Open a Book! Year Four - Sponsored by Optima Health

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Rainbow Puppet Productions introduces a whole new dimension in learning.  The award-winning team has created a new musical review that shares the joy of reading through music, dance, puppetry, and story-telling.  It's a travelling, early reading program designed around our new children's books.

And thanks to a very generous grant from Optima Health, some schools and youth centers will be getting the show at no cost.

"Open a Book" doesn't end with the show.  There's a storybook, created especially for this production that re-tells many of the highlights of the program.  Students can relive and re-tell the stories to their families.

Rainbow Puppet Productions have long been recognized for their ability to excite and entertain young audiences.  In fact, they are the Young Audiences of Virginia Sunburst Award winner for their performance excellence.   This fast-paced program will keep even the youngest of audiences entertained. 

Even if we visited you before, this is an all-new show with all new books.  We've added a story about creatures from around world and created a book for older students so everyone will get a book this year!  We opened at the Virginia Living Museum in December and can now visit your location...  live or virtually.

Pre-k to 2nd graders will recieve CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL.   Four children take an adventure to meet and learn about creature from a round the world.  We learn of their abilities and discover that every creature has amazing gifts.  3RD grade and older will recieve NEVER GIVE UP - SHORT STORIES ABOUT BIG DREAMS.  In it, we hear of great work by people like George Washington Carver, Walt Disney, the Wright Brothers, the Tuskegee Airmen, and many others.  It covers many history SOL's related to history and science.

The show will be on tour throughout the state of Virginia in 2021.  

We have received a grant for 150 shows.  Just fill out the form above or call us at 757 851-3266.  

• SHOW LENGTH:  The show lasts one hour from the moment students are seated until they are dismissed with their books.  Books are handed individually to each student in the performance space to ensure each student gets a copy. 
• SETUP TIME:  We need one hour to set up.  We need parking as close to the performance space as possible due to the amount of equipment we bring:  LIGHTS, SOUND, SETS, PUPPETS.  This is a huge, professional production.
• PERFORMANCE SPACE:   We can perform in a gym, auditorium, or other large space.  We prefer 15 x 15 feet of space.  Please have the area cleared and ready for  our setup.
• LOAD IN:   For the safety of chldren, we recommend that you have staff member by the entry door as we load in and load out.  We need the doors open to allow us to quickly set up and be ready on time.
• INTRODUCTION BY A SCHOOL OFFICIAL:  This is a great time to remind students and teachers of theater manners.  No conversations with neighbors, no cell phones, no texting, etc.  This may be a first theater experience for some students so modeling great theater manners is part of the learning process.