DOLORES HUERTA: CRUSADER FOR WORKERS Oct 11-22, 2022 #1
Premiere of a new musical play for young audiences that brings to life the inspiring story of Dolores Huerta. Featuring songs com-posed and performed by Danny Cox, the show celebrates her crusade for fair treatment of immigrant farm workers and her world-wide fame. In her youth Dolores was a girl scout, a violinist, and an outstanding studen
t, but she dreamed of even bigger achievements—she wanted to change the world! Civil Rights, Racial Discrimination, Labor Law, Agriculture, and American History. CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF Oct 26-31, 2022 (7 pm shows)
Buzz Halliburton, an entertainer fallen on hard times, is summoned to Gargoyle House, a spooky castle on a lonely New England island. And there's a werewolf in the house! The laughs never stop and there are plenty of chills. Halloween, Fantasy Literature. THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Nov 26-Dec 23, 2022
"One of the best Christmas stories ever - and certainly one of the funniest." - The Seattle Times. Barbara Robin-son’s play, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, based on her novel of the same name, is a widely beloved Christmas tale, warm and incredibly funny, full of characters both relatable and utterly unique. Family relations, Figures of Speech. PINOCCHIO Jan 11-21, 2023
Carol Collodi’s beloved tale of a puppet that comes to life gets a new musical treatment in the comic style of Italian Commedia Dell ‘Arte. The brightly colored costumes of 16th Century commedia, the hilarious slapstick antics, and the exciting musical numbers enhance the timeless tale of a lonely puppet maker who carves a make-believe son out of wood and sees his dreams come true. 19th Century literature, puppetry. THE TOUGHEST KID IN THE WORLD Feb 7-11, 2023
This play with music incorporates conflict resolution skills with humor and situational role-playing. TK (short for Tough Kid), his friends and family explore the difficult subjects of bullying and violence in schools and learn a new meaning of the word “tough.” Conflict Resolution, Violence Prevention. JUNIE B JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS Feb 28-April 15, 2023
When Junie B.'s parents tell her they have a surprise for her, she isn't thrilled to realize it's not a present, but a new baby brother. Grandma gets a chance to see the baby first and comes back saying he's the cutest little monkey. takes it literally and tells her whole class her brother is a real, live monkey. Junie B.'s bestest friends are so eager to get a look at the baby, she starts taking bids for the first look. Book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing based on Barbara Park’s books. Figures of Speech, Family Relations. PRINCESS AND THE PEA June 13-July 1, 2023
The Hans Christian Anderson fairytale comes to vivid life in this musical comedy about a brave young woman who proves herself so sensitive she can feel a tiny pea under a tall stack of mattresses. She turns out to be compatible with the hyper-sensitive Prince and brings peace between his country and her country by ruling with compassion, love, and sensitivity. 19th Century Literature, Hans Christian Andersen, Fairytales. REVENGE OF THE SPACE PANDAS July 18-29, 2023
David Mamet’s fanciful science fiction play for young audiences. Little Leonard “Binky” Rudich and his friends, Vivi-an and Bob the Sheep, can’t get Binky’s two-speed clock to work. As Mom yells at Binky and his friends to come down for lunch, he hits his two-speed clock with a hammer, hurtling the three children to Crestview—nearly 50 light years away from the earth! Curriculum topics: Fairytales, Goal Setting, Dramatization of Literature. THE TIME MACHINE August 4-5, 2023 (7 pm shows)
Based on the 1895 novel by H.G. Wells, the inventor of the Time Machine (a term invented by Wells) travels to the far distant future and discovers interesting parallels with the inequality and injustices of his own time. Science Fiction, Sociology, Equality.
