Kennedy Center: Katie Couric's The Brand New Kid

Katie Couric's The Brand New Kid

New works are generously underwritten by the Li Ka Shing Foundation.

Theater at the Kennedy Center is presented with the generous support of Stephen and Christine Schwarzman.

Additional support is provided by the U.S. Department of Education, the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts, and the Estate of Joseph R. Applegate.

Tour Schedule

Please note that this schedule is subject to change and includes both school and public performances.

October 3-4 :: Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
October 6 :: Centennial Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
October 9-11 :: Las Vegas, NV
October 15-17 :: Stockton, CA
October 18 :: Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
October 23 :: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA
October 26 :: Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA
October 27 :: Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA
October 29 :: Higley Center for the Performing Arts, Gilbert, AZ

November 1 :: Highland High School, Salt Lake City, UT
November 4-5 :: Everett Civic Auditorium, Everett, WA
November 6 :: Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA
November 8 :: Ross Ragland Theatre, Klamath Falls, OR
November 13 :: Cam-Plex Heritage Center, Gillette, WY
November 15 :: Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO
November 20 :: Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center, Paducah, KY
November 26 :: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL
November 28 :: Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park, FL

December 3-4 :: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
December 11 :: Lyric Theatre, Stuart, FL

January 10 :: Kupferberg Center, Flushing, NY
January 13 :: Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT
January 16 :: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College,Brooklyn, NY
January 20 :: The Performing Arts Center, Purchase, NY
January 23-26 :: NJPAC, Newark, NJ
January 29 :: Proctor’s Theater, Schenectady, NY
January 31 :: The Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT

February 7 :: Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN
February 9 :: Fine Arts Center, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
February 11 :: Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls, IA
February 13 :: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL
February 19 :: Sangamon Auditorium, Springfield, IL
February 21 :: Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines, IA
February 25-26 :: Forest Hills Performing Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI
February 28 :: Stocker Arts Center, Elyria, OH

March 2-3 :: McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
March 11 :: The Paramount, Charlottesville, VA
March 14 :: Wright Auditorium, Greenville, NC
March 18 :: Cobb Energy Center, Atlanta, GA
March 20 :: Givens Performing Arts Center, Pembroke, NC

About Katie Couric’s The Brand New Kid

New teachers... new books... new faces! It's the very first day of second grade, and Lazlo S. Gasky is the new kid in school. He's your typical seven-year-old boy, but because he doesn't look or speak quite like the others, the teasing and taunting begin. When Ellie McSnelly realizes how tough Lazlo has it, she risks being ridiculed herself to spend an afternoon with him. After playing soccer, eating strudel, and making new friends, the two teach their classmates a valuable lesson--one that's not in their schoolbooks--about the need to give others a chance. Adapted from Katie Couric's popular children's book, this uplifting new musical proves that being yourself is the best way to be. For ages 5 and up.

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