YOUNG AUDIENCE MATINEES
For the 2024/25 Season: More details to come, please check back for descriptions and previews!
2024/25 Season Shows
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
Grades K-3
Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 10:00 AM & 12:30 PM
Mr. Hatch lives in a colorless, ordered life. He goes to work at the shoelace factory, eats his lunch alone, reads the paper, and then goes to bed… early. Until, one Valentine’s Day, he received the biggest surprise of his life, a candy-filled heart with a note that whispers “Somebody loves you.” Mr. Hatch’s world is turned upside down and he begins to make friends and enjoy all the fun parts of life that he once ignored. Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch is a heartwarming puppet play that examines the effect that kindness can have on a dreary existence.
Catapult Entertainment
Grades K-6
Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ 10AM & 12:30PM
Catapult Entertainment is collaborative by nature and one of the ways that we live up to our unusual name is by launching ideas at each other. Sometimes these ideas land with a thud and sometimes they explode and blow us away. When ideas explode they change the creative landscape and there is great rejoicing as we run around like kids exploring and playing in our newly expanded world.
Catapult Entertainment
Alex Zerbe’s Science Show
Alex Zerbe’s Science Show
Grades 3-6
Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 10AM & 12:30PM
With the energy of 1,000 suns, Alex Zerbe moves like a rubber band from one end of the stage to the other. Beatboxing, juggling, dancing, singing, music and magic are just a few of the things that led Piers Morgan of America’s Got Talent to call this physical comedian, “The total package.” The “Professional Zaniac,” whoʼs been cracking jokes onstage for almost 15 years, zigzags between physical stunts and non-stop comedy. During the show vegetables are sliced in half by flying playing cards, flaming torches and bowling balls are juggled with ease and every audience volunteer leaves the stage in triumph.
The Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural Center presents the 2024/25 Teen Theatre Program Production of:
“Anne of Green Gables”
Grades 1-6
Thursday, January 16, 2025 @ 10:00 AM & 12:30 PM
THIS PERFORMANCE WILL INCLUDE 8-12 LOCAL TEEN PERFORMERS
This is a great opportunity for High School teens to Audition and get experience in performing for a large audience, a stipend will be paid to each student, with no heavy time commitments until the last 2 weeks before the show. We will be looking for students for another great year of this program.
Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl Anne Shirley sent by mistake to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Anne of Green Gables
Big Bang Boom
Big Bang Boom
Grades K-3
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 10:00 AM & 12:30 PM
Big Bang Boom is a pop/rock music group from Greensboro, NC that plays parent-friendly children’s music. After 20 years of touring clubs and playing parties, Chuck Folds (younger brother of Ben Folds), Steve Willard, and Eddie Walker decided to expand their horizons and play for parents who have had enough of Barney, The Wiggles, and Kidz Bop. Big Bang Boom is kid’s music, with a pop sensibility, aimed at being something that parents can enjoy and feel good about letting their kids listen to and see live.
Their live show is high-energy and demands both the kids AND the parents get involved. From getting the kids on stage to join the “Spongebob Chorus,” to the parents vs. the kids hokey pokey challenge, Big Bang Boom has established the mantra “there is no sitting down at a Big Bang Boom show!” Their songs have also won accolades in the John Lennon, USA, International, and Great American Songwriting contests.
The Giver
Grades 4-6
Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 12:30PM
The Giver
Unit Souzou
Unit Souzou
Grades K-6
Thursday, April 24, 2025 @ 10:00 AM & 12:30 PM
‘Souzou’ can be written in three ways, meaning ‘creation,’ ‘imagination,’ or ‘noisy,’ alluding to a force by which new ideas are born and take shape in the world. Inspired by these words, the mission of Unit Souzou is to build creative, imaginative works while honoring the history and roots of the taiko art form. The core of Unit Souzou’s artistic voice is personal and authentic, sound shaped and inspired by form and movement. The essence of Unit Souzou is an expressive blend of taiko and Japanese folk dance, forging new traditions for evolving communities. In addition to creating groundbreaking professional theatrical works, Unit Souzou is deeply committed to sharing taiko through community performances and collaborations, public classes for adults and youth, and school-based education programs.
Unit Souzou was founded in 2014 by Co-directors Michelle Fujii and Toru Watanabe, relentless innovators at the forefront of a growing artistic movement within the taiko community. Fujii and Watanabe met at Warabi-za, Japan’s foremost traditional folk-dance troupe based in Akita, Northern Japan. They have been guest artists and collaborators with many North American and international taiko groups.
Dancing with Your Stars
Grades K-6
Thursday, May 8, 2025 @ 10AM
In May, we have our annual Dancing with Your Klamath Stars fundraiser. This is a fundraiser where professional dancers come for the week to teach the contestants the dances to compete on Friday (just like the TV show, only all in one week). These dancers are professionals, and they love to perform for school groups as well as on the Friday evening. During the week, they have a decent amount of time, since they can’t be practicing with the contestants all day, where they can provide other opportunities in the community. With this comes our opportunity to provide a matinee experience for the schools. Join us for a fun event filled with music and dancing! You and your students will learn about all different kinds of ballroom dances and have lots of fun along the way!
Dancing with Your Stars
Theater Etiquette
The audience plays a key part in the overall theater experience. Each audience member affects those around him or her as well as the performers. Remind your class that everyone will have an especially wonderful time at the performance by remembering their theater manners.
Here is how students can help:
Remain Seated
It is important to remain seated throughout the performance.
Visit Restroom Prior To Seating
Restroom visits are best made prior to seating.
No Photography or Recording
Photography and recording during the performance are not permitted.
Enjoy The Performance
Give your full attention and energy to the performers. In return, the performers give it back to you with a better performance.
No Talking
Don’t talk during the show unless you are asked. Sometimes we think that if we whisper, it is okay. But if everyone in the audience whispers, it can be disruptive to the performers.
Turn Silent Mode On
Turn watches, pagers and cell phones to silent.
Do Not Interrupt
Do not interrupt performers with comments that may disrupt the performance for others.
Show Appreciation
Show the performers your appreciation for their efforts by applauding.
Your cooperation will ensure a well-focused environment for everyone to enjoy, cherish & remember.