The Columbus Arts Council offers a $10 subscription to 3 YPAS performances throughout the school year for children in K- 8 grades.  A 4th performance can be added for an additional $2.  The program is achieved through cooperation with the local schools.  Limited individual tickets are available. 

Lilly's Purple

Plastic Purse

October 9-10, 2008

(K - 3rd grades)  Drum roll, please. LILLY'S COMING! This mouse has more spunk than Mighty Mouse and Mickey Mouse combined. She's the Queen of the World - just ask her. Hide your cheesy snacks, everyone. LILLY (AND that trouble-making, attention-grabbing purse) will make you laugh harder than ever. Catch all your favorite Lilly-and-company adventures from those wild, scheming dreams to the Lightbulb Lab to her fun with pals Wilson and Chester to that new (ugh!) baby brother Julius...It's a spanking new production with hip twists and fun. And Lilly is front and center. Because she is queen and she likes everything - you go girl! Curriculum Connections: Literature Based, Communication & Language Arts, Theater, Music, Visual Arts, Relationships & Family

Click here for study guides: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, ARTSEDGE: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

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Nate the Great

November 5-6, 2008

(K - 6th grade)

Introducing the latest and greatest in the grand tradition of crime-solving detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe and Charlie Chan... Nate! Nate the Great, that is. This pint-size young detective has found lost balloons, books, slippers, chickens, and even a lost goldfish. But when his neighbor Annie asks for help in locating her missing painting, it takes all of Nate's derring-do to solve the toughest case of his career!

Although Nate believes that great detectives work alone, he finds that unraveling mysteries is easier (and a lot more fun!) with a partner, and a big plate of pancakes. A new musical about teamwork and friendship (imaginary and otherwise) based on the first volume in Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's classic book series, from the creative teams behind Theatreworks USA's The Mystery of King Tut and Junie B. Jones. Curriculum Connections: Literature Based, Communication & Language Arts, Theater, Music, Visual Arts, Relationships & Family

Click here for study guides: Nate the Great Study Guide

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The Lion, The Witch &

The Wardrobe

February

11-12, 2009

(K - 8th Grade) This enchanting musical is based on C.S. Lewis' adventure story about four children of war-torn England, who accidentally enter the land of Narnia by climbing through a magic wardrobe. This strange and wondrous place is ruled by the cold-hearted White Witch, who makes the winter last year round. Although they seem unlikely saviors, the children fulfill an ancient prophecy by defeating the witch, thus restoring sunshine and peace to the spell-bound Narnia and returning the great Lion, King Aslan, to his throne. Curriculum Connections: Literature Based, Communication & Language Arts, Theater, Music, Visual Arts, Relationships & Family

Click here for study guides: LW&W studyguide_588

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The Snow Girl

(4th - 8th Grade)

Original Russian Folk Tale

Adapted by Michael Price Nelson

Set in a land of pure white snow and ice, this fable based on a Russian folk tale, finds the wood carver Ivanovitch and his wife Maroosha wishing for a child of their own. One night in the woods, Ivanovitch builds a snow statue of a young girl who suddenly comes to life and begins to dance.  The rest of the story is told in dialogue and through dancing, with the snowgirl facing challenges and learning what it is like to be human and living in a real family.  Exquisite ballet dancing and exotic Russian music transform this land of cold and ice into a warm and endearing family experience. Curriculum Connections: Literature Based, Communication & Language Arts, Theater, Music, Visual Arts, Movement, Diverse Cultures

Click here for study guides:  Available January 2009

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Spring Touring Production

This year we will produce a small touring show that will come to your school in the spring. The exact show title will be available this fall. You can choose this program as one of your three subscription programs or you can add it on as a fourth for $2 per student.