Education Series
2025 - 2026 Cultural Arts For Education (CAFE)
Every school year hundreds of students are welcomed to the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center to experience daytime performances as school field trip opportunities, to enhance classroom curriculum in a safe and accessible manner.
This invitation is extended to public and private schools throughout Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach, and Okeechobee counties as well as home schools.
All Shows Just $2 — Reservations Required!
Field trips are arranged directly with schools. If you are interested in your class attending, email Mary-Margaret Dale to make arrangements.
All programs, dates, and artists are subject to change. All Shows are 50-60 minutes in length.
Missoula Children’s Theatre’s presents:
The Tortoise and The Hare
Adapted by Emily Morrison
Friday, September 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM
- Music by Gregory Boris Lyrics by Gregory Boris and Emily Morrison
- Grades K - 3: All Seats: $2
- Standards: ELA, SC, TH
The Missoula Children’s Theatre’s twist on Aesop’s classic is a hare-raising, ab-shell-lute whirlwind of fun! Taylor Tortoise and Curly Hare’s competitive antics are getting out of control, and all the other animals in their little town outside of Cape Canaveral, Florida, get roped into the shenanigans. When a group of astronauts comes through town, Curly Hare comes up with their kookiest stunt ever – to be the first animals on the moon! Well, talking animals, anyway. Taylor Tortoise and Curly Hare race to build a rocket and beat the other to space, but will their rivalry drive away their friends in the process? Who will make it to the moon first? And once they get to the moon…then what? The Tortoise and the Hare learn that maybe winning ISN’T everything; they can accomplish so much more by working together!
Palm Beach Symphony presents:
A TV Guide to the Orchestra
In collaboration with Young Artists from the Goldner Conservatory at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | 10:30 AM
- Maestro Gerard Schwarz, conductor
- Grades 3-12: All Seats Free
- Standards: MU, SC, TH
Introduce your students to the thrilling world of classical music in a fresh, interactive way! In this vibrant performance of The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, four young actors dramatize the journey through the orchestra—making each instrument come alive on stage. The experience continues with familiar classical favorites “as heard on TV” and engaging programmatic music. Interactive dialogue invites students to connect directly with the performers, turning the concert into a fun, educational adventure. This engaging production blends music, storytelling, and audience participation to spark a lifelong love of the arts.
Havana Hop: A Children’s Tale
of Culture and Confidence!
Friday, October 3, 2025 | 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
- Grades K - 3: All Seats $2
- Standards: DA, SC, TH
Young Yeila dreams of being a superstar but her lack of confidence gives her awful stage fright. With advice from her mother and mentors, Yeila begins her journey to find her roots, get confidence and be amazing! Travel withYeila who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style! The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.
B2Wins
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
- Grades 3-5, 6-8: All Seats: $2
Standards: MU, SC
Fun loving Twin brothers present “Top 40 From the Last 40.” Four decades of the music you know and love with a unique twist. Get ready to sing, dance, laugh and take your soul on a feel good ride through the chart topping hits of American Music. This unforgettable, engaging show is all ages and features one of a kind renditions of everything from Elvis to Ed Sheeran, Bon Jovi to Dua Lipa, Louis Armstrong to Guns n Roses and countless other timeless hits, all crafted in a non-stop thrill experience of music and happiness fans across America are calling “the must see show of the season!”
MISTER C Live Vol. 1- Air is Everywhere
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
- Conceived and performed by Kevin Cornell
- Grades 3-5, 6-8: All Seats: $2
- Standards: SC, TH
Are you ready for some hair-raising science, toe-tapping music and mind-blowing media? Join Mister C for an amazing day of learning in the lab as he explores all things air! Mister C is no stranger to finding exciting and engaging ways to explore STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) in our everyday lives. Liquid Nitrogen, t-shirt cannons, toilet paper and ping pong ball launchers plus much much more in this STEAM powered show!
TCT On Tour - A Division of the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati presents:
Reindeer Games
Friday, December 12, 2025 | 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
- Grades 3-5: All Seats $2
- Standards: MA, TH
Come on down! YOU are the next contestant on Reindeer Games! Join in on the Holiday fun…game-show style! This interactive experience allows audiences to participate in holiday-themed games, songs, and commercials featuring Santa’s four-hoofed sleigh team as both hosts and contestants. Experience laughs, merrymaking, and holiday cheer as we put our hooves to the test to see who can win the Reindeer Games!
Singing Zoologist - Let’s Do Lunch
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM
- Grades K-2, 3-5: All Seats $2
- Standards: MU, SC, TH
Get your students excited about science with The Singing Zoologist, Lucas Miller. This high-energy, multimedia program uses music, storytelling, and vivid visuals to explore everything from cheetah speed to monarch migration. With catchy songs, clever science, and plenty of laughs, students will sing, move, and learn as they discover the wild and wonderful world of animals.
Page Turner’s Adventures – The Mixed-Up Fairytale
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | 9:30 and 11:15 AM
- Grades K-3: All Seats $2
- Standards: ELA, SC, TH
Everyone in the audience participates in this comical quest to break a spell placed on Sleeping Beauty. Along the way, the kids must persuade Red Riding Hood to give up her cape, discover the secret under grandma’s bed, and retrieve a golden spoon from a REAL 10-foot-tall giant! Kids will recognize their favorite storybook characters in this hilarious fractured fairytale. A companion book by Jill Ross Nadler is available on Amazon world of animals. America are calling “the must see show of the season!”
Study Guide
Dr. Kaboom
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 9:30 and 11:15 AM
- Grades 3-5, 6-8: All Seats $2
- Standards: SC, TH
Doktor Kaboom! Look Out! Science is Coming! The original Doktor Kaboom! show in which the good Doktor takes his audience on an educational tour of the modern scientific method, using humor and comedy while demonstrating spectacular applications of the physical sciences. are calling “the must see show of the season!”
The Boy Who Grew Flowers
Friday, April 24, 2026 | 9:30 and 11:15 AM
- Grades K-3: All Seats $2
- Standards: ELA, SC, TH, DA$2.00
The Boy Who Grew Flowers, based on the picture book by Jennifer Wojtowicz, written and adapted by Mara McEwin and choreographed by Emily Bunning, is the story of a young boy, Rink Bowagon, who lives on top of Lonesome Mountain with his unusual family of rattlesnake tamers and shape-shifters. The townspeople agree that Rink’s family are quite strange, but they are unaware of Rink’s spectacular gifts. Whenever the moon is full, Rink sprouts beautiful flowers from his head. When a new girl, Angelina, moves to town, Rink’s life truly begins to grow. Their friendship quickly transpires, and for the first time, Rink is no longer an outcast.
Education Series Sponsors
The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center’s programs are sponsored this season, in part, by the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Commission, the Tourist Development Council, the H.E. Hill Foundation, and the Hand Foundation. The Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center and Palm Beach State College gratefully acknowledge these sponsors, as well as the generous contributions from our members and patrons, for their support of our season events.
