Center Stage: McCelvey Center Arts in Education

McCelvey Center offers quality performing arts programs to regional schools. For information or to make reservations, please call 803.684.3948 ext. 27 Monday-Friday between 10 am and 4 pm. Space is limited and reservations are strongly recommended.

This program is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant.

AIE Programming:

Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:30 & 11:00 am and 3:30 pm
Three Little Pigs

Opera Express, Opera Carolina’s educational touring company, engages children and families throughout the Carolinas with professional performances of opera for young people. Join The Three Little Pigs as they visit the library to learn how to build their houses. The characters of Cherbino, Despina and Don Giovanni are introduced as well as our first childhood villain, the Big Bad Wolf, who devilishly attempts to blow down the little pigs’ houses.

Opera Express
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$7 per person

Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:30 & 11:00 am and 3:30 pm
The Velveteen Rabbit

Dramatized by Scott Davidson from the story by Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit is an ordinary stuffed bunny filled with sawdust. All the other toys in the nursery snub him for being boring and “out-of-date.” But once the Boy discovers the forlorn little rabbit they become instant friends. As their friendship grows, the Velveteen Rabbit learns what it means to be truly loved – and what it means to be real.

Tarradiddle Players
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$7 per person

Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:30 pm
Aesop’s Fables

A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ”. . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.

Bright Star Theater
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$7 per person

Thursday, April 2, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 am
Billy Jonas

A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ”. . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.

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$7 per person

Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Heroes of the Underground Railroad

This unique theatrical experience combines traditional music and drama to honor the heroic figures of America’s Underground Railroad. (Those Americans who dared to go against a nation in order to stand up for what they knew was right.) From Harriet Tubman and the Abolition Movement to Levi Coffin and the inspiring tale of Henry “Box” Brown, this play introduces students to those who bravely brought light to America’s darkest chapter.

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$7 per person

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
My Heart in a Suitcase: A Holocaust Story of Hope

With courage, hope, and her parents’ love as her only guideposts, Anne Lehmann embarks upon a journey that will change her life forever. This moving drama tells the remarkable and true story of Anne’s life in 1938 Berlin and her courageous decision to board the Kindertransport and leave Nazi Germany without her family. Anne’s struggle to find meaning from despair will inspire audiences everywhere.

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$10 per person

Chaperones

One chaperone is recommended for every 15 students and chaperones at that ratio are admitted free.