2018 Producing Gathering Excursions
Each afternoon, you will have the choice of two excursions to some of Charlotte’s must-see cultural attractions! (You can also choose to stay at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and create your own breakout conversation!) Sign up for your excursions when you register.
PaperHouse Theatre at FROCK Shop
PaperHouse Theatre is a Charlotte-based theatre company that specializes in immersive productions. For the last few years, PaperHouse has performed in residency at FROCK Shop, a clothing and housewares store located in a historic home in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood. On this excursion, participants will visit FROCK Shop, and hear from owner Caroline Cook-Frers and Nicia Carla, Artistic Director of PaperHouse Theatre, on how they formed a successful partnership that crosses industries and results in a truly unique theatrical experience. Participants will carpool.
Click here to learn more about PaperHouse Theatre. Click here to learn more about FROCK Shop.
Discovery Place
Discovery Place Science is one of four hands-on museums in three different cities designed to conjure curiosity and activate the imagination through educational experiences that help uncover the wonders of the world around us. Discovery Place is a leader in STEM education in the Carolinas.
Our excursion will include a hands-on activity in the Makers’ Space.
Click here to visit the museum website.
Levine Museum of the New South
The centerpiece of the Levine Museum is the award-winning exhibit, Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Reinventing Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South. Spanning 8,000 square feet and including more than 1,000 artifacts, images, video clips, music, and oral histories, the exhibit uses Charlotte and its 13 surrounding counties as a case study to illustrate the profound changes in the South since the Civil War.
Visitors enjoy an interactive, hands-on experience as they tour 6 different “environments” within the exhibit.
Click here to visit the museum website.
McColl Center for Art and Innovation
McColl Center for Art + Innovation’s Artist-In-Residence and Affiliate Artist programs fuse regional character with national and international perspectives. The Center is a place where artists work, conduct research and where exhibitions introduce a broad public to a variety of contemporary art practices by artists from around the world.
Click here to visit the McColl Center website.
