Arts Education Events

Kim Ratliff holding up the book The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

Arts Education

'The Very Creative Classroom' with Kim Ratliff

August 12, 2024 - May 31, 2025 | Five in-person sessions (50 minutes each)

Kadesh Flow and Dino O'Dell stand next to each other while playing their instruments. They are positioned next to the words "MTC Kids Jam On the Road"

Arts Education

'World Connections' with Kadesh Flow and Dinosaur O'Dell

August 12, 2024 - May 31, 2025 | 45-minute live performance

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What If Puppets Digital Educational Series

Arts Education

'In the Workshop' presented by What If Puppets

January 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025 | 45-minute live performance and asynchronous digital performance

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performers on stage - a woman carrying a basket walks past three other people, two of whom are standing holding baskets and another who is on her knees with arms outstretched

Midwest Trust Center Series

'The Pa'akai We Bring'

Friday and Saturday, April 25, 2025 - April 26, 2025 | Yardley Hall

Tickets | Video
Collage of portraits and a film poster featuring a shark in the ocean

Midwest Trust Center Series

esk and Silverback Films present A Netflix Documentary Series The Making of Our Planet: Life on Our Planet with Dan Tapster

Thursday and Friday, May 1, 2025 - May 2, 2025 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
Ben Gundersheimer on stage with a guitar and a banner behind him that reads Mister G

Midwest Trust Center Series

MTC Kids Jam – Mister G

11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2025 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
Chuck Folds, Steve Willard and Eddie Walker with the words Big Bang Boom

Arts Education

MTC Kids Jam – Big Bang Boom

11 a.m. Saturday, September 13, 2025 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
puppets of a man in a striped shirt and a t-rex holding a toothbrush

Midwest Trust Center Series

What If Puppets presents 'A T-Rex Ate My Toothbrush'

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 24, 2025 - September 27, 2025 | Polsky Theatre

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Two girls sitting on the top of a climbing wall

Arts Education

Maddi's Fridge

10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Yardley Hall

Tickets | Video
Flor Bromley sitting on a rock wall in a park. She is wearing a white dress, a flower hat and is playing a stringed instrument.

Arts Education

MTC Kids Jam – Flor Bromley

11 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2025 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
Ferris wheel next to a large fair sign that says Tilt

Midwest Trust Center Series

Cirque Mechanics 'Tilt!'

10 a.m. (school show) and 7:30 p.m. (public show) Friday, November 7, 2025 | Yardley Hall

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two dancers on stage - a man on his knees reaches up to a woman with one leg upraised

Midwest Trust Center Series

Collage Dance Collective 'Rise' and 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'

10 a.m. (school show) and 7:30 p.m. (public show) Friday, November 14, 2025 | Yardley Hall

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Dan and Claudia Zanes

Arts Education

MTC Kids Jam – Dan + Claudia Zanes Holiday Sing Along featuring Elena Moon Park

11 a.m. Saturday, December 13, 2025 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
Jim Mr. Stinky Feet Cosgrove poses with two members of the Hi-Tops

Arts Education

MTC Kids Jam – Mr. Stinky Feet and the Hi-Tops

11 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2026 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
Illustration of a jumping girl with the words Paige in Full A B-girl's visual mixtape created and performed by Paige Hernandez

Arts Education

Paige in Full

10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026 | Polsky Theatre

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a midsummer night's dream - the acting company

Midwest Trust Center Series

The Acting Company 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

2 p.m. Sunday (public show) and 10 a.m. Tuesday (school show), February 15, 2026 - February 17, 2026 | Yardley Hall

Tickets | Video
the moon is pictured with the words Secrets of Space and a logo for Cahoots

Midwest Trust Center Series

'Secrets of Space'

10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (school shows) and 7 p.m. (public show) Friday, March 6, 2026 | Yardley Hall

Tickets | Video
A smiling Divinity Roxx stands holding her guitar while confetti falls all around her.

Arts Education

MTC Kids Jam – Divinity Roxx

11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
The Ugly Duckling and Lightwire Theatre logo

Midwest Trust Center Series

'The Ugly Duckling'

10 a.m. (school show) and 6 p.m. (public show) Thursday, April 9, 2026 | Yardley Hall

Tickets | Video
uncle jumbo smiles with his arts outstretched

Arts Education

MTC Kids Jam – Uncle Jumbo

11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, 2026 | Polsky Theatre

Tickets | Video
origami cranes and a tree with a squirrel puppet and the logo for Stone Lion Puppet Theatre

Midwest Trust Center Series

StoneLion Puppet Theatre presents '1,000 Cranes and the Tree of Wishes'

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 14, 2026 - May 16, 2026 | Polsky Theatre

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