Enchantment Theatre Company
The Velveteen Rabbit
November 2 • Friday • 10:30 AM

Enchantment Theatre Co. Presents Margery Williams’ “The Velveteen Rabbit” with music by Don Sebesky and lyrics by Gloria Nissenson.

This innovative production combines the theatrical magic and signature style of Enchantment Theatre with the musical magic of Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-Winning Composer/Arranger Don Sebesky. With an original musical score, live singers, life-sized puppets, masks and magic, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life this charming tale of love and devotion, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience for the whole family.

$9 All Seats • Appropriate for Grades Pre K-2 • Study Guide Available

Atlantic City Ballet
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Theatre IV:
T’was The Night Before Christmas!
December 19 • Wednesday • 10:30 AM

Theatre IV presents the children’s classic, ‘‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” with book, music and lyrics by Bruce Miller. Inspired by the timeless poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and by the real life of its author, Clement Moore, this hilarious musical introduces Santa in a particularly beneficent light. This classic from Theatre IV has been charming audiences nationwide for many years.

$9 All Seats • Appropriate for Grades Pre K - 5 • Study Guide Available

Theatre IV:
Buffalo Soldier
January 25 • Friday • 10:30 AM

Based on the true story of our nation’s longest-surviving Buffalo Soldier and veteran of the Spanish American War, this dramatic play with music tells the heroic story of the brave soldiers of the 9th and 10th Calvaries, who served our country well with little of the recognition they deserved. Theatre IV’s story is told through the eyes of Jones Morgan, the country’s oldest living Buffalo Soldier. The son of freed slaves, Morgan became a Buffalo Soldier in 1898 when he was 15.

$9 All Seats • Appropriate for Grades 3 - 6 • Study Guide Available

Big Wooden Horse Theatre Company:
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
February 5 • Tuesday • 10:30 AM

“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” is a lively show full of fun, feathers, laughter and excitement. It also features original music and lots of audience participation! The friendly bus driver leaves us with one simple instruction: “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!” However, the Pigeon is very clever and whines, bribes, pleads and even sings a song to get his own way… BUT WILL YOU LET HIM DRIVE???

$9 All Seats • Appropriate for Grades PreK - 3 • Study Guide Available

Mad Science Theater:
Don’t Try This At Home - Newton’s Revenge
March 3 • Monday • 10:30 AM

Explore the zany side of science with Professor Pruvitt and Crash as they demystify the fundamental Laws of Motion. With a little help from Sir Isaac Newton, our Mad Scientists perform wacky experiments while investigating the principles of inertia, acceleration, action and reaction. Prepare to take cover as the scientists unveil their gravitypowered ping-pong ball launcher! Two teams of children will use specially designed catapults to discover the power of Newton’s Third Law and will then go into a final scientific showdown. The interactive experiments and hilarious antics are guaranteed to cause a big commotion around the science of motion.

$9 All Seats • Appropriate for Grades 3 - 6 • Study Guide Available

Desire Under the Elms
By Eugene O’Neill
April 18 • Friday • 10:30AM

O’Neill’s passionate depiction of rural New England life is shaped with the power and scope of Ancient Greek drama.

The year is 1850 when widower Ephraim Cabot brings a new young wife back to his New England farm. His son Eben, expecting to be disinherited, despises his new stepmother at first. But when contempt turns to lust, the foundations of the Cabot family’s world begin to crumble.

$8 General Admission • $6 Students & Seniors
Appropriate for Grades 9 - 12

Theatreworks USA:
“Max and Ruby”
Thursday, May 1 & Friday, May 2 • 10:30 AM

Big sisters have big responsibilities, especially when the little brother is a big trouble-maker! Join in the fun as TheatreworksUSA presents a lovable new musical full of fun and sibling revelry: Max and Ruby!

Ruby, a seven-year-old rabbit, loves her Grandma very much and wants to do something special for her. She gets the brilliant idea to put on a show, with music and costumes and a castle and everything! She’ll need some help, though, so she tries to enlist her little brother Max. But can he help her finish Grandma’s play in time? Find out in this delightful musical based on the top-rated Nickelodeon television show inspired by Rosemary Wells’ bunny siblings, Max and Ruby!

$9 All Seats • Appropriate for Grades PreK-3 • Study Guide Available

Education Concerts: Spring Awakening
May 6 • Tuesday • 10:30 AM

We are delighted to introduce the BAS audiences to Erhu virtuoso Jiebing Chen. Jed Gaylin worked with her last year, and after discovering her magnetic artistry, and her ability to take this Chinese folk violin to unprecedented artistic levels, he knew he wanted to share her rare gifts with New Jersey. She is a true pioneer of the instrument and performs a beautiful work written by Chinese Canadian Lee Pui Ming for Ms. Chen and premiered by her. The work is called “Awakening” and is sensuous and exquisite. Another work characterized by “awakening” is none other than Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, the “Pastoral.” The first movement is subtitle, “an awakening of cheerful modes upon arrival in the country.”

No Charge but tickets required for admission
Appropriate for Grades 4 - 12 • Study Guide Available