About Arts On Stage NY
Who We Are
Arts On Stage NY (a division of the New Way Circus Center) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all the children in our communities experience the power and beauty of the performing arts through education and entertainment.
Educate, Entertain, Enrich, Encourage, Enhance interest in live theater to children of all ages.
interest in live theater
to children of all ages
Our Mission
We believe that Arts On Stage NY is an essential program ensuring that no child is left behind and that education is the key to success.
We offer “every child, every grade, every year” the opportunity to artistically, culturally, and morally experience the joy of various curriculum-based educational and entertaining programs through live professional theater.
Every child will experience the joy of developing a healthy appreciation that stimulates, encourages, educates, and promotes interest in Arts On Stage NY programs.
We implement theatrical plays, music, dance, and drama that tie into reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and arts that will help each student improve their academic skills through professional theater field trips.
Our Goals
Our goal is to make the performing arts accessible to young people without regard to socio-economic, geographic, or intellectual barriers, both real and perceived.
We aim to:
- Improve academic skills through live professional theater
- Create positive changes in culturally diverse communities
- Build strong spirits, healthy minds, and healthy bodies
- Enhance and enrich the quality of life
- Focus on youth and communities achieving results and goals
- Help children build dynamic and creative leadership
- Expand opportunity in arts, education, and culture
- Be passionate about our success
- Focus on children, families, and culturally diverse communities to build a stronger society tomorrow
Our Programs
Our programs support school curricula while helping enrich the quality of life in our communities by stimulating students and revitalizing teachers. Arts On Stage NY school-time educational productions are often a young person’s first exposure to live theater. We offer world-class performances that inspire people throughout culturally diverse communities and affect children throughout their lives.
Our programs offer every student equal opportunity for educational and cultural enrichment that stimulates creativity, develops problem-solving skills, encourages, educates, and promotes an interest in arts through live professional theater field trips. We make the arts an essential part of education, creating partnerships for teaching and learning. Let the arts help you connect with your curriculum and turn students on to learning.
Using the Department of Education Blueprint Strands, our programs implement theatrical plays, music, dance, visual arts, drama, multimedia technology, and audience etiquette that tie into reading, writing, math, science, and social studies to help students improve their academic skills. Students will realize that education is the key to success.
Multicultural Performances
Our programs include a wide variety of multicultural performances from Africa, Latin America, Asia, Russia, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Native American cultures.
In addition, our season is filled with classic literature-based performances such as Harriet Tubman, I Have a Dream: The Story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Cinderella, A Christmas Carol, and Beauty and the Beast. Study guides are available to assist teachers and students in preparing for these performances and getting the most out of each event.
Learn • Grow • Succeed With Us!
We are pleased to provide each school with a fun and exciting educational season created by our talented team and filled with the energy of outstanding artists. Join us to celebrate a season of magic, fun, and education!
