Information about 2013 presentation will be available July 2012. Please check back or call us at the number below.
For more information, call our office at 580-581-3470 or 581-3471

 

Student Performance Project History

 

Since 1975, the Student Performance Project works to bring live theatre to school age students.

 

Each year, two performances are arranged for one day at McMahon Memorial Auditorium. Performance selections are targeted towards elementary and junior-high school aged students. In this way, the project works to create future theatre audiences by exposing students to live theater at a young age. For many students, this is their first opportunity to experience professional theatre in a performing arts center.

 

Most performances are based on historic events or works of literature that the target audiences are familiar with.

 

Schools are asked to reserve their spots by sending in their registration form and admission fee prior to the performance day. All seats are assigned to maximize seating capacity.

 

Sponsors and Community Partners for this project are the National Endowment for the Arts, Oklahoma Arts Council, City of Lawton, Lawton Arts and Humanities Council, McMahon Auditorium Authority, and the Lawton Public Schools.

 

 

Recent shows have been "Peter Pan", "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "Just So Stories", "Junie B. Jones", and "Curious George" which were productions by Theatreworks USA.

 

Call the Arts & Humanities Division for more information at 580-581-3470 or 581-3471.