• The Wizard of Oz

    Any time: The Wizard of Oz, presented by The CENTER’s Touring Company

    Suggested grades: Elementary

    Length: Approximately 45 minutes, including Q & A session.

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  • Murder on the Orient Express

    September 6, 2024, 10AM: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie presented by CENTERstage Productions.

    Suggested grades: Middle and high school

    Length: Approximately 2 and a half hours, including Q & A session. One intermission.

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  • Sleepy Hollow Halloween Show

    October 29, 2024, 10AM: Sleepy Hollow presented by Kit’s Interactive Theatre

    Suggested grades: K-6

    Length: Approximately 45 minutes

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  • A Christmas Carol

    December 10 and 17, 2024 10AM: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, presented by CENTERstage Productions

    The familiar Dickens tale vividly told with classic Christmas Carols woven throughout the story of Scrooge, the Cratchits, and four Ghosts.

    Suggested grades: 4-12

    Length: Approximately 90 minutes, including Q & A session.

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  • Romeo and Juliet

    Coming in Spring 2025! Check back for details and dates!

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Streaming Shows

The CENTER offers a special streaming production of its most popular touring show,

"The Wizard of Oz!"

For one low price, your district will receive steaming rights for three days to broadcast the production to students both on-site and remote.

Join Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Good Fairy, and the Wicked Witch of the West on their adventure to see the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Students will love the special effects such as flying monkeys and howling wolves! 

For more details about streaming shows, email the Education Department at victoria@centerforperformingarts.org.

In School & Outreach

Coordinated between educators and The CENTER's Managing and Artistic Director, Lou Trapani, this learning and performing module combines school curriculum with the dynamics of live theater. Mr. Trapani instructs students in Performing a Script, Creating a Play, and Acting on Stage, depending on the students' grade level. The program culminates in a live performance at the school in front of a live audience of parents, students, and faculty. This program is available during regular school hours and as an after-school program.

The CENTER's Education Program has developed on-site theater workshops with students at the Bulkeley Middle School (Rhinebeck), the Haviland Middle School (Hyde Park), and Bard College (Annandale).

School programs that bring schools into The CENTER include weekday Field Trip performances (listed above); serving as host-site for Daytop Preparatory School's annual performances of their Shakespearean interpretation program (www.Daytop.org); donating approximately 10% of tickets to all performances to community groups for children and adults-at-risk and in-need.

Our Education Program has also offered tours to Scout troops, in association with performances, to assist Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in earning their Theater Merit Badges.

The CENTER also reaches out to higher education in the arts through the Fiscaletti Scholarship.