“ Frindle”
Alaska Junior Theatre’s 2024 – 2025 Season Announcement!
Contributed by Rowan Holmes
Alaska Junior Theater ended its 2023-2024 “Season of Legends” with a bang, all thanks to the help of Griffin Theatre Company. 6,300 students came to see the last show of our season – Frindle! The beloved children’s book by Andrew Clements was brought to life on stage and audiences were raving!
- “We read Frindle before the performance. The actors were stellar." - Chinook, 1st Grade Teacher
- “Frindle was a great show and loved the story. The actors were awesome. Loved how actors played different parts. Impressed how they changed clothes so fast. Surprised how many people were there to see the show. They got everything right in the story. The ending was done well. Liked that it was the same, but the few changes like the beginning and ending were well done. Rated 5 stars because the actors were so good.” – Alpenglow, 3rd Grade Teacher
- “Better than the book!” – College Gate, 4th & 5th Grade Teacher
- “They enjoyed Frindle. We read the book and came up with our own word – “Flaber” – for the pencil. So, they enjoyed the play, seeing it all in action.” – Eagle River Christian School, 4th Grade Teacher
On Saturday, patrons to the public performance of Frindle got to enjoy walking through two different story tracks and Fur Rondy royalty reading stories before the show as well as a milk & cookie reception and cake walk after the performance, where they also got to mingle with the performers!
We’re so proud to say that over 22,000 people walked through our doors this season.
What’s next for AJT? Alaska Junior Theater’s Annual Benefit Garage Sale is coming back at the end of June! Be sure to donate your gently used items today! AJT will be at Reading Rendezvous at the Loussac Library on May 18th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM!
AJT will be at the JBER Air Show July 20 & 21, 2024! Be sure to come and see us there!
Alaska Junior Theater is excited to announce our 2024 – 2025 Season: “Bold, Bright & Breathtaking!” Featuring FIVE different incredible performances, each with a public show, we’re so excited to bring this incredible season to life.
The season begins in November with 360 Allstars, one of AJT’s favorite shows. Sold out in 2018, 360 Allstars are back and better than ever! A phenomenal physical performance exploring all different forms of rotation, 360 Allstars connects the street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus.
Then, in December, Pushcart Players return once again with Peter and the Wolf, an enchanting tale about the adventure of growing up and all the dangers that come with it. This captivating tale introduces the magical sounds and musical instruments featured in Prokofiev’s exciting musical score.
As February rolls around, David Gonzalez and Daniel Kelly return to Anchorage once more in Aesop Bops!, a funny, fast-paced adventure into the world of Aesop’s classic tales re-imagined by Master Storyteller David Gonzalez. Audience participation abounds in this fun and exciting show.
March brings a new performance to Anchorage with The Fourth Wall: Hybrid Arts Ensemble, an experience like no other. The Fourth Wall is no ordinary ensemble – part chamber music group, part theatre company, part modern dance troupe, part circus act, The Fourth Wall blends music, theatre, dance, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form.
We end the season with another one of our favorite groups, Lightwire Theater in The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare: The Next Gen. Smart phones and video games create a new landscape of lost connections to life experiences. This incredible show features Tortoise Jr and Li’l Hare in a whole new kind of race, where their adventures lead them to unexpected territory. Innovative electroluminescent puppetry brings this classic tale into a new and brilliant light!
Alaska Junior Theater is a private, nonprofit organization that has been bringing the best in professional theater from around the world to Alaska’s young audiences since 1981. Each year, more than 30,000 students attend a variety of live performances, which share the common educational goal of “bringing learning to life.” For many students, AJT’s school-time presentations are their only exposure to the performing arts.
Save 20% off ticket prices and purchase season tickets by filling out our Season Ticket order form: https://akjt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Public-OrderForm2425.pdf.
The Alaska State Council on the Arts offers Excursion Grants to assist with the cost of educational field trips.
Go here for more information and for how to apply: https://arts.alaska.gov/Media/ArtsCouncil/docs/grants/Cultural_Collaborations_Excursion_Grant_Guidelines_and_Application.pdf.
AJT’s presentation of our “Bold, Bright & Breathtaking” 2024 – 2025 Season receives additional support by National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF, Alaska State Council for the Arts, Carr Foundation, Atwood Foundation, Municipality of Anchorage and Rasmuson Foundation.
For event information and more, visit us at www.akjt.org.