A BAND OF ANGELS, BALLERINA SWAN and More Set for NYC Children's Theater in 2015

By: Aug. 25, 2015
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The award-winning New York City Children's Theater (formerly Making Books Sing) which will feature two world premiere musicals, a highly anticipated revival and a special one-night engagement at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in its 2015-16 season. The company has created original, entertaining and enriching theater for young audiences and adults to enjoy together for almost 20 years.

2015-16 Season Highlights:

Fall 2015

A BAND OF ANGELS

Written by Myla Churchill

Directed by Colman Domingo

Adapted from the book "A Band of Angels" by Deborah Hopkinson

Sat., October 18; 3pm & 7pm

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

Tickets: $25-40

Winner of the 2015 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Musical, A BAND OF ANGELS returns for a special engagement at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. The show celebrates the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Reconstruction-era choir still in operation today that's credited with bringing African-American spirituals to mass audiences for the first time. The musical features timeless and beloved songs from the spiritual tradition, including "This Little Light of Mine," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Hold On." The show's May 2015 run received praise from: WABC-TV, PBS/WNET "NYC Arts," Examiner.com, MommyPoppins, TDF Stages and more. Best for ages 8-adult.

Winter 2015

YOUNG CHARLES DICKENS

Book & Lyrics by Barbara Zinn Krieger

Music by Charlie Greenberg

Directed by Josh Penzell

Based on the book A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson

December 5 - January, Theater 3, 311 W. 43 Street, NYC

Just in time for the holidays! Before he became a famous writer, Charles Dickens was a typical 12-year-old boy with a gift for telling stories. But it wasn't until he had to spend a year supporting his family, working on Christmas Eve, that he realized just how important his stories could be. Based on the true story of Charles Dickens's childhood, Young Charles Dickens is the uplifting story of how one of the most famous writers of all time found his calling. Best for ages 8-adult.

BALLERINA SWAN

Choreographed by Michael McGowan

Written by Barbara Zinn Krieger

Featuring the Music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Based on the book by Allegra Kent

Dec. 12th - Jan. 3rd, Theater 3, 311 W. 43 Street, NYC

Back by popular demand, Ballerina Swan blends dance, theater and puppetry to tell the story of Sophie, a Central Park swan who dreams of becoming a ballerina. Based on the children's book by former NYC Ballet prima ballerina Allegra Kent, Ballerina Swan features a five-foot dancing swan puppet that wowed children and adults alike during the show's 2013 run. Best for ages 3-8.

New York City Children's Theater (formerly Making Books Sing) is a nonprofit organization that creates original, entertaining and enriching theater for young audiences and adults to enjoy together. We believe a city as culturally rich as New York needs a children's theater that produces high-quality original productions and develops robust arts-in-education programs, serving children in all communities across the five boroughs.

In 1996, New York City Children's Theater began as the family theater and education program of the Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre. It became an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2001.

Over the last 19 years, our local and nationally recognized arts-in-education programs and professional theater productions have served over 150,000 children and adults across all five boroughs and surrounding communities in the tri-state area. We have increased arts accessibility for underserved communities in New York City through partnering with nearly 500 urban schools and providing subsidized tickets to over 25,000 students. In addition, we have taught more than 2,500 teachers here and in California creative ways to integrate theater into their classroom instruction and distributed over 6,000 Curriculum Resource Packets and Anthologies to supplement course material.

Our theater has received funding from The National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Goldman Sachs, The Ford Foundation and many other established funders.



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