These performances are for Schools only.
Tickets are $6 per seat and for every 10 tickets, receive one free ticket.
The shows are approximately one hour long. Seats are limited so don’t wait!
To reserve tickets, please contact Kim Ritter
Email: Kim@schwartzcenter.com
Based on the book by Paula Dazinger
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
Friday, November 12, 10:00 am
Amber Brown is having what may be the worst year of her life. She and Justin Daniels were the perfect team: they laughed at each other's jokes, sat next to each other in class, and stayed best friends when Justin's dad had to move away. But now things are different. Now Justin's house has been sold and he is going to Alabama; that's too far from New Jersey to think about.
Told in a uniquely funny and forthright style, this story of a feisty young girl who refuses to let her problems get the better of her will touch and entertain audiences everywhere. You'll laugh and cry with Amber as she learns some valuable lessons about the virtues of patience and the meaning of friendship.
Clear Space Theatre Company presents
SCROOGE!
Friday December 17, 9:00 am & 12:30 pm
A musical adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, is a true family event in the theatre. The timeless story, with script and lyrics by Ken Skrzesz and music by Doug Yetter, takes the audience through the streets of 1850 London where Ebenezer Scrooge learns lessons of generosity through his interactions with ghosts, relatives and a young boy with a crutch, Tiny Tim Crachit. Become a part of this holiday tradition at the Schwartz Center.
Omaha Theater Company presents
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
Thursday, January 27, 10:00 am
First there was the Mouse – then the Pig – now, here comes the Cat!
Based on the newest installment in the zany If You Give A… book series by Laura Numeroff, the Omaha Theater Company brings this madcap world premiere production with music to the stage. The Cat, who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party, asks his new friend Laura for some sprinkles, naturally they spill on the floor. Mopping up the mess might get him wet, so she must give him a bathing suit – and the hijinks ensue! The audience takes a “world-wind” tour following the antics of the Cat as he travels to the beach, the gym, the mountain, the museum and the lake. Ultimately, the Cat and Laura make their way back home to where the sprinkles and another cupcake await them. Audiences will love participating as the play takes the silliness and exaggeration of the book even further.
Walnut Street Theatre presents
The Glass Menagerie
Friday, March 4, 10:30 am
One of Tennessee Williams’ earliest successes, the timeless tale of the Wingfield family is brought to life in Walnut Street Theatre’s new production of The Glass Menagerie. The strained relationships of Tom, Laura and Amanda play out in Williams’ autobiographical play, encased in themes of the power of memory and inescapable reality for which this enduring drama is best known. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director, Bernard Havard, Walnut Street Theatre presents a riveting new production of one of America’s greatest plays. The 2011 tour of The Glass Menagerie marks the Centennial of Tennessee Williams' birth.
Founded in 1809, Walnut Street Theatre is the oldest continuously operating theatre in the United States. For 200 years, this venerable institution has stood the test of time to become a staple of Philadelphia’s, and for that matter, America’s cultural community. The Walnut’s landmark theatre has been graced by some of America’s most legendary performers, including Ethel Barrymore, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Helen Hayes and Kathryn Hepburn.
Clear Space Theater Company presents
The Secret Garden
Friday March 25, 10:00 am
Based on the 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden takes you on the journey of orphaned girl who is forced to travel across the world to live with relatives who she has never met. Set in Colonial India and England at the turn of the 20th century, Mary find she is alone and lost in a grown up world. Clear Space Theatre Company presents this timeless classic of a young girl whose personality blossoms as she and a young gardener bring new life to a neglected garden, as well as to her sickly cousin and uncle.
Frindle
Friday, April 8, 10:00 am
Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a Frindle. It doesn't take long for Frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But Frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens. This quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have your young audience inventing their own words.
