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OUTREACH PROGRAMS

Partners in Education

The Partners in Education Program (PIE) is a culturally-driven, comprehensive theatre arts education program developed by MRT to serve one of its finest missions: "To educate, challenge and inspire audiences." The ostensible goals of PIE are:

  • To provide students in the Merrimack Valley, Nashoba Valley, and Southern New Hampshire with a comprehensive theatre education curriculum
  • To give access to the power and imagination of the theatre to as many students and young people as possible, particularly those who have been traditionally excluded from the arts
  • To use the theatre as an educational tool that helps students gain the type of knowledge and critical thinking required in today's society
  • To inspire, influence, and introduce students to new ideas through drama

This year PIE is sponsored by The Ronald M. Ansin Foundation, Fleet Bank, 3M Corporation, First Essex Bancorp, Lawrence Savings Bank, Rogers Foundation, Stevens Foundation, Starwood Foundation, Webster Foundation and the Cultural Councils from the following municipalities: Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Groton, Dunstable, and Billerica.

Middlesex Community College
As part of our ongoing effort to reach out to the community, we've established a strong bond with another partner in education, Middlesex Community College. Every semester our professional artist/teachers provide exciting new course offerings on the Lowell and Bedford campuses and MRT directors work with MCC students to mount productions of classic and contemporary theatre literature. Additionally, MRT Guest Artists assist the faculty with on-site lectures developed "to bring the arts into the classroom." This unique collaborative effort creates a "win-win" situation for both institutions and reinforces their mandates of providing educational and cultural resources to a wide range of students.

Renew, Recycle, Reuse our SETS
As an environmentally aware cultural resource, MRT has established this program to provide school systems with set pieces--such as flats, floors, and custom designed scenery--for use in their own productions, at no charge to the school. In lieu of simply throwing our sets in the dumpster, we choose to pass on these professionally crafted pieces to schools who often cannot afford to buy or build similar pieces. Since we cannot store or deliver these pieces, schools interested in this program should contact the Education Department at least one month in advance of "strike."

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