DiscoveryTheater.org
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Welcome to the Discovery Theater!
Description
The Smithsonian's Discovery Theater, located in the Ripley Center on the National Mall, is dedicated to offering the best in live performing arts for young people. Each season more than 300 performances of thirty productions feature puppets, storytellers, dancers, actors, musicians, and mimes in performances that present classic stories for children, folk tales from all over the world, American history and cultures, and innovative theater techniques. Some are written specially for Discovery Theater. Often interactive, Discovery Theater performances unite ideologies, enact themes that reflect the diversity of its audiences, open avenues of self-reflection, and are enjoyable means for parents and teachers to demonstrate life's lessons.
Performances are open to the public. Advance reservations may be arranged for school groups, youth organizations, and families with children. Teachers reserving a block of seats receive a free learning guide with information about the performance and suggestions for activities that can help integrate the experience of theater into the curriculum.
This building named for a former secretary of the Smithsonian museum is just on the other side of the Smithsonian Castle from our old Arts & Industries home! Come visit us in our newly constructed special new performance space.
Contact
- Smithsonian Institution
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- Washington DC
- United States 20560
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- +1.202357424
