Surflight to Go
Surflight to Go programs are complete professional theatrical
productions. We bring it all to the school - sets, costumes, props, music,
and of course our award-winning Surflight cast.
Currently, four shows are available for booking:
Project America
Book
by John Anker Bow
Music: Traditional
Grades
4 to 8
Length:
45 minutes
The Project America cast invites audiences on a poignant
journey through the national holidays the dot our country's calendar. Through
an
original compilation of story-telling, monologues and music, Project America
carefully explains the significance and importance of these days. Memorable
moments include a timeline of the American labor movement and the meaning behind
Labor day, a musical reflection on the principles of racial equality and
non-violent social change observed on Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, a moving
account of our nation's war heroes and heroines remembered on Veterans Day and
Memorial Day and other sequences concerning Flag Day, Presidents' Day and
Independence Day. Audiences will walk away from Project America with a new sense
of pride, genuine respect, and an appreciation for the people who sacrificed so
much to make our country great. This show is a must-see for educators seeking a
powerful character education program. Project America approaches ethical values
and moral leadership from the framework of what we all have in common: our bond
as Americans.
Project America meets
New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 3.4,
6.1, 6.2, 6.4 and 9.2
Alexander who is Not, Not, Not,
Not, Not going to move
Grades
K to 5
Length:
45 minutes
Alexander, the feisty and loveable star of Judith Viorst's popular children's
books, has a dilemma: his father is starting a new job in a city "a thousand
miles away." So while everyone else is packing, Alexander has decided to stay
right where he is. In the end Alexander - and audiences - learn that home is
where your family is. A children's favorite brought to life on stage
Alexander who is Not, Not, Not, Not, Not going to move meets New Jersey Core Curriculum
Standards 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, and 9.2
Maggie McGee and the Good Character
Bandwagon
Book
and lyrics by John Anker Bow
Music by Justin Bohr
Grades
K to 5
Length:
45 minutes
Young Maggie McGee is sick and tired of rudeness, disrespect, and bad manners!
Armed with her friendly smile and awesome attitude, Maggie begins her quest to
help everybody climb aboard the bandwagon of good character and ride the road to
responsibility. Along the way, Maggie encounters a bunch of characters that
behave in ways all of us will find familiar. Maggie's brother Richard can never
remember to follow the rules and her best friend Ashley makes everyone furious
with her selfish habits. Nick Nugent is just about perfect in every way -
friendly, funny and super cute - but he can be so unreliable sometimes! Trevor
the terror is just plain disrespectful and the new girl Sarah Beth is the
current victim of his teasing and torment. Maggie teaches all of us how
important it is to be kind, considerate,
respectful and helpful - even when nobody's looking! Send your students on a
musical spree with Maggie McGee and the Good Character Bandwagon!
Maggie McGee and the Good Character Bandwagon meets New Jersey Core
Curriculum Standards 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.4, 6.2, and 9.2
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Book
by Scott Ferguson, George Keating and Kyle Hall
Music
and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry,
George Newall and Tom Yohe
Grades
K to 5
Length:
45 minutes
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage! The
Emmy Award winning 1070s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught
history,
grammar, math, science and politics through clever tuneful songs is available
for performances in your school. Tom, a school teacher nervous about his
first day of teaching, tries to relax when various characters representing
facets of his personality show him how to win his students over with imagination
and music. Schoolhouse Rock Live! is simply good, clean and
educational fun likely to make all elementary school teachers happy. Songs
include: A Noun is a Peson, Place or Thing, Three is a Magic Number,
Unpack your Adjectives, Just a Bil, The Preamble, Do the Circulation,
Conjunction Junction, Great American Melting Pot, Interplanet Janet,
Interjections, and many more! Memorable songs combined with comical
live action guarantee a fun learning experience for your students and nobody
does it better than Schoolhouse Rock!
Schoolhouse Rock Live! meets
New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 3.4,
3.5, 4.1, 5.5, 5.9, 6.1, and 6.2
Reviving
Ophelia
2006 Macy's New Play Prize for
Young Audiences
by
Mary Pipher
Length:
45 minutes
Reviving Ophelia adapts one of the truly seminal nonfiction books of
our time into a gripping story of four teen girls battling the corrosive
influence of popular culture and searching for the personal North Star that will
guide them home. Jill is a Native American
girl
adopted by white parents. Her drinking, truancy, and bad attitude are corrected
in a very unexpected way. Allie, a pastor's daughter, faces a crisis of faith at
a mother-daughter bookclub meeting when her friend Lia loses her own mother to
cancer. One remarkable scene between Lia and her boyfriend, Alex, harkens back
to Hamlet's famous 'Get thee to a nunnery!', with Alex betraying a scary part of
his personality that he keeps hidden. Beautiful Dawn approaches high-school
graduation with the realization that she's not prepared for anything but
attracting guys; her solution is to attempt 18 Jello shots to celebrate her 18th
birthday. Again, help comes from unexpected quarters. Playwright Bennett,
specifically chosen by Dr. Pipher to adapt her work, deftly leavens the drama
with great humor, tracing the intertwining lives of these four girls from first
grade through middle school, and then through high school to graduation and
young adulthood. This play toured though urban, suburban, and rural schools with
equal success.
Package
and Booking Information
Package #1: One performance at your location - $750
Package #2: Two performances at your location - $1375
Package #3: Three performances at your location - $1900
Additional Travel Fee (N. Jersey & out of state) - $100
Performances at Surflight Theatre - $7/Ticket
For dates, times, and booking information, please call
Lucy Crowe at
609-492-9477 or email lucy@surflight.org.
New show: Sounds Of
Broadway
This new 90 minute review not only includes performances of well
known songs from shows such as Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Fiddler on
the Roof and The Phantom of the Opera, but also provides educational information
regarding the significance of specific composers/lyricists and their influence
on musical theatre history.
This show can be offered with a series of theatre workshops, or alone.
Please call for pricing information.
Surflight to Go is made possible in
part by funds from:
Geraldine
R. Dodge Foundation
and
New
Jersey State Council on the Arts
and
Bank of America
Foundation
and
Target
Stores
and
Subaru of America
Foundation
and
The Horizon Foundation of New Jersey
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