Schooltime Series
Performing Arts experiences for students which expand and enhance learning... Each season, the Arts Alliance provides a diversity of performing arts experiences for students in grades Pre-K through 12. Professional artists (actors, singers, musicians, and dancers) - from around the world - travel to Lufkin to perform during the school day for students and their teachers.
Each show has connections to school curricula and offers a unique opportunity for teachers to integrate the arts into their daily lesson planning and individual teaching styles. The performances are imaginatively conceived, artistically produced, and provide relevant, entertaining, and enriching experiences for students.
In 2011-12 three extraordinary productions will appear on the Temple Theater stage: Rioult Dance; Small Steps, Tiny Revolutions, The Peking Acrobats, and The Frog Bride with Storyteller Davis Gonzalez. Each show is age-specific and selected by the Arts Alliance to encourage the power of imagination, creative thinking, and self-expression.
The Schooltime Series is underwritten by funds generously provided by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation. Additional sponsorship support from The Children’s Clinic of Lufkin, P.A. & Angelina Pediatrics, PLLC
- Show Date & Time:
Friday, October 5, 2012- 9:00AM and 1:00PM
- Recommended for
grades K - 4
The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare
Lightwire Theater
Two classic and important stories about trusting your instincts and having faith in yourself are retold in a unique and fun way for a new generation. The characters appear luminescent – dancing across the blackened stage in brilliant neon-colored lines. Lightwire Theater -- with its dazzling visuals, poignant choreography, and creative use of music -- literally brings these beloved tales into a new and brilliant light.
- Show Date & Time:
Friday, January 18, 2013- 9:00AM and 1:00PM
- Recommended for
grades 6 and up
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Classical Theatre Project / Toronto
Set against the racially charged backdrop of a pre-Civil War American South, America's most beloved coming-of-age tale examines the nature of friendship and freedom in the face of shocking prejudice. Escape with us down the Mississippi, while we learn that thinking for yourself is the bravest act of all. The play features a brilliant cast, imaginative stagecraft, and live gospel music.
- Show Date & Time:
Friday, March 22, 2013- 9:00AM and 1:00PM
- Recommended for
grades 2 - 5
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Based on beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder’s own childhood experiences, this uplifting musical chronicles the life and times of Laura and her family’s adventures as they travel across the open prairie in search of a little house to call home. Facing obstacles such as scarlet fever and eviction from their land, their pioneering spirit and family bonds are tested but never broken.