Center Stage

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.

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

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Presented by Porkchop Productions
www.porkchopproductions.com
Pre-Kindergarden– 5th GRADE 
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 9:30 & 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
General Admission: $5

Porkchop Producations is a professional theatre company specializing in audience participation performances. This is an uproarious adaptation of the popular fable about a little boy who just can't keep his storie straight! Will he learn his lesson or will he have to face a mob of angry village people, or even worse...a wolf? Find out in this classic tale about the importance of telling the truth.

Three Little Pigs
www.operacarolina.org/education
Pre-Kindergarden– 5th GRADE
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 9:30 & 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
General Admission: $7

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 villian, the Big Bad Wolf, who devilishly attempts to blow down the little pigs' houses.

The Velveteen Rabbit
Presented by Tarradiddle Players
www.ctcharlotte.org
Pre-Kindergarden– 5th GRADE 
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9 & 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
General Admission: $7

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 All the other toys in the nursery snub him for being boring and "out-of-date."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 is the resident touring company of Children's Theatre of Charlotte and a popular and frequently requested Arts group for Arts in Education.

Heroes of the Underground Railroad
www.brightstartheatre.com
3rd – 8th GRADE 
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9 & 11 a.m.
General Admission: $7

The unique theartrical experience combines traditional music and drama to honor the heroic figures of America's Underground Railroad. Those Americans that 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 your students to those that bravely brought light to America's darkest chapter.

Aesop's Fables
www.brightstartheatre.com
Pre-Kindergarden - 5th GRADE 
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 3:30 p.m.
General Admission: $7

These 2600 year old tales have never been as entertaining as this. Join two traveling Elizabethan actors that hilariously bring to life the 'Tortoise and the Hare,' 'The Fox and the Grapes,' 'The Lion and the Mouse,' 'The Monkey and the Pail' and 'The Boy who Cried Wolf!' These character education packed gems focus on honesty, compassion, kindness and hard work.

My Heart in a Suitecase, A Holocaust Story of Hope
www.artspower.org
4th - 9th GRADE 
Thursday, March 3, 2009 - 9:30 & 11 a.m.
General Admission: $10

With courage, hope, and her parents' love as her only guidepost, 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 decidion to board the Kindertransport and leave nazi Germany without her family. Anne's struggle to find meaning from despair will inspire audiences everywhere.

Billy Jonas
www.BillyJonas.com
Kindergarden - 5th GRADE 
Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 9 & 11 a.m.
General Admission: $7

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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