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Plays for Young Audiences Newsletter January 2008
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-- The Neverending Story
-- A Special Trade
-- Coming soon, Hamlet!

Greetings!

Happy New Year to you all! Its been an exciting beginning to 2008 for Plays for Young Audiences, we have some amazing new titles coming up. In this issue you will find information on the Never Ending Story, A Special Trade including video links. Peruse through our newest Perusal Titles.

The Neverending Story
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 Bastian seeks refuge from his reality in the pages of the most amazing book. And the story begins. Fantastica is in grave danger; The Nothing engulfs everything in its path. The Childlike Empress sends the unlikely hero Atreyu, a boy of Bastian's age, on a quest to find the one who can save them all. Atreyu's adventure takes him to the far corners of Fantastica, through the Swamp of Sadness, the cave of a giant spider, and the maze of the Southern Oracle. With the help of the happy Luck Dragon, Falkor, he manages to survive the harrowing journey, besting the werewolf who is bent on the destruction of imagination itself. With Bastian's belief in the story, however, Fantastica has found its savior. Imagination will live on. And the story begins again.

Praise for "The Neverending Story"

  • "This is the point of the play [the end] where we face the fact that literature and theater are wonderful, life enhancing, possible even life saving." - Joe Adcock, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • "If fantastic tales were houses, "The Neverending Story" would be prime real estate." - Joe Adcock, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • "The Neverending Story is a delightful creation for younger children whose imaginations are always ready for an adventure." - Emma K., Teen Tix
Bring Fantastica closer to your audience with the Script!


A Special Trade
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 Bartholomew and Nelly are not just neighbors, they're best friends. Every day, Bartholomew pushes Nelly in her stroller around the neighborhood. They especially like getting sprayed by Mrs. Pringle's sprinkler and going over Mr. Oliver's bumpity-bump-bump driveway. And when Nelly grows up and Bartholomew grows old their joy in being together continues, no matter what. For this story of two people, from two generations, shows better than most, what it truly means to be friends forever.

Praise for "A Special Trade"

  • "What's not to love about "A Special Trade" - Dominic Papatola, St. Paul Pioneer Press
  • "A gentle and empowering tale about friendship, and a theatrical experience as satisfying for its intended audience of preschoolers as it is for the grown-ups who bring them" - Dominic Papatola, St. Paul Pioneer Press
  • "Director Dahl has given "Trade" a clean staging. All the puppets, including two pooches, move in a wide arc that seems to enlarge not just the Cargill Stage, but also our understanding of the imagination of the toddler set." - Rohan Preston, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bring something Special to your audiences!


Coming soon, Hamlet!
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 "I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood" --The Ghost, Hamlet I.v Young Prince Hamlet returns to Denmark as strange and sorrowful times befall the country-his father, the King, suffered a murder most foul. The Prince is sure that blame lies with Claudius, lately his uncle and now his King and husband to his mother. This betrayal is more than the Prince can bear. Soon he is out of his wits, spouting "wild and whirling words" denouncing his love for the sweet Ophelia. Or is this madness merely a ruse to "catch the conscience of the king" so Hamlet may enact his revenge? Sensing the danger his nephew presents, Claudius conspires to slay Hamlet. And amidst the clashing of swords and passing of poisoned goblets, all the players fall prey to the treachery that stains the soil of poor Denmark.

Script will be available February, so check back soon!



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