For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth.
The Miracle Project New Jersey is an evidence-based, groundbreaking, fully inclusive program which helps children and young adults with autism and other special needs build communication and social skills, community, and greater self-esteem though music, acting, dance, acting and storytelling.
This creative dynamic socialization program was founded in 2004 in Los Angeles by Elaine Hall, and was featured in the Emmy award winning HBO documentary AUTISM: The Musical!
MPAC is the only provider of this unique program in New Jersey and was honored with the Morris County Chamber of Commerce Excellence Award for Innovative Programs in 2018 and the New Jersey Cultural Access Network Innovator Award.
Semester Offerings
Miracle Project and Miracle Project Advanced are both offered for 14 weeks in the Fall and Spring Semesters. Our Fall semester runs from mid September through mid January. The Spring semester runs mid January through mid May. Programs include group activities, singing, movement and acting while working toward end of semester performances for family and friends!
Summer Program
We offer a 5 week summer program! Classes meet twice a week for 1.5 hours in the late afternoon! Details and Registration info are typically available in early April.
For questions please contact Education Director Cathy Roy at
croy@mayoarts.org
Peer Mentor Information
Sponsors
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors
Major support for The Miracle Project at MPAC is provided by Bruce Jacobs and Ken Levy of Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Additional support for this program is provided by
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
This madcap musical based on Dav Pilkey’s (Captain Underpants, Dogman) irreverently hilarious book series finds Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog starting an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics, flipping out their fishy father Flippy in the process!
MPAC’s 11th Annual Spring Production: Newsies
Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies take action as all of New York City soon recognizes the power of “the little man.”
