The Middletown Commission on the Arts and Oddfellows Playhouse present the 37th Children’s Circus of Middletown: Whatever the Weather!
This annual, unique show will take place August 1st at 5PM outdoors at Macdonough School, 66 Spring St. Middletown, CT. In case of rain, the performance will take place August 2nd at 5PM.
This performance is the culmination of a 5 week day camp for 175 kids ages 5 - 15, in which they work with professional circus artists to learn juggling, stilting, unicycling, dance, clowning, acrobatics, puppetry and other circus skills. The annual performance includes the 175 youth performers, 40 staff and a live circus band of 15 adults and teenagers. The Children's Circus of Middletown has been an annual collaboration between Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater and the Middletown Commission on the Arts since 1989. In 2018 the Children's Circus was awarded the NY Life Foundation's Excellence in Summer Learning Award.
Children’s Circus director Jason Leinwand lays out the scenario for this year’s circus: “QUOTE by Jason about Whatever the Weather theme coming soon!”
Tickets are available the day of performance; $8 for adults and $5 for kids, cash only at the gate. Tickets may also be purchased in advance at
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/oddfellowsplayhouse/37th-annual-children-s-circus-of-middletown-whatever-the-weather.
Please call (860) 347-6143 to reserve wheelchair seating. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and a picnic. Street parking around the neighborhood. Handicapped & Elderly parking only in the school lot.
The Children’s Circus is part of the Kids Arts Program of the City of Middletown’s Office of the Arts and Culture and is directed and produced by Oddfellows Playhouse. Major support is provided by the City of Middletown Commission on the Arts, Middlesex United Way, Middletown Public Schools, and the M. Jones Fund at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County. Oddfellows is also supported by the Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD, The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, The Fund for Greater Hartford, Liberty Bank Foundation, Community Foundation of Middlesex County, American Savings Foundation, Middletown Youth Services Bureau, Middletown Department of Health, George & Grace Long Foundation, and many generous individual donors.
Oddfellows Playhouse offers year-round programs in theater, circus, music, dance, technical theater, and visual arts to young people ages 3-20. For additional information, contact
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