Performance Network Announces 2006-07 Saturday Series for Young Audiences

Performance Network will present each of its touring Children's Theatre Network productions one Saturday a month on it's Main Stage. Great entertainment for all ages, with a milk and cookie reception following each performance.

Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) October 12, 2006 -- Performance Network Theatre, Ann Arbor's only resident professional theatre company will present eight shows in it's Saturday Series for Young People from October 2006 through May of 2007. Each performance will be held on the Performance Network main stage. The productions include:

"LaRon Williams, Storyteller"

Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 11:00am

LaRon Williams is a nationally acclaimed, award-winning storyteller who has toured extensively presenting programs and workshops. His highly participatory, music filled performances -- which have been labeled experiences of “goosebumpy delight” -- present a dynamic blend of original and traditional tales crafted to help improve literacy, promote peaceful conflict resolution, foster cooperation, encourage community, build self esteem, and deepen our historical understanding of the workings of American Democratic inclusion.

Appropriate for All Ages.

"Jim Fitzsimmons, Magician"

Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 11:00am

Jim Fitzsimmons’ newest show uses magic to unlock the creative spirit and overcome imagined limitations. This fast paced presentation of excitement, music, live doves and a magic bunny offers an opportunity for young people to try their hand at magic and realize their potential to accomplish the impossible.

Appropriate for All Ages.

Maureen Schiffman and her Puppet Pal Coco presents “A Multi-Cultural Holiday”

Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 11:00am

Since 1980 Maureen has been performing her original thematic shows with her puppet friend CoCo and presenting workshops for educators throughout North America. Maureen has made several television appearances, and is featured in the ‘We Like Kids’ release Colors and Numbers with 29 other nationally known musicians.

For Pre-Kindergarten to 5th Grades

Mosaic Youth Theatre presents "Speak for Yourself!"

Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 11:00am

The Mosaic Acting Company brings you a candid play about race and hope. A future where, regardless of race, people accept one another because they understand one another. The mosaic of different voices represented in this play are Arab, Asian, African and Latin American teenagers in a dialogue with the audience about racial stereotypes in Detroit. This 30 minute performance, created for the University of Michigan Youth Dialogues program, offers hope for our collective futures.

For 6th grade and up.

“Hansel and Gretel” book and lyrics by Tiffany Jones, music by Charles Stout

Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 11:00am

When a poor woodcutter’s new wife tricks young Hansel into going deep into the Great Forest in search of “The House that Candy Built”, it is his sister Gretel who saves them from being lost forever. But when Hansel insists on making the journey again, Gretel is unable to help, and a Mean Old Witch has other plans for them altogether! Will the youngsters ever see home again? Join us for this musical update on the classic Brother’s Grimm tale about love, loyalty and making the most with what you have right now.

For Pre-Kindergarten to 5th Grades.

Michael Lee/OPUS Mime presents “Circus Beyond Words”

Saturday, March 28, 2007 at 11:00am

A 45-minute performance that shows students many different ways to communicate non-verbally with physical acting gestures from the likes of Marcel Marceau and Charlie Chaplin. With pieces from “Circus Opus” the newest exciting show from Opus Mime. You will get to see what it would look like if Cirque du Soleil, Stomp and Blue Man Group got together and had a party.

Appropriate for All Ages.

People Dancing presents “It’s An Art Thing”

Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 11:00am

This 3-piece dance concert includes:

“CAPS” a modern dance work based on the classic story “Caps for Sale” by Esphyr Slobodkina highlighting creativity and persistence as lifelong values. “A BETTER VIEW” is a new dance drama in an Asian aesthetic, including the text “Ming Lo Moves the Mountain”, by Arnold Lobel. “MADCAP MASKS” is a visual feast of color, masks and music great for highlighting relationships between music, dance and visual art.

“Imagination Celebration”

Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 11:00am

Award-Winning Children’s Entertainers JanetMarie & m’Archibald celebrate health and fitness, self-esteem and cooperation, and just plain fun in age-appropriate Musical-Story-Theatre shows which excite, engage and enrich young audiences (and their parents, teachers, and caregivers!)

Rollicking Original and Traditional Sing-Along Songs and Share-Along Stories combined with loads of Audience Participation are the order of the day whenever this couple of characters takes the stage; and the happy results are children that co-create and “own” each performance, and then take the message and the medium into their personal, family and community life.

For Pre-Kindergarten to 5th Grades

Tickets for all performances are $10 for adults and $7 for 16 year-olds and under.

David Wolber

Performance Network Theatre

120 East Huron

Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1437

734.663.0696 - business line

734.663.0681 - box office

http://www.performancenetwork.org

Performance Network is Ann Arbor's Off-Broadway Theatre

Our mission is to provide uncompromising artistic leadership in the region and produce works that engage, challenge and inspire audiences and artists.

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