CRT for Kids!

CRT's Playhouse—Programs for Kids 2008

Classes & Day Camps

Story Time
(for children and their grownups)
CRT Lobby Cafe
FREE (donations accepted)
Thursdays: 7/3, 7/17, 7/31 and 8/14 at 11:00 am
The actors and artists of the Creede Repertory Theatre share their favorite stories and songs in what promises to be a captivating hour of imagination and fun!

CReaTures: A Puppetry Day Camp
(for ages 8-12)
Location TBA
$75 per participant (Scholarships are available)
July 7-11 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm
Participants work as a team to write a puppet play, design and build the puppets, create the scenery, and rehearse with their peers. All the hard work pays off when participants perform their creation in an “informance” for family and friends.

MIME CO.
(for ages 12+)
Location and Times TBA
$125 per participant (includes a personal set of mime make-up and a ticket to Bill Bower’s mime show It Goes Without Saying. Scholarships are available.)
August 4-9
Discover the music of silence. In this week-long intensive workshop, participants explore one of the oldest performing arts in history. The classes are kicked off by a performance and workshop from Bill Bowers, one of the most influential silent performers working in the world today. At the end of one week, the new Mime Company formed by our participants will present an “informance” for family and friends. Don’t miss this.

Children's Theatre

Scruff Turbo and the Children of the Future

Presented by CRT's Creede Initiative
Each summer, kids from Creede and neighboring communities collaborate with CRT’s directors, designers, actors, technicians, and stage managers to create every aspect of an original production. At the end of four weeks, participants perform in CRT’s Black Box Theatre through July and August. You don’t want to miss this true celebration of the creative spirit! Buy your tickets now!

Meet the Beasts: The Fables of Aesop & La Fontaine

CRT’s 2007 Young Audience Outreach Tour is coming to you this summer! Make sure to buy your tickets and see why 15,000 kids and their teachers gave a big THUMBS UP to this hilarious touring show.

The Young Audience Outreach Tour

2008 Tour Brochure (pdf file)

In its 25th year of bringing high quality educational theatre to schools throughout the Southwest, CRT’s 2008 touring children’s production will reach upwards of 15,000 children this fall. With the success of Meet the Beasts in 2007, we are excited to announce our upcoming touring show, Grimm Pajamas: Inventing Fairy Tales. Written by Jeff Carey, with music by Jessica Jackson, and featuring Meet the Beast’s dynamic duo of Danny Durkin and Jake Walker, children are sure to applaud CRT’s 2008 Young Audience Outreach Tour.

If you would like to book your school for a performance of Grimm Pajamas: Inventing Fairy Tales in the fall of 2008, please contact Renee Stynchula, Education Director at renee@creederep.com, 719-658-2540 x21, or stop by her office on the 2nd floor.