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Children's Tour FALL '26
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Theatre for the Very Young
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Young Playwrights Festival
THEATRE FOR
THE VERY YOUNG
DESIGNED FOR
18-Months to 5-Years-Old
TINY MARTIANS,
BIG EMOTIONS
Conceived and Directed by Kate Laissle
Recommended for children 18 months - 5 years
Join us as our dynamic Martian duo experience emotions for the first time. Guided through interaction with our youngest audience members, our Martians will experience the highs and lows of feelings and the brilliance of how colors and textures affect our mood. Through their journey, our Martians learn how even though we all experience feelings differently and react in unique ways to experiences, we're all stronger together by sharing and expressing our emotions.
A Theatre for the Very Young local touring production, Tiny Martians, Big Emotions is specifically an interactive show created for audiences ages18-months to 5-years-old.
Sold out of performances for 2026.
Touring January 20 – June 2026
Free Public Performances
March 21 OCPL Soule Library 3:30 PM
March 28 Marcellus Library 10:30 AM
April 18 OCPL Mundy Library 11 AM
May 16OCPL Betts Library 3:30 PM
CHILDREN’S TOUR
Grades 3-6
THIS GIRL LAUGHS, THIS GIRL CRIES, THIS GIRL DOES NOTHING
Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Leslie Noble
A story about the bonds of family, growing up and finding your own unique ways to happiness.
Three young sisters are left in a forest by their woodcutter father and forced to find their own way in the world. From this fairytale beginning, three resolutions are made — one sister walks one way to find purpose, one the other to find adventure, and the third stays right where she is to create a home. Years later, having circumnavigated the globe and fought Vikings, crossed oceans, tamed wilds and achieved greatness, the three sisters meet again, as women.
NOW BOOKING FALL 2026.
Email education@syracusestage.org for info.
Price: $500 for one performance, $900 for two the same day
Maximum audience size:
Max 250 children
(audiences over 250 will incur a large audience fee)
Space requirements:
20’ x 30’ unobstructed space
(contact for more details)
315-443-1150
education@syracusestage.org
Education Sponsors
Contacts
Kate Laissle
Director of Education
315-442-7755 | kmlaissl@syr.edu
Zizi Majid
Community Engagement and Education Coordinator
315-443-1150 | zbabdulm@syr.edu
For Student Matinees:
Tracey White
Audience Development Manager
315-443-9844 | trwhite@syr.edu
To Donate To Our Education Programs:
Ana Diaz-Diez
Director of Development
315-443-3931 | ajdiazdi@syr.edu