition Form for The Little Mermaid.

Show times for all performances are 10AM and Noon. All shows are open to the public. Concessions will be available.

Reservations for groups of 20 or more can be made by contacting Que Robins, Education Manager at (302) 658-7897 or by e-mail at qrobins@grandopera.org.

A contribution of $5 per person is suggested. Seating for individuals is on a first come first serve basis.

CONTACT INFO:

Karen Murdock
Director of Communications & Rentals
E-mail: kmurdock@grandopera.org
Tel: 302-658-7897 ext. 3106

Que Robins
Education Manager
E-mail: qrobins@grandopera.org
Tel: 302-658-7897 ext. 3201

Melissa Joy Hart
Community Engagement Manager
E-mail: mhart@grandopera.org
Tel: 302-658-7897 ext. 3105

www.TheGrandWilmington.org/SCT