Stepping Into the Story: Thank You, Omu!

Name: Paradigm Marketing and Creative
Price range: $

Dec 1, 2026 - Apr 30, 2027

Stepping Into the Story is an Interactive Field Trip that lets K-2 students explore books in an immersive, hands-on workshop that fosters creativity, literacy, and critical thinking.

Halloran Centre or Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center

Registration Opening Soon

Pricing: $325 (or for Title I Schools: $275) for each classroom of 35 students or fewer
Time: 2.5-3 hours
Ages or Grades: Grades K-2

About this Interactive Field Trip

Stepping Into the Story gives K-2nd grade students the opportunity to explore their favorite books through their bodies, voices, and imaginations. This field trip engages students in a hands-on, immersive workshop that explores creativity, literacy, and critical thinking as they take the story off the page and onto the stage. Classrooms will explore the book Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora (Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award Winner). In Thank You, Omu!, Omu (pronounced Ah-moo) shares her delicious thick red stew with everyone in the neighborhood. After Omu gives away the stew to her grateful neighbors, they repay her generosity with food and gifts of their own. Students will explore themes of sharing, generosity, community, and culture as they step into Omu’s story.

Stepping Into the Story integrates Tennessee State Standards in Fine Arts with Tennessee State Standards in English Language Arts. Please see below for more information.

Available for bookings December 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027 by inquiry only.

Policies and Procedures

BPACC Policies and Procedures

More Information

Please note, the maximum number of students we are able to host for an Interactive Field Trip varies based on a number of factors, including staffing and space availability. The Orpheum Theatre Group reserves the right to set the maximum capacity number for any Interactive Field Trip at registration based on these varying factors.

Classes begin promptly at the scheduled time. We recommend arriving 5-15 minutes early. All sessions take place at the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education, 225 S. Main Street, next to the Orpheum Theatre. Our Education and Community Engagement staff will greet the group in the lobby.

The Orpheum Theatre Group strives to make the arts available to everyone. We offer many services for patrons with special needs. When you register, please indicate any accessibility arrangements your group will require (i.e. wheelchairs, listening devices, ASL interpreter, etc.).