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Oddfellows Playhouse Presents the 36th Annual Children’s Circus of Middletown
Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in Middletown is presenting the 36th annual Children’s Circus of Middletown on Friday, August 2nd at 5 pm
The Children’s Circus performance is the culmination of a five week day camp as part of the City of Middletown’s Kids Arts program. Over the five weeks the young people are trained in performance skills, acrobatics, juggling, dance, unicycling, clowning, stilting and other circus arts. The circus includes 175 children ages 5-15, 40 staff members, and a 15 piece band.
The performance, which is open to the public, will take place on Friday, August 2nd at 5pm outside at Macdonough Elementary School, 66 Spring Street, Middletown. The rain date is Saturday, August 3rd at 5pm.
As always, the circus performance will be action packed and is bound to keep you on your toes. This year's theme is a mystery! Circus director Jason Leinwand promises, “daring detective work, incredible investigations, red herrings galore, mysterious misfits, and epic car chases! Will we find the suspect and get our theme back?” He is thrilled to invite you to this investigative hunt, and is so proud to showcase the skills that these children have worked so hard on!
Tickets are available only the day of performance - $8 for adults and $5 for kids, cash only. Please call (860) 347-6143 to reserve wheelchair seating. Seating is outdoor General Admission -- Bring lawn chairs or blankets and a picnic. There is street parking around the neighborhood. The school parking lot is reserved for Handicapped & Elderly parking only.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest theater for young people. The Playhouse is located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown. For information about this production and other Playhouse programs, call (860) 347-6143, email [email protected], or go to www.oddfellows.org.
Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in Middletown is presenting the 36th annual Children’s Circus of Middletown on Friday, August 2nd at 5 pm
The Children’s Circus performance is the culmination of a five week day camp as part of the City of Middletown’s Kids Arts program. Over the five weeks the young people are trained in performance skills, acrobatics, juggling, dance, unicycling, clowning, stilting and other circus arts. The circus includes 175 children ages 5-15, 40 staff members, and a 15 piece band.
The performance, which is open to the public, will take place on Friday, August 2nd at 5pm outside at Macdonough Elementary School, 66 Spring Street, Middletown. The rain date is Saturday, August 3rd at 5pm.
As always, the circus performance will be action packed and is bound to keep you on your toes. This year's theme is a mystery! Circus director Jason Leinwand promises, “daring detective work, incredible investigations, red herrings galore, mysterious misfits, and epic car chases! Will we find the suspect and get our theme back?” He is thrilled to invite you to this investigative hunt, and is so proud to showcase the skills that these children have worked so hard on!
Tickets are available only the day of performance - $8 for adults and $5 for kids, cash only. Please call (860) 347-6143 to reserve wheelchair seating. Seating is outdoor General Admission -- Bring lawn chairs or blankets and a picnic. There is street parking around the neighborhood. The school parking lot is reserved for Handicapped & Elderly parking only.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest theater for young people. The Playhouse is located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown. For information about this production and other Playhouse programs, call (860) 347-6143, email [email protected], or go to www.oddfellows.org.
ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S CIRCUS
The Children's Circus of Middletown is a celebration of OUR growth over the past 36 years as one of Connecticut’s most exciting and unique summer learning experiences for kids, their families and the community. Started by Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater with 60 kids at Powder Ridge ski area in Middlefield in 1988, the Children’s Circus has been embraced by the City of Middletown and grown into a program which has become a national model as a partnership between a non-profit arts organization and a municipality. The Children’s Circus performance is the culmination of a five week day camp as part of the City of Middletown’s Kids Arts program. Over the five weeks the young people are trained in performance skills, acrobatics, juggling, dance, unicycling, clowning, stilting and other circus arts. In 2018, The Children’s Circus was one of two programs nationally recognized with the “New York Life Excellence in Summer Learning” award by the National Summer Learning Association. The 2020 Virtual Circus "From the Big Top to the Lap Top" miraculously created the excitement, fun and community of circus in a Virtual format.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 1-20.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the Middlesex United Way, and the M. Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 1-20.
2024 will be the 36th year of the Children’s Circus of Middletown, which was awarded the New York Life Foundation Excellence in Summer Learning Award on July 12, 2018. We were one of two programs nationally which received this recognition. Proud to be recognized nationally as a unique and outstanding summer program! |