Theatreworks
The Theatreworks program provides the best national and international professional touring children’s theatre to the school-age children and summer campers of the First Coast region. Founded in 1979, Theatreworks was an independent organization until it merged with the Florida Theatre in 2019.
Place your reservation here. For more information about attending or booking a Theatreworks production, contact Theatreworks Program Manager Jamie Kent by calling (904) 353-3500 or emailing jamie@floridatheatre.com.
THEATREWORKS FREE SUMMER THEATRE SPONSORED BY CITI
Doug Berky's Gems: The World's Wisdom Stories
Event Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Event Time: 11 AM and 1 PM
Sponsored by CITI and The Kirbo Charitable Foundation
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Doug Berky's No Show
Event Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023
Event Time: 11 AM and 1 PM
Sponsored by CITI and The Kirbo Charitable Foundation
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Event Date: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Event Time: 11 AM and 1 PM
Sponsored by CITI and The Kirbo Charitable Foundation
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Rumpelstiltskin - at the Main Library
Event Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023, & Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Event Time: 11 AM and 1 PM each day
Sponsored by CITI and The Kirbo Charitable Foundation
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
THEATREWORKS 2023 - 2024 SEASON AT THE FLORIDA THEATRE
Dot Dot Dot
Event Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
The Velveteen Rabbit
Event Date: Monday, November 20, 2023
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Frosty: A Musical Adventure
Event Date: Monday, November 27, 2023
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Charlotte's Web
Event Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Charlotte's Web at Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
Event Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Event Time: 10:10 AM and 11:50 AM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
The Frog Prince
Event Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad
Event Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
The Jungle Book
Event Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
The Jungle Book at Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
Event Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Event Time: 10:10 AM and 11:50 AM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends
Event Date: Monday, April 15, 2024
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Cat Kid Comic Club The Musical
Event Date: Friday, May 3, 2024
Event Time: 10 AM and 12 PM
Place your reservation Here or by calling Jamie at 904-353-3500.
Contact Theatreworks
For more information about attending or booking a Theatreworks production, contact Theatreworks Program Manager Jamie Kent by calling (904) 353-3500 or emailing jamie@floridatheatre.com.
Sponsored By
SPONSORED BY
- Community First Credit Union
- Citibank
- Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
- Culture Builds Florida
- City of Jacksonville, Florida
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Dubow Family Foundation
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Edna Sproull Williams Foundation
- Publix Super Market Charities
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Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation
- W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.
How to To Reserve For Schools
Place your reservation here and we will send a confirmation, or call us at (904) 353-3500. All tickets are $8.50.
Please note our reservation forms option is down. We are working to correct this. For more information about attending or booking a Theatreworks production, contact Theatreworks Program Manager Jamie Kent by calling (904) 353-3500 or emailing jamie@floridatheatre.com.
How To Reserve For An Individual
Call the box office at (904) 355-2787 or reserve online by clicking the show title above, and then click the “BUY NOW” button on the individual event page.
Note: All tickets contain a $4.50 restoration fee, and online orders contain a $10.00 per ticket convenience fee. To avoid the convenience fee, call the Florida Theatre box office to purchase.
THEATREWORKS IN SCHOOLS 2022 - 2023
ALIENS ALIVE
ALIENS ALIVE (PK-5)
Various Dates Available
Price: $900
While reporting live, The Story Ship’s science reporter, Sarah, is kidnapped by aliens and trapped on a spaceship bound for the outer regions of our solar system! Audience volunteers must quickly form a Rescue Team and use magic, dance, and music to get her back. The audience helps to unravel a celestial musical message. This show is highly interactive, with audience participation every minute to two minutes, with kids helping with magic tricks, singing, dancing, and navigating the rescue rocket through an interactive game.
Curriculum Themes: Science, Music Math
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CHRISTMAS CAROL
Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL (K-8)
Available Dates: November-December 2022
Price: $800
Become a guest at the Dickens’ home as Charles Dickens and his sister, Fan, act out their own “Amateur Theatrical” version of Scrooge’s story. The 2 actors use only their imaginations & items from the drawing room to perform 15 characters from the classic story.
