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Purchase a Family Membership and receive 15% discount on any camp or class!
Summer "Time Travels" Productions
 Twice Upon A Time June 16-20
 Charlottes Web August 04-08
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Twice Upon a Time
June 16-20, 2010
Burg Theatre
In Far Away Fairy Tale Land, the Book of Fairy Tales is kept safe from harm. Each morning it’s opened and the Fairy Tales are told as written and each night it’s closed and locked safely away… that is until the Wicked Witch and all her wicked counterparts decide to steal the Book of Fairy Tales and change all the endings.
Wednesday, June 16 @ 10 am and 12 noon
Thursday, June 17 @ 10am and 12 noon
Friday, June 18 @ 10am and 12 noon
Saturday, June 19 @ 2 pm
Sunday, June 20 @ 2 pm
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Charlotte’s Web
August 4 - 8, 2010
Burg Theatre
As the runt of the litter, Wilbur struggles to survive from the very beginning. Fern begs her father, Mr. Arable, to raise Wilbur and nurse him to health. Fern succeeds and Wilbur moves to Zuckerman Farm, where he learns the true meaning of friendship from the wise spider Charlotte. When it becomes apparent that Wilbur is being well fed for a reason, Charlotte and Wilbur are determined to foil Mr. Zuckerman’s plans. With the help of Charlotte and her “terrific” webs, Templeton the rat, and other barnyard friends, Wilbur becomes the prize-winning pig of the County Fair and the most famous pig ever. Lessons of friendship, loyalty, and truth bind this story together and show that friends come in all shapes and sizes.
Wednesday, August 4 @ 10am and 12 noon
Thursday, August 5 @ 10am and 12 noon
Friday, August 6 @ 10 am and 12 noon
Saturday, August 7 @ 2pm
Sunday, August 8 @ 2pm
FAMILY
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River Rat & Cat
October 15 - 29, 2010
Children’s Center for the Arts
No one has ever understood the mysterious friendship of River Rat and Cat. Cat is imaginative, grand, fussy and thoroughly needy, while Rat is material, practical and thoroughly self-reliant. The day River Rat saved Cat from drowning in the river, they forged a unlikely friendship. But, their downstream neighbor, Dale Beaver must break up this friendship. He needs the one remaining tree on the river bank, so his dam will remain the tallest on the river. But this tree is owned by Rat and home to Cat. Will Dale Beaver break up this friendship and convience Rat to sell him Cat’s home?
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Christmas Carol
December 2 – 12, 2010
TheatreOCU Co-Pro - Burg Theatre
Highlighting all the scary, humorous and touching moments from the Dickens novel, this play tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, who loves nothing but money, and thinks that Christmas, and the spirit of generosity attached to it, are a "humbug!" The ghost of his former business partner and three spirits visit him, with visions of Christmas past, present and future. By the plays end, Scrooge is a changed man, having discovered the Christmas spirit that lives in us all.
FAMILY
Rough Night at the North Pole
December 3 – December 17, 2010
Children’s Center for the Arts
A naughty little boy and his reluctant companion come to the North Pole to get even with Santa Claus. The boy wants revenge because Santa put coal in his stockings. (He must have been really bad because he was wearing them at the time!) The kids frame Santa and get him thrown in the North Pole jail. With Santa out of the way, the boy plans on taking his place and putting coal in the stockings of all the boys and girls in the world. But, in this riotous farce, Santa gets out in time to set things straight and ensure a Merry Christmas for one and all!
ELEMENTARY
Humpty Dumpty
January 28 – February 11, 2011
Children’s Center for the Arts
Who can put Humpty Dumpty back together again? All the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men couldn't! Miss Muffet will try and so will Mary Mary, but when Jack and Jill come tumbling down the hill...well lets just say its going to take all of Nursery Rhyme Ville to find and repair Humpty!
PRE SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
Inherit the Wind
February 10 – 13, 2011
TheatreOCU Co-Pro - Kirkpatrick Auditorium
The classic American drama based on the Scopes “Monkey” Trail of 1925, is a story about conflict in American culture. Inherit the Wind opens after Bert Cates’ has been arrested for teaching evolution to his science class and refuses to admit he was wrong. Cates goes to trail and two attorneys battle, with Brady representing fundamentalism and Drummond advocating science and freedom of thought. The whole town watches along with the world as this precedent-setting battle plays out.
MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL
The Planet of the Perfectly Awful People
March 25- April 8, 2011
Children’s Center for the Arts
The first girl into outer space, Abbie Anderson of Peach Grove, Pennsylvania, is on her way to Venus as Earth's goodwill ambassador. Suddenly her rocket ship goes off course and she crash-lands on the planet Meanus, home of three perfectly awful people: Lord Groucho, Lady Grumble and Sir Groan. Abbie is imprisoned with another intruder, Zebulon Zook from Mirth. In a literal battle of wits, the two youngsters out-duel their adversaries, who eventually learn that it's more fun to be good-natured than perfectly awful.
PRE SCHOOL/ ELEMENTARY
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
April 27 – May 8, 2011
Burg Theatre
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain's classic depiction of a happy-go-lucky boy on a voyage of growth and discovery. The story of Tom and his best friend Huck Finn, whose playfulness and sense of mischief lead them to all sorts of adventure. Join us on the Mississippi River for this wonderful tale of a young boy and his ability to find trouble with a capital T.
ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL
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