Individual Tickets:
$6.00-$7.00 Members
$7.00-$8.00 Children
$8.00-$9.00 Adults
$3.00 Children under 2
Group Tickets:
School Year
$6.00 Children & Adults*
$7.00 for Seasons of Light
$3.00 Children 2 and under
*1 free adult for every 20 children
Summer Season
$7.00 Children & Adults*
$3.00 Children under 2
*1 free adult for every 20 children
Callaloo Kids
Tue.-Fri., Feb. 18-21, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Location: Ripley Center, Smithsonian
Recommended for Ages: 3 to 7 / PreK to Grade 2
Tickets
Join a celebration of African Diaspora culture filled with puppetry, drumming, and storytelling. Performed by the CFA Repertory Theatre, this family-friendly show follows the adventures of Winston, Marisol, and Zoe as they discover the magical folklore of the Caribbean.
Written by Marjuan Canady
Produced by Sepia Works and Canady Foundation for the Arts
Connections to the Classroom: Cultures of the World; Folktales and Storytelling; Call and Response; Theater/Performing Arts.
About the Artist: Marjuan Canady, Founder/Creative Director of Sepia Works, is a Broadway Producer and award-winning Caribbean-American artist, entrepreneur, educator, and literacy advocate. A native Washingtonian, her work spans theater, film, television, children"'s media and literature. Broadway Co-Producer credits include "Hell"'s Kitchen", "The WIZ", "Death of a Salesman". She was the 2021-2022 inaugural Front Row Productions Fellow / Adjunct Research Scholar at Columbia University Theatre Management and Producing Program. Her original work has been seen at The John F. Kennedy Center, Sesame Street, The Smithsonian, The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, The National Theatre, Miami Book Fair, Ryan Seacrest Foundation and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. She is the CEO/ Author and Creative Director of the children's media brand, Callaloo Kids. She has held fellowships at The Schomburg Center, the DC Commission on the Arts, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Lincoln Center, Harlem Stage, and the Anacostia Arts Center. Canady is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Fordham University and NYU Tisch.
The 2024-2025 Discovery Theater Season is made possible by a generous grant from the Nora Roberts Foundation
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