Hi, Please help pass the word!! This FREE event is open to families with children ages birth to 10. It will be a nice way to Families to come together and enjoy the arts. Everyone is welcome!!
The Children’s Room, The Waterbury Public Library and Thatcher Brook Primary School are teaming up to bring Crabgrass Puppet Theater to the TBPS Gymnasium on Saturday, April 4th. Crabgrass Puppet Theater will be presenting “The Pirate, The Princess and The Pea” The doors open at 10:00 a.m. The Show begins at 10:30. Before and after the show we will be gathering in the Cafeteria with puppet crafts and refreshments. There will also be many puppets and books on hand to explore to round out this unique experience. This show will be especially tailored for families with children ages birth to 10 years old. This event is free and open to the public. It is made possible with funding from Central Vermont Building Bright Futures.
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre has twice been awarded the prestigious Citation of Excellence from the American Center of the Union Internationale de la Marionette (UNIMA-USA), the highest honor in American puppetry, in 2001 and again in 2005. In 2008, Bonny Hall received a Commendation for Design in the Puppet Theatre from the Arlyn Award Foundation. They have given many thousands of performances in schools, libraries, museums, and arts festivals, and have performed at dozens of regional, national and international puppetry festivals. Crabgrass Puppet Theatre's performing venues have included the World Trade Center, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the Philadelphia Museum, Paper Mill Playhouse, the North Carolina Museum, the New York State Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the California Academy of Sciences, the Detroit Institute for the Arts, and hundreds of schools, museums, and theaters across the country. Crabgrass Puppet Theatre continues to perform more than 200 shows each year, reaching over 100,000 people throughout the US.
Hope to see you there.
Meet the pirate:
"A pirate’s life isn’t all 'yo-ho-ho and a bottle of grog,' ya know. It’s hard work escapin' from sea monsters and fallin’ overboard just in time to meet the local octopus. But it’s worth it when I find that map and start searchin' for treasure . . . except there's this pest of a princess who keeps gettin' to the clues before I
do."
Meet the princess:
"Life in the palace is so boring, all tuffets and tea parties! So when I find a treasure map and sneak away from the palace, I'm ready for some adventure. Unfortunately, there's a preposterous pirate in my way, and he's trying to steal MY treasure! I've got to get rid of him – and I think I know how!"
A pirate and a princess are each searching for hidden treasure. The princess stays one step ahead of the pirate with every clue. But how can she get him out of the way long enough to dive for the treasure? "You're not a real pirate!" she claims. "Am so." "Are not." "Am so." "Okay, prove it!" "How?" "You know, I had to prove I was a real princess once," she says. "I'm sure we can use the same method . . ." and she leaves him snoring on a tall pile of mattresses. But when the princess is in danger from a giant octopus, she quickly discovers the benefits of cooperation! Inspired by their success, the pirate and his new princess friend sail off together in search of further adventure.
Join Crabgrass Puppet Theatre on a thrilling voyage chock full of sea monsters, sharks and side-splitting action!
Hope to see you there!!
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