2012-13 Secondary Education on Stage
(From the Mainstage)
A Gift to Last
Adapted by the teleplay by Gordon Pinsent
Written by Alden Nolan and Walter Learning
This heartwarming story of the Sturgess family will transport younger audiences from the frenzy of modern day gift-giving, back to the wonders of Christmas in simpler times. A Gift to Last is a celebration of families and love and truly is a 'GIFT' that will last throughout the year.
Education on Stage Performances:
November 29, December 4,6, 7, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21 - 11:30 am
Curriculum Relevance: Drama – communicate understanding of the elements and works in drama, role play, perspective. Language Arts – Oral communication (listening comprehension, point of view, presentation strategies, visual aids). Character Education.
Running Time: 2 hours
Cost: $11 (including HST) One complimentary adult ticket will be provided for each booking of 10 students. Additional adult tickets can also be ordered.
(From the Mainstage)
Sketching Sunshine
An Evening (and Morning) with Stephen Leacock
Education on Stage Performances:
February 28 and March 1, 2013 - 11:30 am
In honour of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Legend Stephen Leacock's most enduring work - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town - thie one man show conjures up an intimate visit with Canada's most preeminent humorist. It is a show filled with laughter, razor-like-wit, and thought-provoking insight.
Curriculum Relebance: Drama - communicate understanding of the elements and works in drama, role play, perspective. Language Arts - Oral communication (listening, comprehension, point of view, presentation strategies, visual aids). English/Canadian Literature - respond to and analyse Canadian literary texts and assess the importance of Canadian literature as a social and cultural force. Character Education.
Running Time: 2 hours
Cost: $11 (including HST) One complimentary adult ticket will be provided for each booking of 10 students. Additional adult tickets can also be ordered.
(From the Mainstage)
The Team on the Hill
World Premiere Drama
By Dan Needles
Education on Stage Performance:
May 16, 2013 - 11:30 am
Austin Ransier, the patriarch of the Ransier family, has farmed his whole life on the north side of a drumlin. He watches as his son and grandson wrestle over the future of the land and wonders, whether it will survive as a working farm ... or be gobbled up by a developer and become a golf course! Austin sees things that others don't and the family assumes that he is lost in the past. But Austin's drams are about possibilities ...
Curriculum Relevance: Drama - communicatew understanding of the elements and works in drama, role play, perspective. Language Arts - Oral Communication (listening comprehension, point of view, presentation strategies, visual aids). Character Education.
Running Time: 2 hours
Cost: $11 (including HST) One complimentary adult ticket will be provided for each booking of 10 students. Additional adult tickets can also be ordered.
Bus Subsidy Program
"Performing arts education is essential in the development of students' social, intellectual, physical and emotional growth. It is well documented that expereinces in drama, dance and music help students to develop their ability to think critically and creatively. Performing arts "play a valuable role in helping students achieve their potential as learners and to participate fully in their community and in society as a whole." Ontario Elementary Curriculum
The busTD @ Theatre Orangeville program is a partnership with TD Banks of Orangeville. Your school's travel cost to Theatre Orangeville performances will be reduced because of the commitment of TD to support the youth, and arts in our community. How it works:
Theatre Orangeville will reimburse schools:
$1.00 per student attending from In-Town (Orangeville) schoools
$1.50 per student attending from Out-Of-Town schools
Participating schools will be mailed a cheque for the reimbursement the week after attending a performance at Theatre Orangeville.
For more information call Sharyn Woodbury, Youth Programs Coordinator at 519-942-3423 ex. 2806.
Testimonials
"I am the deparment head of John F. Ross CVI and our students recently attended a performance of 'The Melville Boys'. I wanted to express appreciation of the discounted seat prices for the students and the bus discount. Our students (and staff) found the performance moving and were full of praise. The experience for the students was truly enriching."
T.Card, Head of English, John F. Ross Secondary School
Booking Information
To book a performance for your school group, please call the Box Office: 519-942-3423 or 1-800-424-1295
"Artistic expression involves clarifying and restructuring personal experience. It engages students in perception, production, and reflection. Learning in, through, and about the arts involves using the mind, body, heart, and soul to achieve intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual well-being." www.edugov.on.ca
After Show Q & A's
Our Secondary School Education on Stage performances automatically include a 10-minute question and answer period after the performance. Audience members are invited to ask the cast and stage menagement team, questions about the performance, production, their backgrounds, etc.
Classes needing to leave the theatre prior to the start of the Q & A period, should inform the Theatre Orangeville Box Office, House Management or our Youth & Education Program Coordinator, Sharyn Woodbury, prior to the commencement of the performance.
Pictured here: Westside Secondary School students with the cast of Tempting Providence after the Education on Stage performance at Theatre Orangeville.
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