East Arkansas Community College announces the Fine Arts Center’s 2016-17 School Series performances designed to offer high quality performances that engage, explore, and inspire school children of all ages. 

Since April 2010, over 8,500 area students from twenty-eight different school programs have visited the EACC Fine Arts Center for School Series performances.  Dedicated to providing meaningful experiences for enrichment through the arts, EACC is currently offering area schools the opportunity to reserve seats for two theatrical performances scheduled during the 2016-17 school year in the Fine Arts Center. 

Pete the Cat

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

Recommended for Pre K – 4th Grades       

Based on the “Pete the Cat” series of books by James Dean and Kimberly Dean. When Pete the Cat gets caught rocking out after bedtime, the cat-catcher sends him to live with the Biddle family to learn his manners – and boy are they square!  But for the groovy blue cat, life is an adventure not matter where you wind up, so the minute Pete walks in the door, he gets the whole family rocking.  All of the family except for the young Jimmy Biddle, who is the most organized second grader on planet earth.  Together, they set out on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both learn a little something new about inspiration.  Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW (Very Wonderful) bus. 

Doktor Kaboom

Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.                   

Recommended for Grades 1st – 6th

Doktor Kaboom believes science is for everyone!  Through highly interactive comic performances, Doktor Kaboom encourages students to creatively explore the world around them.  Creatively blending theatre arts with the wonders of scientific exploration, Doktor Kaboom’s supercharged and super safe science experiments will have you erupting with laughter and bubbling with curiosity.  Nothing says science like KABOOM!  Join him for a side-splitting journey of increasingly spectacular, and often successful, experiments and demonstrations. 

School administrators, teachers, and representatives will not want to miss the opportunity to see children delight in the magic and vibrant energy that can only be experienced through live performance.  Seating for School Series performances is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis, admission is $5 per person (students, teachers, chaperones), and school representatives are encouraged to make reservations early to guarantee availability.  For more information or to reserve seats for a performance, schools should contact Niki Jones, Arts Center Manager at 870-633-4480, ext. 352 or njones@eacc.edu.