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  • 2025-2026 Season
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      • Dominic Moore-Dunson | The Remember Balloons
      • Pilobolus | Pilobolus is a Fungus
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      • 123 Andrés | Around the Americas
      • Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards | The Riverboat
    • Theater
      • Theatre Heroes | Wind in the Willows
      • Tutti Frutti Productions | Hare and Tortoise
    • Visual Arts
      • Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks
      • Kalamazoo Calendar Project Traveling Exhibition
      • Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper
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Theatre Heroes
Wind in the Willows

December 9-11, 2025
10:00 AM & 12:15 PM
Comstock Auditorium
Best for grades 3-8

Journey into the Wild Wood on this multi-media adventure based on Kenneth Grahame’s beloved children’s novel. Wind in the Willows mixes classic storytelling with projected illustrations to tell the trials of Mole and Rat on an all-night race against time as they venture through the hidden wonders of the forest to find the young Otter before it’s too late. The production from Theatre Heroes of Austin, TX, uses 180-degree projection that surrounds the performer and provides scenic elements throughout the show, while underscoring music and soundscapes set the mood. Experience the magic and mystery as award-winning actor Noel Gaulin plays all the fabled characters in this new adaptation of this classic story. MORE

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Tutti Frutti Productions
Hare and Tortoise

April 15-17, 2026
10:00 AM & 12:15 PM
Comstock Auditorium
Best for grades PreK-3

Two unlikely friends, the Hare and the Tortoise, meet for the greatest race on earth. A race with a nail-biting, seconds-ticking, medal winning-end, that will determine who is the quickest of all – the excitable Hare or the wise Tortoise. Ready? Steady? Is it time to GO?! Enjoy this charming adaptation of Aesop’s fable about friendship, opposites, and growing up. Tutti Frutti Productions from Leeds, England, brings you this much-loved story brimming with fun, live music, unforgettable songs, and delightful characters, who learn that slow and steady wins the race. MORE

EFA Wins Arts Innovation Award

In May, EFA was recognized with the Arts Schools Network 2024 Arts Innovation Award. Designed to recognize schools committed to taking innovative artistic risks, this award is presented to a school that has “broken the mold” in using the arts as a vehicle for teaching academics and/or making a positive difference in the lives of students and/or the community. MORE

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EFA enhances arts education for all K-12 and special education students in Kalamazoo County by making dance, music, theater, literary arts, media arts, and visual arts an essential part of comprehensive education. MORE

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