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Plays for Young Audiences E-News
September 2008
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-- New Video Clips
-- Classics
-- Coming Soon - Madeline and the Gypsies
Greetings! We have recently added video clips from the original productions of Puss in Boots and Alice in Wonderland at The Children's Theatre Company. It is such a delight to see how the actors, music, costumes and design came together for these timeless productions. Looking for more classics? We are adding more choices in our catalog each week! Keep checking in for plays such as Beatrix Potter's Christmas, and Lyle the Crocodile. Madeline and the Gypsies, a new musical created by The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, will soon be available! Be sure to stay posted on this exciting new addition. |
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New Video Clips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch Sharon Holland's adaptations of the classic
fairy tales, Puss in Boots and
Alice in Wonderland come to life in our
recently added video clips.
See why the critics said: "Playwright Holland has a knack for the witty one- liner, the funny turn of logic and ironic twist." - St. Paul Pioneer Press "Alice in Wonderland is a triumph of imagination in which nonsense cavorts with meaning in a celebration of language." -Chanhassen Villager "The Children's Theatre Company version of Puss in Boots may be the sassiest theatricalization of a fairy tale ever seen on stage. Also one of the happiest." -Minneapolis Tribune Photo: Nate Peterson as Puss |
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Classics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We have recently added many titles to our script
catalog, including classics from the stages of Seattle
Children's Theatre and The Children's Theatre -
Minneapolis. In this newsletter we highlight
Beatrix Potter's Christmas, Lyle
the Crocodile, and The Old Man Who
Loved Cheese. There are many more, and we
continue to add new titles each week so check out the
PYA website often!
The imagination of young Beatrix Potter comes alive when we find her home for the holidays with nothing but her brother Bertram and her imagination to make Christmas as wonderful as it should be. Make Beatrix Potter's Christmas part of your holiday season today! Lyle the Crocodile loves caviar and lives in a bathtub in New York City, he helps out with chores and rescues neighbors from burning buildings! Invite Lyle to grace your stage in Kevin Kling's take on the book by Bernard Waber! We all love cheese, but what happens when a man loves cheese more than his family? They all up and leave when the smell gets too bad, the police take him in, the judge gives a trial, and the experts agree this old man smells foul! The Old Man Who Loved Cheese by Garrison Keillor is sure to be a SCENTsation in your theatre! |
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Coming Soon - Madeline and the Gypsies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new musical adaptation of Madeline and the
Gypsies is coming to PYA! This is a play that
is written in rhymes, about a big house in Paris
covered with vines, that holds twelves little girls who
walk in lines. The smallest one is Madeline.
Join Madeline and her friend Pepito as they visit a carnival and are whisked away by Gypsies! Madeline and the Gypsies will be available in October.
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Plays for Young Audiences Contact information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
phone:
(612) 872-5108
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