Each year, Discovery Theater takes a few of our favorite productions on the road!  You can book one of these programs to come to your school or library at a time convenient for you.  Learning guides for touring shows can be found on our website in the Education section.  To book a show or check availability, please contact Class Acts Arts at 301-588-7525 or online at www.classactsarts.org.  School fees range from $675-$875.  Now accepting reservations for 2009-2010 school year!

African Roots, Latino Soul
Hispanic Heritage Month
Tour Dates: October 2009
Recommended for Ages 6-13
A vibrant montage of images and characters, this warm, passionate play explores what it means to be Latino, Black and proud growing up in the heart of the American melting pot. Written with the Young Playwrights’ Theater, this is a must-see insight into the challenges—and triumphs—experienced by today’s multicultural youth. 

Going the Distance
The Triumph of Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph
Tour Dates: January-February, 2010
Recommended for Ages 5-12
Race to the finish line with two black Olympians who changed history!  Soaring music and the exhilaration of world-class sports inspire us all to greatness in this vivid portrayal of the lives of Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph.  Watch them overcome childhood illness, infirmity, and poverty to become the world’s fastest man and fastest woman to win the Olympic Gold Medal. 

Lions of Industry
African American inventors and entrepreneurs
Tour Dates:  February – March, 2010
Recommended for Ages 7-15
Written by playwright Jacqueline Lawton, Discovery Theater’s new Black History Month show explores the intrigue and genius of African American inventors and entrepreneurs like hair product innovator Madame C.J. Walker, agricultural chemist George Washington Carver, and even George Crum, inventor of the potato chip. In this compelling show about the brilliance and innovation of America’s African American ancestors, these great minds speak directly to the future—our children—and inspire the dreamers and achievers in us all.

Bessie Coleman: On Freedom’s Wings
Tour Dates: Year-Round
Recommended for Ages 6-14
In this one woman show, the hopes and dreams of a young sharecropper's daughter of African American and Cherokee heritage, shows us that the sky’s the limit. Share her accomplishments and adventures as the first African American women pilot trains in France and captures the hearts of Americans.