Workshops & Performances Delivered to You

If you are interested in developing an in-school program for your school year, please contact us at info@theaterintheopen.org.

Below are examples of recent programs we developed with area schools.

Field Trip Offerings

Petrushka and the Caterpillar

This 45 minute puppetry and clowning performance retells the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, and Strega Nona with handmade puppets, but everybody's favorite mischievous clown, Petrushka has a way of changing the endings to center communal responsibility, ecology, and the power of Storytelling. At the conclusion, the audience is invited to help animate a 60 ft long caterpillar puppet and blow bubbles. Students will have the opportunity to hold the puppets and examine the construction of the Puppet Theater. Performed outside on our Maudslay State Park Campus.

45 minutes
40 to 60 Students.

Improvisation Workshop

Our professional Theater Arts educators employ easy-to-learn improv games as a way to boost creativity, confidence, and a willingness to take a leap and trust that your community will support you. Students will learn four different games in rapid succession and then perform for each other and quickly gain the confidence to bring those games back to your campus to teach others. Following the model of our flagship educational offering, the Summer Arts Workshop, this is an opportunity for young minds to be outside in nature, away from screens, working with adults to be their silliest and most spontaneous selves.

1 Hour
40 to 60 Students.

Please reach out to us at info@theaterintheopen.org for more information.