Schools Invited to Dramatic Performance March 27, 28

Michigan Department of Natural Resources sent this bulletin at 03/08/2012 02:21 PM EST

 

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Dear Educator,

The Michigan Historical Center in Lansing invites you to bring your school group to see the original play Shipwrecked! an original drama about a family on the Great Lakes. Created for elementary and middle school audiences by Ann Arbor’s award-winning Wild Swan Theater, the play offers an inspiring opportunity for students to begin exploring the role of the lakes in Michigan’s past, present and future.

Shipwrecked! is an exciting sailing story, set in 1893, that follows the travails of twelve- year-old Aaron Buchanan whose family's schooner is caught in a fierce storm while he is at the helm. Young as he is, Aaron has sailed with his parents for years, ferrying cargo from their home port of Detroit to ports along the Great Lakes. As the family is returning from Sault Ste. Marie on Lake Huron in November with a huge load of Christmas trees, they are caught in a ferocious gale that sweeps through Thunder Bay—infamously known as Shipwreck Alley. With assistance from the lighthouse keepers on Thunder Bay Island, a crew of surfmen from the lifesaving station brave 40-knot winds and sixteen-foot waves in a daring rescue.

Wild Swan and its partners have developed educational materials to accompany the play and are offering a traveling trunk for loan to classrooms. One class will be chosen by random drawing from reservations received by March 16 to participate in a post-performance workshop with actors and Wild Swan staff. All performances are signed/shadow-interpreted for the hearing impaired.

Performance dates: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 and Wednesday, March 28, 2012

 Time: 10:30 AM

Duration: About an hour

Location: Michigan Library & Historical Center, Forum Auditorium

Tickets:

  • Single admissions: $6/youth, $8/adult
  • School groups: $4/youth, $6 adult (teacher free)
  • Home School groups of 10 or more pay group rates, with one adult admitted free.
  • Ticket includes museum admission.

 

Call 517-373-1359 to purchase tickets now. We look forward to seeing you and your school group!