Sixth Annual Educator Night Hosted by the Kravis Center

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Palm Beach County Teachers Gather Information on Performing Arts Opportunities for Students, Win Prizes at the Sixth Annual Educator Night Hosted by the Kravis Center

(West Palm Beach, FL) – The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts recently hosted 120 Palm Beach County educators for the sixth annual Educator Night, a fun and relaxed evening highlighting the Kravis Center’s 2019-2020 Main Stage Season. The free-of-charge annual event gives teachers the chance to see how the arts can enhance their classroom efforts, while offering them exclusive ticket opportunities and treating them to live performances throughout the evening.

Emcee Jill Switzer speaks with Beverley Bass and Marika Aubrey during the sixth annual Educator Night at the Kravis Center. In the hit Broadway musical Come from Away, part of the Kravis Center’s 2019-2020 Main Stage Season, Aubrey portrays Bass, the real-life American Airlines pilot featured in the musical. Come from Away tells the story of the 38 passenger jets diverted to land in tiny Gander, Newfoundland, on 9/11. Bass and Aubrey spoke before more than 120 Palm Beach County teachers during the annual event, which gives educators a chance to see how the arts can enhance their classroom efforts. Photo by Mary Stucchi.

Educators socialized over wine and hors d’oeuvres and enjoyed performances by Marika Aubrey, who plays Beverley Bass in the touring cast of Come from Away, and Johnbarry Green, who plays Pseudolus in MNM Theatre Company’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

 

The real Beverley Bass, American Airlines’ first female captain, also was on hand talk about her personal experience piloting one of the 38 passenger jets ordered to land in tiny Gander, Newfoundland on 9/11, as depicted in Come from Away.

 

Teachers attending Educator Night were treated to an exclusive ticket giveaway where more than 76 pairs of tickets for all Kravis on Broadway performances throughout the 2019-2020  season were awarded, including those for blockbusters such as Fiddler on the Roof, The Play That Goes Wrong and Come from Away.

Educators Renatta Espinoza from the Academy for Positive Learning in Lake Worth and Frank Verney from Coleman Park Community Center in West Palm Beach enjoy the sixth annual Educator Night at the Kravis Center. The fun and relaxed evening highlighting the Kravis Center’s 2019-2020 Main Stage Season. The free-of-charge annual event gives teachers the chance to see how the arts can enhance their classroom efforts, while offering them exclusive ticket opportunities and treating them to live performances throughout the evening. Photo by Mary Stucchi.

In addition, upcoming Professional Development workshops for teachers through the arts were announced highlighting the very best instructional practices in the field of arts integration. Jill Switzer, co-host of “The Morning Lounge with Jill and Rich” on Legends 100.3 FM, hosted Educator Night.

 

For more than 27 seasons, the Kravis Center has helped students of all ages fuel their imaginations and expand their lives through comprehensive arts education programs. Since 1992, 2.6 million schoolchildren from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties have visited the Kravis Center, attending performances through the S*T*A*R Series and participating in a wide variety of educational programming. To learn more, please visit kravis.org/education.

Educators Katie Petronio, Laurie Riffe, Ann Haynes and SueAnn Walentuk from Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton enjoy the sixth annual Educator Night at the Kravis Center. The fun and relaxed evening highlighting the Kravis Center’s 2019-2020 Main Stage Season. The free-of-charge annual event gives teachers the chance to see how the arts can enhance their classroom efforts, while offering them exclusive ticket opportunities and treating them to live performances throughout the evening. Photo by Mary Stucchi.