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Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State

Event Slides Per Node 1415

  • Six actors strike poses and make hand gestures while dressed in stylized insect costumes.
  • Actors dressed in costumes depicting a fly, a worm, and a spider sing in unison.
  • Actors dressed in costumes depicting a fly, beetle, butterfly, spider, worm, and bee hold a sign announcing Mrs. McBee’s first-grade class.

Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly
Dallas Children’s Theater

10:00 am Monday, November 12, 2018
70 minutes
Eisenhower Auditorium

This coolest-ever rock-and-roll romp of three unlikely friends captures the droll humor and whimsy of the picture book series by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss. Insects rule in the diaries of unlikely best friends Worm, Spider, and Fly. Worm eats his homework, Fly believes she has superpowers, and Spider can’t wait to grow up and molt.

Promoting eco-consciousness, earth science, and tolerance of others, Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly is a joyful and hip musical exploration of the world outside. Audience members might just find that a bug’s life is not all that different from their own.

The National Endowment for the Arts has designated Dallas Children’s Theater as an American Masterpieces Touring Artist.

Attention teachers: Earn ACT 48 credits at an October 6 i-STEAM workshop presented by the Penn State College of Education's Center for Science and the Schools. Download a flyer about the workshop.

Key Learning Areas: 
Arthropods and Worms
Ecosystems and Their Interactions
Personal Social
Size and Measurement
PA Academic Standards: 
Approaches to Learning
Arts and Humanities
Environment and Ecology
Health, Safety, and Physical Education
Mathematics
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Dallas Children’s Theater

support provided by
McQuaide Blasko Endowment

Educator Preparation Materials: 

We provide teaching materials that point out subject area connections that follow the Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System/Academic Standards, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Learning Standards for Early Childhood, and the Common Core State Standards. Contact Medora Ebersole at 814‑863‑6752 or mde13@psu.edu to receive these resources.