What if Puppets has been delighting audiences with their compelling storytelling performances since 1987, reaching over 20,000 people a year. What if Puppets performs throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area, the United States, and internationally. What if Puppets creates and builds all their puppets in-house, reflecting a diverse and colorful array of puppet characters and works. Additionally, the award-winning company offers integrated residencies, workshops, and professional development programs to various elementary schools, preschools, and other organizations that focus on socio-emotional learning and kindergarten readiness through the puppetry arts.
Available touring performances include these shows:
Premium Shows (45 minutes, built with K-2nd grade audiences in mind):
T-Rex Took My Toothbrush
Shiver Me Paintbrush
How to Snag a Sea Monster
Cirque du Wiener Dog
Compact Shows (30 minutes, built with PreK audiences in mind):
Jingle Jamboree
The Little Half Chicken
Little Red Riding Hood
Ringo’s Sing Along Road Trip
Elevated or non-elevated floor space 12'x 12' with a ceiling height of 10'
Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA) works with a roster of teaching artists to provide dynamic and educational arts programs to children in schools, libraries, and community centers throughout the greater Kansas City area. With performances, residencies, workshops, and after-school programs in nearly every artistic discipline and covering numerous academic subjects, KCYA’s School & Community programs reinforce core curriculum as well as cultivate artistic expression. KCYA exists to unlock the extraordinary potential within every student, by harnessing the transformational power of the arts in education.
Varies based on program; call for more information.
The Rep’s Imaginary Theatre Company (ITC), the touring ensemble of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, invites teachers and their students to share all the wonder, poetry, wit, drama, and excitement that only live theatre can bring. ITC’s high-quality stage work will not only nurture love of the arts, but will also enhance teachers’ educational programs. Literature-based productions honor and value a story well told while supporting the Missouri Learning Standards. ITC’s specialty is taking audiences into a magic world that will spark the imagination.
Dianne Moran is an award-winning storyteller, living history performer and Chautauqua scholar. She presents a diverse repertoire of first-person portrayals, bringing to life remarkable women whose contributions have shaped both our nation and the wider world. Through engaging performances that combine dynamic characterizations with well researched historical facts, Dianne passionately shares her love of history with audiences. She presents her programs in historical dress and concludes with an audience Q&A. School programs include historical objects that broaden understanding of the time period. Mary Surratt and the Lincoln Assassination, Abigail Adams and the Revolution, and Ellis Island and the Journey to America are only a few of her programs. Call or email for a complete program list.
Microphone and a 6 ft. table