School Touring Assemblies

 

2024 – 2025 calendar now open for scheduling!

Fall Touring dates: September 11, 2024 – November 29, 2024
Spring Touring dates: January 6, 2025 – April 30, 2025

Schedule an assembly for social-emotional learning for your school today!

See shows and pricing below:

Rocks!

Kindergarten - 5th grade

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Story of an Off-Brand Band

6th – 12th grade

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Rocks! by Melanie Godsey
NEW for the 2024-2025 school year.

S’mores, stargazing, swimming—Jamie’s family promises him that Camp Obsidian is a hidden gem. And when he makes friends with Casey on the first day, he knows this camp could rock. But when Casey’s jealousy spreads like poison ivy, Jamie gets caught between a rock and a hard place. Is Jamie really being bullied? Or is it all a harmless prank? The other campers and Jasper, the down-to-earth counselor, will leave no stone unturned to make it the best summer ever.

1-hour presentation including performance and actor-led talkback.

Rocks! Explores:

  • Bullying Prevention

  • How to be an Upstander

  • Celebrating Differences

  • Empathy

 

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Story of an Off-Brand Band by Michelle Lang-Raymond
NEW for the 2024-2025 school year.

Everyone’s ready to rock and roll to the sound of the American dream—except one. When the members of The Preamble go on tour, the band is living the dream, except that the guitarist is treated differently. If each of them truly matters, then this band has a decision to make. In this poignant metaphor for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech, the band must figure out how and if the show will go on.

1-hour presentation including performance and actor-led talkback.

Education Goals:

  • Personal and Social Responsibility
  • Being an Ally
  • Respecting Others
  • Celebrating Differences

 

Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 speech:

…In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note (a “Blank Check”) to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens  are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

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School Pricing and Additional Information

2024– 2025 school year

Available In-person:
  • ROCKS! (new elementary show!)
  • The Story of an Off-Brand Band (new secondary show!)
To begin booking your assembly, please fill out our interest form.
EACH IN-PERSON SHOW INCLUDES: 
  • 1-hour presentation including performance and actor-led talkback.
  • A teacher's guide (with pre- and post-play discussion questions)
2024–2025 PRICING:
  • First Show: $800
  • Second Show: $450
  • Classroom Visit: $150
  • Travel Fee: depends on distance. Please email touring@taproottheatre.org for a comprehensive quote.
To begin booking your assembly, please fill out our interest form.
ALTERNATIVE PRICING OPTIONS: If you represent a school district and would like to book this show for multiple schools, CLICK HERE. If you are a home-school group looking to book this show, CLICK HERE.

For all touring needs and requirements, click here.

In-person:
  • The plays need a level, unobstructed acting area that measures at least 24 feet in width by 18 feet in depth.
  • Taproot brings all of its own sound equipment
  • The actors will need one hour prior to the assembly start time to set up and run a sound check.
Being a kid is hard! Dealing with bullying and disrespect makes it even harder. Using principles from the Committee for Children’s “Second Step” bullying prevention programs, Taproot Theatre Company’s touring productions equip students with the skills they need to stand up to bullying, solve problems and form lasting friendships.

Taproot Theatre Company has toured educational plays to students since 1985 and reaches more than 100,000 students annually. TTC is a member of Theatre Puget Sound and Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for nonprofit professional theatres. Founded in 1976, TTC tells stories of hope, serving the Pacific Northwest through live theatre and educational programs.

Questions? Reach out to our scheduling office at 206.529.3669 or email touring@taproottheatre.org.

Our scripts are guided by Second Step Curriculum.

Thank You

Support for Taproot Theatre’s Education & Outreach programming is generously provided by:


   



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