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, Music, History, and Character Education.
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CIRCUS KING
CIRCUS KING (PK-5)
Various Dates
Available Price: $900
A young boy is lost at sea and found by a baboon on a far away island. He is raised by a circus of misfits. The audience and cast of characters help the boy overcome personal challenges and discover his destiny. With a little magic, characters come right out of the screen as puppets! The set has big screen animation, lots of magical props and musical instruments The students test out on grammar, reading comprehension and spelling.
Curriculum Themes: Character Education, Theatre, Music, Language arts, Character Education, Theatre, Music, Language arts
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DIGGERY DIGGERS DINO SHOW
DIGGERY DIGGER’S DINO ADVENTURE (PK-3)
Various Dates Available
Price: $900
While Paleontologist Diggery Diggers is showing his dinosaur fossils to a live audience, he discovers a “top secret” box the museum accidentally packed. Curious, Diggery opens the box and unleashes the DinoSauroScope 3000 or DINA taking the audience back into time to interact with dinosaurs. All is well until they use DINA on a large dinosaur egg. The egg hatches and a terrible thing happens. The dinosaurs in museums around the world start to come alive!
Curriculum Themes: Science, S.T.E.A.M.
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FLORIDA TREASURES
FLORIDA TREASURES (K-5)
Available Dates: September 2022-August 2023
Price: $800
When two tourists discover a treasure chest full of historical artifacts, they are magically transported back in time in a fun-filled journey through Florida history. The audience will laugh and learn about Ponce De Leon, the settlement of Pensacola (Florida’s “Almost Oldest” city), the founding of St. Augustine, and the “Original” Pocahontas story.
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, History, Audience Participation, Character Education, and Music.
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, History, Audience Participation, Character Education, and Music.
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PIRATE GOODIE & THE MAGIC CHEST
PIRATE GOODIE AND THE MAGIC CHEST (PK-3)
Various Dates Available
Price: $900
Come along with Pirate Goodie Twoshoes and his parrot, Pete, on an amazing undersea adventure. Goodie can’t remember how to open his magic chest full of treasure. So he calls upon the audience and his animated friends to help. The show includes a giant video screen with colorful animations and charming puppets. Plenty of magic, music and comedy make this show unforgettable.
Curriculum Themes: Character Education and Theatre Arts
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RUMPLESTILTSKIN
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (K-5)
Available Dates: September 2022-August 2023
Price: $800
Adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, this classic uses the elaborate masks and comic characters of Commedia Del’Arte (Italian Renaissance Comedy) along with audience participation to tell the story of the magical little man who can spin straw into gold.
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, History, Audience Participation, Character Education, and Music.
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SUPER ME
“SUPER ME” ANTI-BULLYING SHOW (PK-5)
Various Dates Available
Price: $900
“Super Me” is a fast-paced theatrical adventure that combines high-energy hip-hop dance, intense video gaming, astounding magic, interactive animation, and a live actor. Audience members are taken on a virtual journey into a comic book world to help a young boy escape from bullies. The audience must help the animated boy overcome obstacles and solve puzzles using superpowers onstage. Kids not only see real-life examples of bullying but are given clear, step-by-step actions to help stop bullying.
Curriculum Themes: Character Education, Communication, Theatre
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SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE OPERA
SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE OPERA MYSTERY (K-8)
Available Dates: September 2022-August 2023
Price: $800
The world’s most famous detective investigates a diamond theft at The Royal Opera in this original play based on the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes must use his skills of observation and disguise, along with audience participation, to solve the mystery.
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, Audience Participation, Character Education, and Music.
