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Pushcart Players

Verona, New Jersey

Cause Description:
Pushcart Players, formed in 1974, is an award-winning not-for-profit professional theatre and arts-in-education company for young audiences, based in Verona, NJ. Pushcart programs offer the finest artists and arts educators available in the field - dedicated to bringing the best of theater and the arts to young viewers in their schools and local theaters. All Pushcart programs foster arts basic to education as described in "National Standards for Arts Education" and "Goals 2000" and are shaped by Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and the SCANS Report. All programs foster development in literacy, critical thinking skills and problem solving skills, self-esteem and self-discipline. Pushcart has been raising the curtain on outstanding arts programming for nearly 30 years - not only throughout much of the U.S., but also in the former Soviet Union, the Czech Republic and in two guest appearances at the White House. This dynamic company is the recipient of an EMMY nomination for two prime time specials on WCBS-TV; and numerous awards for excellence and innovation in the development of theatre for young audiences. Pushcart programs feature numerous ways to cultivate the theatre experience and gain literacy in the arts. For more information, call 973-857-1115 or visit www.pushcartplayers.org.

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