Adventures in the Performing Arts - Weekday Field Trips to the Theater
Individual tickets are available and the public is welcome.
See also our remarkable collection of School Assemblies we can bring to your school.
We would like to extend an invitation to you and your students to attend some of the wonderful performances scheduled for the coming school year. There is nothing quite like the performing arts to stir the imagination and elicit critical thinking skills in students.
Order Early for the Best Seats. Tickets for shows at both theaters are $9.00 per seat for groups of 10 or more, $14 for individuals. Prices for Ojai Storytelling shows are as listed. All reservations must be accompanied by an order form and a $100 non-refundable deposit, no exceptions. Full payment must be made 3 weeks prior to the performance. Please make sure your ticket count includes teachers and parent chaperones. Parents purchasing tickets after the initial school order will be charged the individual rate unless they purchase tickets as a group of at least 10. All children regardless of age must have a ticket.
There is a $4 handling fee per order (not per ticket) for tickets purchased online, by phone, or by mail.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase tickets for one of the shows in the Adventure series, you will not receive a printed ticket. Your name will be placed on a list that the ushers will have on the show day. Simply give them your name and you will be seated. Seating is general.
Your seat location at the Fred Kavli Theatre is determined by the order in which we receive full payment. You will be assigned a particular section of the theater based on the date of payment, but your actual seats within that section, will be determined by your arrival time.
DISCOUNTS!!!
Title I Schools can attend performances in Thousand Oaks for $100 per school and $9 per adult.
Non-Title I Schools located in the City of Thousand Oaks can attend shows for 1/2 price, adults are $9.
PreSchool 
Primary K-3 
Upper Elementary 4-6 
Middle School 6-8 
High School 9-12 
Golden Dragon Acrobats
Monday, October 28, 2013 -
9:30am & 11:15am
Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades K-12
The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today.
The reputation of the company is solidly rooted in a commitment to the highest of production values and an attention to artistic details that is unparalleled in the art form. World renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty.
www.goldendragonacrobats.com | video | study guide
Metales M5
Friday, November 1, 2013 -
9:30am
Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades 1-5
Metales M5 is Mexico’s leading brass quintet.
Since its founding in 2005 in Morelia, Michoacán, the five gentlemen have been playing a wide variety of music without regard to genre: Baroque and contemporary music, opera and blues, pop, movie soundtracks and folk music from Spain, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. Combining their skills at fine classical chamber music, non-stop interaction with the audience, inborn showmanship and their inimitable Latin American charm, M5 concerts are unique musical-theatrical concert experiences. In their concert, M5 takes students on a musical journey around the world and through different eras across time. How can you play on a garden hose? Why does a piccolo trumpet sound so high? What is the difference between a Canon and a Fugue? Why German folk music does sound so Mexican...? Now you know why your kids want to play brassssssssssss!!! "What do you get when you mix the shenanigans of the Blues Brothers with the musical seriousness of the Canadian Brass? Metales M5! Mexico's leading brass quintet, which opened this summer's Meadowlark Music Festival, rarely takes itself seriously. They performed with real polish and panache - these five musicians are genuine virtuosos.”
www.metalesm5.com | video
I am Jack (Bullying)
by
Monkey Baa Theatre Company
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 -
9:30 & 11:15am
Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades 2-6
Jack is a smart, funny, 11 year old boy who’s being badly bullied at school. What starts as an off-the-cuff joke during a handball competition soon turns into a set of circumstances whereby Jack is no longer safe on the playground. But with the use of self-expression through photography, Jack begins to make sense of his world, of his relationships with others, and most importantly, with himself. This excellent show explores the often-overlooked insidious taunting and teasing that bullies are so adept at inflicting on their victims and the roles that family and schools can play in responding to this topic. Jack takes us on a touching and sometimes comical journey as he moves from victim to victor. An excellent medium to demonstrate the effects of bullying to students and ways in which they can deal with it in a constructive way.
