Theatre Comes To Your School!
Minnetrista Theatre Preserves brings fun and educational entertainment to you! Performances are 45 minutes—followed by a 15-minute Q & A session with the actors. Each show can be performed for up to 250 students.
To book your performance contact Josh Moore, Minnetrista's theatre and outreach manager at (765) 287-3529.
Minnetrista Theatre Preserves provides theatrical performances addressing educational standards. Using props, costumes, sets, and professional actors, your students will be spellbound as MTP weaves stories around textbook subjects.
Pricing:
Home & Friends (Schools)
First Show: $275
Additional Shows*: $150
County locations: Delaware, Blackford, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, Wayne
Neighbors (Schools)
First Show: $325
Additional Shows*: $150
County locations: Indiana: Adams, Allen, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Howard, Huntington, Johnson, Marion, Miami, Rush, Shelby, Tipton, Union, Wabash, Wells, Whitely. Ohio: Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, Van Wert
Library/After School/Non-School
First Show: $150
Additional Show: $150
Visiting
First Show: $375
Overnight Fee: $200
Additional Shows*: $150
County locations: Any Indiana or Ohio county not previously listed or out-of-state locations.
*Same Date/Same Location
Combine experiences:
Community Connections Tour + Hook and the Faerie’s Treasure
Habitat Hunters Tour + Habitat-tat-tat
Bone Zone Tour + My Plate—The Musical
All shows area available for booking Now through June 15, 2012.
Choose Your Show:
Hook & The Faerie’s Treasure 
Now through June 8, 2012
Captain Hook is tired of a life at sea and the constant ticking of the crocodile. He has decided to retire to Indiana where there are forests, caves, riches! When Hook is unable to give up his pirate like ways he travels through our state searching for faerie treasure. Follow Cobblestone the Sprite on her journey through some of Indiana’s natural attractions as she tries to stop Captain Hook from destroying our beautiful, natural treasures. Her quest leads us through White River, Wyandot Cave, Hoosier National Forest, and the Indiana Sand Dunes. Help Cobblestone stop Hook from destroying the most treasured parts of our region and learn about environmental practices everyone can use in their own homes.
School Standards:
Language Arts: K.2.3; K.3.5; 1.7.1; 1.7.2; 2.7.2; 3.7.2; 4.7.1; 4.7.15; 5.7.1; 5.7.2
Science: K.1.1; 5.4.5
Social Studies: 1.3.9; 3.3.10; 3.3.11; 4.2.6; 5.2.8
Habit-tat-tat
Now through June 8, 2012
King Gerg’s kingdom is in shambles. In an effort to do something about it, he has sent out three servants to seek stories of true greatness. Today is the day of their return and the day of King Gerg’s retirement. Will the servant’s stories save the kingdom? Will King Gerg do something truly great before he retires? And who will be the next king? With the help of masks and large-scale puppetry, the King and his court make a habit of learning about habitats.
School Standards:
Science: K.4.1; 1.4.2; 1.4.3; 1.4.4; 2.4.2; 2.4.3; 3.4.4; 3.4.6; 4.4.2; 4.4.3; 5.4.2; 5.4.5
Social Studies: 1.2.4; 1.2.5
Language Arts: K.1.1; K.3.5; 1.2.3; 1.7.1; 1.7.2; 2.3.7; 3.2.2; 3.7.2; 3.7.3;4.7.1; 4.7.15; 5.7.1; 5.7.2
My Plate – The Musical
Now through June 8, 2012
Running from the planet-gobbling alien called GLUT, Captain gNosh of the USS MYPLATE II crash lands his spacecraft on a nearby planet due to a fuel shortage. Fortunately for him, gNosh finds himself in the middle of an Inter-Galactic Farmers Market run by the friendly aliens known as the Nom Noms. Quickly, gNosh must learn how to fuel up his food powered ship with a balanced nutritional meal if he has any hopes of dueling the GLUT and saving earth from total destruction. Allow your students to dance, sing, and show gNosh how to balance a healthy plate in this highly interactive theatre production. This program was developed in conjunction with ChooseMyPlate.gov and the “Let’s Move” intiative.
School Standards:
Social Studies: 1.4.4; 2.4.4; 2.4.5; 3.4.2
Reading: K.3.1; K.3.3; K.3.5; 1.3.3; 1.7.1; 2.7.13
Science: 1.6.1; 2.6.2; 3.6.3; 3.4.7; 4.4.9
One Destiny
Summer 2012
Minnetrista is pleased to expand our quality live theater experience to middle school, high school, and adult audiences. We are offering an amazing theatrical performance from Ford’s Theatre: One Destiny. This work was written by a New York playwright and has been performed exclusively by Ford’s Theatre and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. However, for the first time in Indiana and Ohio, this production is now available to you.
Learn about Lincoln’s assassination from two men who were there. Actor Harry Hawk and Ford’s Theatre co-owner Harry Ford revisit the events of April 14, 1865. As they reconstruct the sequence of events, they grapple with the question: Could John Wilkes Booth have been stopped? This 35-minute presentation explores the key facts of the assassination while capturing the emotions of that fateful night. This performance is recommended for audiences ages 8 and up.
