Mikey McCarthy, a passionate advocate for the arts and a dedicated member of the Rodman for Kids Young Professionals Board, has a story that speaks volumes about the transformative power of the Theatre for Kids program.
Here at Rodman for Kids, we have been thinking a lot about community, a thread that runs through everything we do.
Over the past 20 years, Rodman for Kids’ Theatre for Kids program has introduced more than 80,000 kids to the wonder of live, professional theater. This past year, we were intentional about breaking down barriers to arts access for ALL kids.
Rodman for Kids and Broadway In Boston are partnering with the Springfield Conservatory of the Arts to give inner city high school students a behind the scenes look at everything that goes into creating a Broadway musical and touring it around the country as part of the Innovation Career Pathways and Work-Based Learning Program.
Rodman for Kids, in partnership with Blue Man Group, Broadway in Boston, and the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, brought a special, sensory friendly performance of Blue Man Group to Boston!
“It’s so far removed from their everyday life. Some of them are homeless, and struggling to find food, and in very abusive homes, or not with their parents at all. To put themselves into this world (of live theatre) that takes them away and gives them the hope of a world that they can have I think was a massive thing.”
Rodman for Kids’ Theatre for Kids program is in the news for our recent trip to see Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Citizens Bank Opera House with Broadway in Boston!!
On Tuesday, November 2, the Marilyn Rodman Theatre for Kids program welcomed 500 kids to the Citizen’s Bank Opera House for the premiere of “Hadestown.”
The Theatre program endeavors to broaden the horizons of at-risk youth and foster a lifelong appreciation of performing arts by exposing kids to live, professional theatre.
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor and our partners at Broadway in Boston, five hundred local kids attended School of Rock at The Boston Opera House on February 20th through the Marilyn…
Two-thousand Greater Boston youth attended a performance of the Broadway smash, Hamilton, as part of the Marilyn Rodman Theatre for Kids program, which endeavors to broaden the horizons of at-risk youth…
Foxborough’s Orpheum Theatre opened in 1912, serving as a silent movie house and Vaudeville stage. Through several iterations, reconstructions, and transformations, the Orpheum has remained central…
The only thing better than a Blue Man Group Ultimate Dance Party, is a Blue Man Group Ultimate Dance Party, Theatre for Kids style…
My favorite scene was when the tornado was forming. It felt so real and there was so much suspense!” “The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie and I can’t believe I got to see it live! It was my first…
Taking someone with autism to the theater can be a challenge. Many parents face the scenario of spending money to take a chance on going to the theatre as a family, only to have their son/daughter need…
To help kick off the long-awaited summer vacation, we sent 500 kids to the Boston Opera House to see Disney’s Newises on July 1 as part of our Marilyn Rodman Theatre for Kids initiative…
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