Educational Resources\n\n Study Guide\n\n Learn what to expect when you go to explore first grade with Junie in “Junie B’s Essential Survival Guide To School!” Get a close look at the 5 Elements of Theater, The Actor’s Tool Box, and learn about the team of people it takes to create the show you are about to see!\n\n Art & Design\n\n… [Read More]
Pete Hollywood edu
Educational Resources\n\n Study Guide\n\n Learn what to expect when you boogie with Pete and Callie in Pete the Cat’s Big Hollywood Adventure! Get a crash course on the 5 Elements of Theater, The Actor’s Tool Box and learn about the team of people it takes to create the show you are about to see! (PreK-4nd Grade)\n\n Writing Practice\n\n Writing is… [Read More]
Press Release DM 24/25
…KID COMIC CLUB: THE MUSICAL will embark on national multi-week engagements during the 2024-2025 season. TheaterWorksUSA’s Artistic Director Barbara Pasternack said, “It’s gratifying to watch young people and families respond to these two clever, funny musicals the way they respond to Dav Pilkey’s remarkable books which celebrate kindness, individuality and fearless creativity.” In CAT KID COMIC CLUB: THE MUSICAL, Cat… [Read More]
cfanyc press release
…together TWUSA alumni—including Broadway veterans and recent touring performers—in celebration of the organization’s mission to provide free performances to students across the New York area.“At a time when arts and education funding are facing unprecedented challenges, we’re reminded just how essential it is to ensure more young people have access to live theatre,” said Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director of TheaterWorksUSA.“This… [Read More]
Living Voices
…FrankIn a breakthrough production model for consciousness raising and educating individuals, the groundbreaking historical figure Anne Frank encourages personal awareness of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. The New AmericanHard times in Europe in the early 1900s forced many people to pull up their roots and set out for a new life in America, including Bridget — an Irish girl whose first… [Read More]
Freedom Train
…trips, Harriet Tubman guided more than 300 slaves, including her aged parents, to freedom. “I never run my train off the track,” she said, “and I never lost a passenger.” Freedom Train tells the thrilling story of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, in a fascinating series of highly theatrical scenes that use dance, dialogue and music of the… [Read More]
2020 Fall Benefit Press Release
…Thursday, October 8, at 7:00 p.m. EST. The event will honor twin brothers, creativity champions and award-winning author/illustrators Paul and Peter H. Reynolds of FableVision and International Dot Day for their outstanding contributions to the educational and cultural development of young people around the world. The evening will include appearances and presentations by extraordinary theatre artists, as well as noteworthy… [Read More]
Blocked Performance Class
…a little different than his peers and hasn’t found his people. He turns to livestreaming himself rapping on Agora as an attempt to put himself out there, but struggles to make real connections this way. Katrina Pearson, 17, Fairfield, Ohio • Katrina’s always been the type to “do it all” – both on and offline. She is growing increasingly anxious… [Read More]
NEA Grant Announcement
…by ​Kimberly Dean and James Dean​. TheaterWorksUSA programming is designed to not only address the disproportionate accessibility of art for young people across the country, but also to give rising generations a reason to look up and explore with optimism the full potential of their personal and communal identities. For more information on this National Endowment for the Arts grant… [Read More]
Donna Murphy
…shifting Yiddish Theater star during the Holocaust in Roundabout Theatre Company’s The People in the Picture. New York Magazine named Murphy as one of “Three Living Legends” of the New York Theater and awarded her one of their prestigious New York Awards. She was a member of the original cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, eventually succeeding Betty Buckley… [Read More]


