Scroll Down
Wheaton Family Theatre Series
Celebrating 10 years of the Series with a return of audience favorites
To keep up on the latest news about InterAct’s Wheaton Family Theatre Series Season 10 and get reminders about our next program dates, join our mailing list. We also invite you to check out our past seasons by clicking on any of the season buttons!
Season 10: 2024—2025
The Wheaton Family Theatre Series is a FREE public performing arts series for kids and families. Let the celebration begin! We are honored to present our 10th Anniversary Season of InterAct Story Theatre's Wheaton Family Theatre Series. We are bringing back some amazing favorites for kids and families that celebrate the rich diversity of our arts community. In season 10 of InterAct Story Theatre's Wheaton Family Theatre Series we present a series of interactive family events, for the Wheaton community, in theatre, dance, storytelling and world music completely FREE to the public!
Thanks to the partnership support of Highland Elementary School and support from a plethora of community members; and funding from Maryland State Arts Council, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Nora Roberts Foundation, and individual and corporate donors. Support also provided by a grant from the Greater Washington Community Foundation.
A Family Literacy Fiesta with
InterAct's Ali Oliver-Krueger
Books Alive
Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11 a.m. & Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
This January, celebrate the start of the New Year as InterAct Story Theatre’s Artistic Director, Ali Oliver-Krueger leads kids and adults in exploring a favorite folk tale together through movement, drama, and song. Everyone’s a part of the story in this Family Arts Workshop! Best for ages 3 and up.
Dancing Our Way Through Books led by Kelly King
Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 11 a.m. & Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
Join Kelly King, InterAct Story Theatre teaching artist and founder of Contradiction Dance Theatre and The Movement Movement as we'll explore a kid-friendly folk tale through creative movement and dance. Kids get to practice reading skills while moving, dancing, and sharing stories with our families and friends. No prior dance training needed...just bring your body and get ready to move. What a fun way to dance away the winter blues! Best for ages 3 and up.
The Legend of Pufferfish Pat:
A Tall Tale for Mad Times
Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
The Legend of Pufferfish Pat: A Tall Tale for Mad Times is a play set in the Old West, looking at how we deal with anger and other big feelings. When Pat gets angry, he blows up like a Pufferfish, which gets him a new name and a reputation that he doesn't want. With the little town of Gravy Gulch heating up for the annual gravy cook off, it's more important than ever that he keep his cool! Where can he go to find folks who might understand? The play is performed by actors appearing as a multitude of characters, with
the whole audience becoming cowpokes and townspeople right from where they sit!
.
Happenstance Theatre: PREPOSTEROUS!
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
InterAct Story Theatre welcomes back our friends from Happenstance Theater as these charming vintage clowns play circus animals, sing as a human calliope, do a classic circus mirror routine, invent a number of ridiculous “entrées,” perform live music, and execute a preposterous slow motion number involving a pie! All ages.
KidStory Theatre Festival
A theatrical celebration of stories written by kids for kids
Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
All year long, InterAct Story Theatre artists create stories with kids, and invite them to share their epic stories with us. This May, we’re choosing some of our favorite stories written by kids over the years, as we present a series of short plays and stories performed by our InterActors. We can’t wait to see what kids dream up each year! Best for ages 4 and up.
Past programs:
Award-winning world musician & composer
Tom Teasley
A Journey Around the World through Music
Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 11 a.m. & Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
This October, Tom Teasley, award-winning percussionist, world musician and composer returns to Wheaton! Tom dazzles audiences with an inspiring cross-cultural musical journey around the world, weaving ancient musical traditions with modern technology. A unique performance not to be missed! Great for all ages.
Story Tapestries featuring
Jamaal "Mr. Root" Collier
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 11 a.m. & Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2 p.m.
Event held at Highland Elementary School - 3100 Medway Street, Wheaton, MD 20902 FREE and open to the public! No tickets or registration needed.
In November we welcome Story Tapestries back to Wheaton Family Theatre Series. Their program features the dynamic Hip Hop artist Jamaal "Mr. Root" Collier. Jamaal's interactive and engaging Hip Hop-based performance is challenging, fun and entertaining! Each member of the audience has an opportunity to 'GET INVOLVED' with call-and-response, steady beat chants, pop quizzes, beat production and even some group dancing! Jamaal explains the importance of expressing yourself and explains how some legends of the culture have done the same. This performance is fun to watch but it's even better when you GET INVOLVED!