www.holdenarts.org | video | study guide
Stuart Little
from the acclaimed
Dallas Children's Theatre Company
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 -
9:30 & 11:15am
Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades K-5
All the charm, wisdom and joy of E.B. White’s classic novel are brought to life as the mild mannered mouse, Stuart Little, learns to survive in his super-sized world of humans and discovers the true meaning of family, loyalty, and friendship.
www.holdenarts.org | video | study guide
Four Score and Seven Years Ago
by
ArtsPower
Thursday, March 6, 2014 -
9:30 & 11:15am
Scherr Forum Theater, Thousand Oaks
Grades 3-8
To young Lemuel, who has escaped slavery in Georgia, life in Gettysburg is everything he had dreamed it would be. His ideas about the North and the South, as well as what it means to be a free man, are challenged, however, when he unexpectedly befriends Jacob, a young Confederate soldier.
The two men may be of different races and on different sides of the Civil War, but they have much to teach each other about bravery and loyalty in ArtsPower’s exciting and suspenseful musical.
www.artspower.org | video | study guide
Peter Pan
by
Theatreworks USA
Friday, March 7, 2014 -
9:30am (approximately 60 minutes)
Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades 1-5
Peter Pan is an adapted version of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale created by John Caird and Trevor Nunn. This touring production explores the journey of a group of children in turn-of-the-century London who use their imaginations to reenact the story of Peter Pan. This story empowers children to create their own world of make-believe. As the children fly to Neverland and escape the evil Captain Hook and Mr. Smee, they recognize the importance of friendship as well as the value of being part of a family. This production encourages children to let their imaginations take “flight” and to create their own adventures using household objects as props and puppets as characters.
www.theatreworksusa.org | study guide
Great Mountain
by
Red Sky Performance
Friday, March 14, 2014 -
9:30 & 11:15am
Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades 1-6
The Great Mountain is an adventure story that inspires, entertains and captures the imagination of students. Young Nuna has started to hear things she can't figure out. Realizing she has inherited the ability to hear the spirits of rushing rivers and soaring mountains, Nuna's grandmother takes her to the river and entrusts her to a boatman who brings her to where a glacier is melting and the spirit of a great mountain weeps. Does Nuna have the power to answer the mountain's cry? In this re-telling of the Native American story of Jumping Mouse, a young girl discovers the transformative power of nature and the importance of courage. Canada's leading aboriginal theater and dance company, Red Sky blends traditional story and mask work with contemporary music.
wwww.holdenarts.org | video | study guide
15th Annual Ojai Storytelling Festival
Friday, May 2, 2014
Libbey Bowl, Ojai
9:30 Primary, Grades K-3
Join acclaimed storytellers, Lyn Ford, Izzi Tooinsky, Gene Tagaban, and Niall de Burca as they take your students on an exciting journey of stories from around the world. Tickets for Groups(10+) are $7 if payment is received before March 31, $9 thereafter. Seating is assigned according to when payment is received. Order early for the best seats.
www.ojaistoryfest.org
15th Annual Ojai Storytelling Festival
Friday, May 2, 2014
Libbey Bowl, Ojai
11:15 Upper, Grades 4-12
Join storytellers Patrick Ball, Laura Simms, Barbara McBride-Smith, and Gene Tagaban as they take your students on an exciting journey of stories from around the world. Tickets for Groups(10+) are $7 if payment is received before March 31, $9 thereafter. Seating is assigned according to when payment is received. Order early for the best seats.
www.ojaistoryfest.org
Story Pirates
Thursday, May 22, 2014 -
9:30am and 11:15am
Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Grades 1-5
Described as "Monty Python meets Schoolhouse Rock," the Story Pirates Greatest Hits Show consists of all original material written by children and adapted for the stage by iprofessional actors. A collection of some of the best stories and songs adapted from stories written by elementary school students, Story Pirates will delight and surprise with puppets, enlivening songs and outrageous sketches, all the while motivating kids to pick up a pencil and write down their own fantastic adventures. Story topics run the gamut, from kung fu ninja babies fighting crime and the eternal love between the devil and some guy she met at Starbucks, to cats flying and tickle monsters who rule the world.
video
See also our remarkable collection of Assemblies we can bring to your school.