Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program

ETP is a collaboration between Kaiser Permanente and Oregon Children’s Theatre to provide schools with engaging productions that promote healthy life choices. Our productions open the door for kids to immerse themselves in the action. To see if your school is within our service area, please visit etpnorthwest.org.

The Amazing Food Detective: The Case of the Unsuspecting Suspects

Touring January 10-June 1
For kindergarten through 3rd Grade

NOW BOOKING!

Winter/Spring/Fall 2012 — Someone has been calling the Amazing Food Detective to report health crimes, but who is responsible? And who is making these mysterious calls? Join the Amazing Food Detective on his newest caper—inside the body! This playful and interactive production highlights how healthy food choices, physical activity, and limiting screen time contribute to an individual’s total health. Join the Amazing Food Detective and his unsuspecting suspects on a magical journey full of animated rhymes, catchy songs, and surprising puppets.

Though focusing on the same central themes as our 2009 production, this is a brand new adventure for The Amazing Food Detective.

Our schedule fills up quickly. Book your performance now at etpnorthwest.org. Approximately 35 minutes long; minimum audience size is 50.

Returning This Summer: Smarty Pants

Summer 2012 — This fun interactive game show, for audiences of all ages, tests contestants' knowledge about making healthy choices, for themselves, their families, and communities. Do you have what it takes to earn your "I'm a Smarty Pants" badge? Be a part of the audience or join our host Frank Summers and lively "celebrity" panelists onstage as a contestant, demonstrating your smarts on subjects related to nutrition, physical activity, green living, and more. "Smarty Pants" tours during the summer to locations in NW Oregon and SW Washington. For more information, or to inquire about booking a performance for your camp, summer school, or event, go to etpnorthwest.org.

High School Artists-in-Residence

Currently in development for Fall 2012 — ETP is excited to announce that we are developing a brand new Artists-in-Residence program for the 2012/13 school year. Students will work with professional theatre artists to devise an original performance related to health and well-being. As creators of the play, student actors will investigate wellness in the context of their own lives, their school, and community — sharing personal insights, conducting interviews and research to gain stories they will transform into a culminating performance.

We are seeking high schools in Portland to begin this journey. Whether you're interested in hosting a residency or just have insights into the lives of high school teachers and students, we'd like to know more about you!

If you are not a high school teacher, but know a high school teacher, please help us spread the word by directing them here or to etpnorthwest.org.

Please take a moment to complete this brief survey to help us shape our early development of this project.