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THE GREAT PIRATE RACE
THE GREAT PRIATE RACE (PK-6)
Various Dates Available
Price: $900
This show combines all of our favorite things – board gaming, racing, music, magic and animation! The board game and animation parts of the show are projected on to a large screen. The audience is divided into two teams. The teams are in a race to get to the treasure. Each team will have to complete on stage challenges that include solving math problems, solving puzzles, helping with magic tricks and team comedy challenges all held on stage with a live Pirate.
Curriculum Themes: STEAM Math (Math problems adjusted for grade level)
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THE TIME MACHINE
THE TIME MACHINE (K-8)
Available Dates: September 2022-August 2023
Price: $800
H.G. Wells 1895 Science Fiction novel travels to the stage in this “Steampunk” rock musical. A Victorian Era Time Traveler ventures far into the future encountering the ethereal Eloi and the dangerous subterranean Morlocks. He must return to his own time with a lesson in embracing diversity essential to saving the human species. It is a S.T.E.A.M. Powered Performance!
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, History, Character Education, and Music.
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THE FARIY GODFATHER AND THE WAND OF DREAMS
THE FARIY GODFATHER AND THE WAND OF DREAMS (PK-3)
Various Dates Available
Price: $900
The land of “Happily Ever After” is in big trouble. The Wand Of Dreams has been stolen and everything is falling apart! Fairy Godmother or Godfather and the audience have to round up the usual suspects to solve the mystery. Each suspect offers an interesting mathematical problem to solve as the mystery unfolds. You’ll meet a Magic Mirror with a messy cold, a Dirty Rat with some pretty shady friends, a Troll that has traffic backed up for hours, a narcoleptic Sheriff that can’t stay awake long enough to figure anything out, Five Little Piggies with some really big problems, and a Dragon that loves bacon! The show combines hilarious puppets, beautiful animation, spellbinding magic, wonderful music with tremendous audience interaction. The set has big screen animation, lots of magical props and musical instruments.
Curriculum Themes: Mathematics, Measurements, Science, S.T.E.A.M.
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THE ELVES & THE SHOEMAKER
THE ELVES & THE SHOEMAKER (K-5)
Available Dates: November-December 2022
Price: 800
The classic Brothers Grimm story takes the stage as an original musical with new lyrics set to traditional holiday melodies. An Elf must help a poor shoemaker… with the help of the elves in the audience.
Curriculum Themes: Literature, Theatre, Character Education, Music, and Audience Participation.
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WAND OF DREAMS
The land of “Happily Ever After” is in big trouble. The Wand Of Dreams has been stolen and everything is falling apart! Fairy Godmother or Godfather and the audience have to round up the usual suspects to solve the mystery. Each suspect offers an interesting mathematical problem to solve as the mystery unfolds. You’ll meet a Magic Mirror with a messy cold, a Dirty Rat with some pretty shady friends, a Troll that has traffic backed up for hours, a narcoleptic Sheriff that can’t stay awake long enough to figure anything out, Five Little Piggies with some really big problems and a Dragon that loves bacon! The show combines hilarious puppets, beautiful animation, spellbinding magic, wonderful music with tremendous audience interaction. The set has big screen animation, lots of magical props and musical instruments.
Available Dates: Multiple Dates
Curriculum Connections: Mathematics, Measurements, Science, S.T.E.A.M.
Grades: PK-3
Price: $900
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ABOUT
The Theatreworks program provides the best national and international professional touring children’s theatre to the school age children and summer campers of the First Coast region. Founded in 1979, Theatreworks was an independent organization until it merged with the Florida Theatre in 2019.
CONTACT
For more information about attending or booking a Theatreworks production, contact Theatreworks Program Manager Jamie Kent by calling (904) 353-3500 or emailing jamie@floridatheatre.com.
TICKETS
To purchase individual and homeschool tickets, call the box office at (904) 355-2787 or reserve online with the link below. Note: all tickets contain a $1.50 restoration fee, and online orders contain a $10.00 per ticket convenience fee. To avoid the online convenience fee, call the Florida Theatre box office to purchase.