Exciting • Surprising • Inspiring

Professional theatre and visual arts programs for all ages in schools, libraries, theatres, festivals and events. Innovative arts-in-eductaion assembly programs, workshops and residencies for grades K-12, with a focus on educational content through entertainment that teachers, administrators and students all respond to, featuring  Christopher Agostino’s StoryFaces.

Christopher Agostino’s StoryFaces — Storytelling and Visual Arts

StoryFaces is a remarkable combination of visual and performing arts to delight and inspire any audience. In this exciting storytelling show, Christopher paints the faces of volunteers to illustrate stories as he tells them, captivating students as they learn about world cultures and our shared humanity through traditional folktales and featuring my uniquely animated original stories like The Amazing Face Story and The Amazing Face Story Activity, a follow-up activity in which students create an original story starring themselves. Many school programs are available, with varied content for Elementary, Middle and High School, including:

• StoryFaces — fables, folktales and amazing face adventures
• StoryFaces special themes: The Ocean Comes to Visit and Adventure Tales!
• Talking Art — stories from art history: origins, inspirations and appropriations

Agostino Arts theatre programs develop communication skills and confidence in students by giving them experience performing. We present a variety of programs, with varying content for different ages, ranging from introductory classroom workshops to residencies that culminate in original school productions. Skills include theatre games, improvisation, writing original material and working with scripts. Professional consulting, directing and makeup services also available for school productions.

David Levitan’s World of Magic and Mentalism 

With younger audiences David creates a friendly atmosphere in which the kids join him on an adventure and he is as surprised by his tricks as they are. The audience as a whole and the many participants he brings on stage come to feel that they are the magicians as David responds to their “magic” with the childlike innocence of a classic clown. Young audiences love his playfulness.

Mind Reading Magic for Middle and Upper Grades – David presents a different kind of school magic show, with mentalism and complex tricks that can really astound an audience. It’s an upbeat and amazing performance that keeps the audience wondering “how does he do it?”

For evening programs and family audiences David presents a range of fun material sure to involve all ages, including the adults. Assembly programs for grades K-12, plus an astounding Mentalist act for older students, adults and family audiences.

The Ned Gelfars Circus Show — Comedy and Juggling

Ned Gelfars is an extremely funny guy. Audiences laugh out loud at this show, filled with juggling, magic, unicycling, and an incredible amount of hilarious audience participation – a great way to add fun to the school year and special events such as field days. Ned’s stand-up comic style also makes him a hit with Middle School audiences. Adults laugh as hard as the kids, and it’s great for evening performances for the whole family.

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Transformations Facepainting 

 Field Days, Festivals, Special Events and Art Programs

Our Transformations Facepainting can transform a class or an entire school, bringing this art alive within an educational context based on cultural traditions. Programs include workshops to follow Christopher Agostino’s StoryFaces assembly programs; classroom demonstrations; presentations for art or theater students, makeup artists for school theatre productions and teams of artists for school special events — including a special program called Art On Your Face that turns students’ faces into famous works of art for art shows and festivals.

Virtual Programs — We have adapted several of our programs for schools and family audiences, including pre-recorded video, live remote and outdoor performance options, and are continuing to adjust to suit changing circumstances. Please contact us with your requests and we’ll try to accommodate your situation.