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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (October 7, 2009) – The Open Dream Ensemble, a professional multi-disciplinary children’s theater group, will perform a new original play, Peril on the Red Planet, on Tuesday, October 20, at 9:30 a.m. at the Bay Arts Alliance in Panama City, Florida.
Peril on the Red Planet is set in the future and tells the story of 13 year-old Diana as she works to end famine on Mars. She reconstructs the machine that made human habitation possible on Mars and unexpectedly unleashes more problems. Her efforts to save life on Mars lead her on an important quest, during which she learns life lessons about community, responsibility, teamwork and sacrifice. Peril on the Red Planet is geared to grades 3-8. The Open Dream Ensemble is partnering with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Imagine Mars Program in presenting Peril on the Red Planet.
“Peril on the Red Planet focuses on important life lessons including dedication, determination, and courage,” said Rebecca Nussbaum, general manager of the Open Dream Ensemble. “It also highlights the power of imagination and learning in fun, creative, and engaging ways. We are thrilled to have the chance to share this new production with Bay Arts Alliance community.”
The Open Dream Ensemble is a professional outreach program of the University North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem and is comprised of professional artists who trained in dance, drama, and music at UNCSA. Using the diverse skills of its cast, Open Dream Ensemble presents original performances to school students throughout the Southeast. Open Dream Ensemble combines the power of live performances with artist residencies and educational workshops, aligning the content with current school curriculum.
The Open Dream Ensemble is a project of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, which incubates projects that sustain artists at every point in their creative development through strategic partnerships that capitalize on visionary thinking in the arts. For more information, visit www.kenanarts.org.
In addition to performances, the Open Dream Ensemble performs curriculum-based residencies and workshops. More information on the Open Dream Ensemble is available at www.OpenDreamEnsemble.com or by calling (336) 782-7837.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (www.uncsa.edu) is the University of North Carolina’s conservatory for the arts, dedicated entirely to the professional training of students possessing exceptional talents in the performing, visual and moving image arts. UNCSA offers students focused, intense, professional training at the high school, baccalaureate, and masters levels in its schools of Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Filmmaking and Music.
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