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 Touring Season
2010 2011
 
 you and Theatre IV 
set the stage for 
Holding the Line onCosts
 To say that we are in challengingeconomic times is quite theunderstatement. We want to help youkeep your costs down. For 2010 – 2011,we are not increasing our perormanceees. Good or you and, we hope, goodor us too. And, we are cutting ourgasoline surcharge nearly in hal.
Invite Your Local, Stateand National Politicians
Show o all you do or your communityby inviting your elected representativesto our shows. They are important linksto government unding sources. Letthem know that the arts are vital to thecommunity and the nation and are a keycomponent o educating our children.
Theatre IV is aNonproft, ProessionalTheatre.
Since 1975, Theatre IV has beendedicated to the creation o proessional,exciting and innovative theatricalproductions or young audiences.
Building Tomorrow’sAudiences Today
 Theatre IV will help you bring youngaudiences to your venue. The youngaudiences o today are the patrons o tomorrow. They help build a stableuture while bringing in much neededrevenue today. Get the youth o yourcommunity used to coming to yourvenue. You will instill in them a lielonghabit o participating in the arts.
Create or EnhanceYour Series or YoungAudiences
Our plays are diverse and will be thecornerstone o your Young AudienceSeries. From
The Little Red Hen
to
Harriet Tubman
, rom
Stone Soup
to
 A ChristmasCarol 
to
Songs from the Soul 
, we canprovide just what your audiences need.
New Show Category
Our new “Helping Hands” shows targetyour national curricula standards ata new lower price. These shows aregeared toward in-school audiences.I your schools need a boost in theunderstanding o these areas, we canhelp.
Education at the Hearto the Art
Our plays are entertaining whileintroducing the audience to the books,people, and events being studied inschools. This is a natural extension o their educational experience. We provideonline study guides that teachers canaccess themselves saving you time andmoney.
Give Them a Memoryor a Lietime
Field trips are special in the lie o achild. Give your community the git o live theatre and an experience they willnever orget.
 All titles, tours and dates in this brochure are subject to change or cancellation without notice.
I Have a Dream
By Bruce Craig Miller 
 The phenomenal impact o Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is chronicled in thiscompelling dramatization o the lie and times o one o the most inuentialand charismatic leaders o the “American Century.” Inspired by the arrest o Rosa Parks, Dr. King becomes the prime mover behind the Montgomery,Alabama bus boycott, putting his philosophy o non-violent protest to work.He gains national recognition and becomes the dominant orce in the CivilRights Movement during its decade o greatest achievement. Your studentswill be inspired by the story o this great leader’s struggle and his dream o liting “our nation rom the quicksand o racial injustice to the solid rock o brotherhood.”
(3 – Adult)
Biography, Language Arts, History, Multi-Cultural,Public Speaking, Reading, Self-Esteem, Character Development 
1/19/11 – 3/11/11
The Little RedHen
By Ford Flannagan
“Who’ll help me plant the seed?” asksthe plucky red hen as she begins theprocess that goes into making a loa o her delicious bread. “Not us,” say thesheep, the cow, the horse, and the pig. They all have better things to do. But,“a hen’s gotta do what a hen’s gottado,” and so our crimson heroineperseveres until her work is done. But, the tricks o the conniving ox combinewith the hen’s common sense to add adventure and a sound moral lesson tothis classic, eel good, oot-stompin’ country musical. This show has plentyo audience participation.
(K – 5)
Folk Tales, Language Arts, Reading, Science,Music, Peer Pressure, Self-Esteem, Character Development 
10/6/10 – 11/19/10
Theatre IV is a real asset to our arts and education program. The plays are exciting and excellent quality at an affordable price.
 
Warren County Arts Commission, Bowling Green, KY
 
Well, Theatre IV did it again! Wonderful, funny, sensi-tive, and informative production – what a joy to watchand learn from great enthusiastic, energetic, and friendly performers. Thank you for returning to Wesleyan College.
~ Campus Events Coordinator, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
Theatre IV brings us beautifully scripted, designed and performed shows. This is top of the linequality.
National Theatre, Washington, DC
Lyle, Lyle,Crocodile
Book, Music and Lyrics by Bruce Craig Miller 
Based on the timeless picture books byBernard Waber, Theatre IV’s production o thiscrowd-pleasing musical has been taking thecountry by storm or many years. Join youngJosh Primm as he moves to New York Cityand share magical adventures with his lovingparents, his stage-struck nemesis Hector P. Valenti, his rambunctious newriends, his persnickety neighbor Mr. Grumps, and his mist (but oh so special)reptilian pet – Lyle!
(K – 5)
 Art, Family Ties, Language Arts, Literary Classic, Music,Reading, Character Development 
9/28/10 – 12/17/10
The Legend o Sleepy Hollow
Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Deiss
Join Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, the lovely Katrina Van Tassel, the residentso Tarry Town and, oh yes, the Headless Horseman, as they live the story madeamous by the legend. This autumnal classic is aithul to the original storywritten by Washington Irving in 1819 and will thrill and perhaps chill (but nottoo scary) your audiences. No all is complete without the telling o stories andour retelling o “The Legend o Sleepy Hollow” is one story you won’t want tomiss.
(K – 5)
Folk Tales, Language, Literary Classic, Reading, History 
10/1/10 – 11/21/10
Stuart Little
By Joseph Robinette
From the loving heart o E. B. White, authoro Charlotte’s Web, comes this merry musicalabout a noble mouse who jumps headlonginto adventures big enough to matchany imagination. By turns unny, tenderand exciting, Stuart Little mixes gorgeouschild-size puppets with live actors to work theatrical magic.
(K – 5)
Art, Family Ties, Reading, Language Arts, Literary Classic,Music, Puppets
3/30/11 – 5/15/11
Harriet Tubmanand theUndergroundRailroad
Book and Lyrics by Douglas JonesMusic by Ron Barnett Co-produced by the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
 This stirring drama with music is a classic tribute to the great American whoreed hersel and hundreds o her people rom the bonds o slavery. Hercourage helped change the world. Share her adventurous lie, the joys,sorrows, and challenges aced by this brave woman, with your students inthis accurate and deeply moving musical history lesson.
(3 – 12)
Family Ties,History, Language, Biography, Multi-Cultural, Music, Self-Esteem, Women’s Studies
1/19/11 – 3/11/11
The Jungle Book 
Book and lyrics by Scott Wichmann, Music by  Julie Fulcher  Adapted from the Book by Rudyard Kipling
Join young Mowgli as he learns the “Laws” o the jungle in this time-honored adventure.With the help o riends like the black panther, Bagheera, and Baloo the lovable bear, Mowgli learns about riendshipand survival. Cheer as Mowgli aces his ear and oils his nemesis the tigerShere Khan. This musical version o Rudyard Kipling’s classic will delight boththe young and the young at heart.
(K – 5)
Art, Language Arts, Literary Classic,Reading, Science, History, Music 
3/31/11 – 5/20/11
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