Education Series
2024 - 2025
Cultural Arts For Education
(CAFE)
Belle Glade Campus
The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center is here to enhance your classroom curriculum by offering performing arts experiences for your students in a safe & accessible manner.
ALL SHOWS - ALL SEATS $2
For reservation information, call the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center at 561-993-1161.
All programs, dates and artists are subject to change.
All shows are 50-60 minutes in length.
Reservations Required!
Missoula Children's Theatre's
"The Wizard of Oz"
Friday, September 20, 2024
12 PM
Grades: K-6
A tornado carries Dorothy and Toto from her Kansas home to the land of Oz. With the help of the Munchkins and Glinda herself, the young Miss Gale and her loyal pooch join forces with the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. Off they go down the Yellow Brick Road–side-stepping a Wicked Witch and her ferocious Kalidahs, Sprouts, and the loyal Green Guard–on their journey to find the Wizard and ask for his help. For they are sure his Wizness will grant their wishes and send Dorothy and Toto back to their home–or will he?
Standards: MU, TH, ELA
Shaw Entertainment's
All The Way Live
Monday, September 27, 2024
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: K-5
World-renowned hip-hop artists Baye Harrell and Paige Hernandez have created an interactive boom box that is powered by you! Using the engineering design process, the audience will journey through the different stations of this boom box’s radio. The boom box will give you all you need to know about hip hop, working together and how to be your best self. “Creativity,” “Respect,” “Understanding” and “Cooperation” are just a few stations that are explored. What’s it take to be ALL THE WAY LIVE?
Standards: MU, ELA
Presented in partnership with
Palm Beach Symphony FREE!
Cinderella and the Orchestra
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: K-12
Dressed for a royal masquerade ball, with her identity hidden, Cinderella plays her flute for the very first time with the palace orchestra, conducted by the talented prince as they perform for an enthralled audience of guests. At the end of the evening, afraid of being recognized by her evil stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella vanishes hastily, leaving behind her precious flute. The following morning, the prince begins his desperate search to find the extraordinary flutist, whose elegant playing captivated not only her fellow musicians, but the guests, and certainly the prince as well. Join us for this never-before-told story as it comes to life with the enchanting music of “The Birds” (Gli uccelli) by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi performed by Palm Beach Symphony and Music Director, Gerard Schwarz.
Original story and script by Jody Schwarz
Standards: SC, MU, ELA
Shaw Entertainment's
Good Night Moon & The Runaway Bunny
Thursday, October 17, 2024
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: PK-3
Goodnight Moon is a celebration of familiar nighttime rituals, while The Runaway Bunny’s pretend tale of leaving home evokes reassuring responses from his loving mum. Both feature endearing rabbit characters, and the soothing rhythms of bunny banter and dream-like imagery never fail to infuse young readers with a reassuring sense of security.
Standards: MU, ELA
TheaterWorksUsa's
The Magic School Bus:
Lost in the Solar System
Friday, November 8, 2024
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: K-5
When the class gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic interplanetary field trip! But when rivalries both old and new threaten to tear the students apart, our young heroes must learn to pull together or risk getting forever lost in the solar system.
Standards: ELA, MU, SC
Dance Alive National Ballet's
The Nutcracker
Monday, December 9, 2024
11:15 AM
Grades: K-5
The Nutcracker is a ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky that tell the story of a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King. The story is about a little girl named Marie who falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. In this world, the Nutrcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
Standards: MU, TH
TheaterWorksUSA's
Pete the Cat
Wednesday, January 23, 2025
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: PK-3
For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth. But when Jimmy draws a blank in art class during the last week of school, it turns out Pete is the perfect pal to help him out. Together, they set out on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both learn a little something new about inspiration. Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW Bus!
Standards: MU, ELA
Shaw Entertainment's
Bill Blagg's: The Science of Magic
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: K-5
Bill’s comedy-filled, action-packed, presentation is highly interactive and makes science fun and exciting! Students will use the scientific method to levitate one of their teachers in mid-air and even learn how the science of reflection can make their homework magically disappear! In addition, Bill even performs some of his mind-blowing, grand-scale illusions with a scientific twist! Bill caps the show off with an incredible display of the water cycle by making it snow from his bare hands! Students will watch in amazement as science creates magic right before their very eyes!
Standards: SC, ELA
G.L. Berg Entertainment's
B2wins
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: 6-9
Pronounced B-Twins, this high energy entertainment group continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its unique renditions of crowd favorites and engaging, uplifting live show that targets the masses. Led by charismatic Twin brothers from Brazil, they combine a plethora of genres into a feel-good performance that is equal parts rock concert, dance party, jam session and vacation for the soul.
Standards: MU, TH
IMG Artists'
The Peking Acrobats
Friday, March 14, 2025
11:15 AM
Grades: 5-8
Chinese acrobats and musicians combine awe-inspiring acrobatics, and traditional Chinese instruments, with high-tech special effects. These masters of agility and grace push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with acts of contortion, control, and daring maneuvers. They perform atop precarious pagodas of chairs, engage in treacherous wire-walking, trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting, and gymnastics.
Standards: MU, TH, ELA
TheaterWorksUSA's
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Grades: 1-5
Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father Flippy is overjoyed that his kids will learn to unleash their creativity, but when the frogs’ constant bickering and outrageous imaginations send their comics comically off the rails, Flippy flips out! Will the club survive? Will the frogs ever get along? And will creativity finally save the day? All will be answered in this madcap musical based on Dav Pilkey’s irreverently hilarious book series.
Standards: MU, ELA
Education Series Sponsors
The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the H.E. Hill Foundation. The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center and Palm Beach State College gratefully acknowledge these partners, grantors, and funders for their support of our season events.
