The Park Theatre Civic Centre Presents
The 2008-2009 PTCC Children's Series
Charlotte's Web
Thursday, October 23, 2008
10:00am
Theatreworks USA’s production of Charlotte’s Web, a play by Joseph Robinette with incidental music by Jeffrey Lunden, is based on E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little
gray spider named Charlotte.
Wilbur has a problem: how to avoid winding up as pork chops! Charlotte, a fine writer and true friend, hits on a plan to fool Farmer Zuckerman she will create a “miracle.” Spinning the words “Some Pig” in her web, Charlotte weaves a solution which not only makes Wilbur a prize pig, but ensures his place on the farm forever. This treasured tale, featuring madcap and endearing farm animals, explores bravery, selfless love, and the true meaning of friendship.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Friday, November 7, 2008
10:00 am
A collection of many short childrens stories presented live on stage by TheatreWorks' group of professional actors. Stories include:
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Diary of a Worm
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Fluffy the Classroom Guinea Pig
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Horace & Morris But Mostly Dolores
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How I Became a Pirate
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If You Give a Pig a Pancake
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Lilly's Big Day
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The Paper Bag Princess
James & the Giant Peach
Friday, March 20, 2009
10:00am
Roald Dahl’s marvelous books have captivated young readers for nearly fifty years. Now, his classic characters, including young James Trotter, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Miss Spider and more leap from the page to the stage in Two Beans Productions’ enchanting musical, James and the Giant Peach.
At the top of a lonely hill, James lives with his cruel aunts near a garden where nothing grows except a barren peach tree. A mysterious man gives James a bag full of magic crystals which he promises will change the seven-year-old’s life. But when James accidentally spills the crystals at the roots of the ancient tree, strange things start to happen. Wonderful things. Grandiose, colossal things, as the old tree starts to bloom again and the creepy-crawlies from the ground take up residence inside the immense peach!
Join James and his lovable new insect friends as they journey down the hill, through the countryside, across the sea and into the air! Discover, along with our heroes, how a little magic can take you a long way.
