Main Stage Performances for Family & Children

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CHILDREN & FAMILY PRODUCTIONS

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	MOOSELTOE: A NEW MOOSICAL This delightful Broadway-style holiday show for kids and their families tells the story of our young hero, Mooseltoe, who dreams of flying with Santa's sleigh and of his journey to find the Moose King to learn the secret of flight. He leaves his mother, father and sister to follow his dream of learning to fly so that he can help pull Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Along the way he encounters sixteen unforgettable, larger-than-life characters and finally achieves his dream.			ONE NIGHT IN FROGTOWN This delightful production is a multimedia musical performance based on Emmy Award winning Author/Composer Philip Pelletier's musical storybook of the same name, One Night In Frogtown. This acclaimed story about diversity comes alive through projected animations, a live story reading, and live music performances featuring the Portland All-Stars: Linda Hornbuckle, Devin Phillips, Shannon Dan, Andy Stokes, Fogatron, Heather Christie, Portland Opera soloist, Victor Morris, and the No Kidding! Choir. "FROGTOWN is a great story, and the presentation with rhyme, music and animation really hits the bulls-eye on what it takes to reach kids today. I highly recommend it!" (Merrill Holde, Elementary School Teacher & Reading specialist). "Kids will LOVE the music from rap to symphony!" (Parenting Magazine).
	CAT: AN OPERA/MUSICAL FOR KIDS CAT is an opera-musical about a cat that becomes transfixed and transformed by the world of letters. The 45 minute opera engages the audience with singing and sound effects, transforming the crowd into the show's chorus and orchestra. Full of humor and imagination, this gentle tale set to uproarious music will inspire the young and the young at heart to spread their wings and explore adventures in the world of letters			THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF BRER RABBIT This is a delightful musical production about a wily rabbit who, with the help of his friend Brer Terrapin, uses his wits rather than his fists to outsmart Brer Fox, Brer Wolf and Brer Bear. Suitable for grades K-6, as well as the whole family, the production features four of Joel Chandler Harris' best loved stories - "Wahoo," "The Yalligator," "The Moon in the Mill Pond," and of course, "The Wonderful Tar Baby." The show also teaches the important lesson that just because you are small or slow, it doesn't make you helpless. It is the quality of the mind that counts most and the quality of the heart. If you have friends and some common sense, you may have some bad days but you will bounce back and come out on top.
	AN EVENING WITH MARK TWAIN New York actor Michael Mauldin, as Mark Twain in his customary white suit and ever-present cigar, takes us through a fascinating panoply of uproarious comedy, gentle reminiscence, and biting social satire on the human condition–which is amazingly relevant to today's world. Mr. Mauldin delivers a powerfully humorous and unforgettable performance–a richly rewarding experience for the Twain aficionado and novice alike.			FIDDLEBACK This trio’s diverse creative compositions and technical virtuosity make this an unique and wonderful recording. You can hear elements of Jazz, Classical, American fiddle styles, Folk and Rock in the bands writing.
	THE GREAT KAPLAN Illusion, music, juggling and deadpan comedy collide in this vaudevillesque spectacle. Inspired by the antics of Keaton, Sellers, Victor Borge, the Smothers Brothers and the illustrious Wile E. Coyote, among others, The Great David Kaplan welcomes spectators, young and old alike, into his wonderfully strange world which seemingly crumbles as he manages to tame a rogue bowling ball, juggle furniture, perform feats of prestidigitation and play melodies on Concert Balloon, turkey baster, and his great grandfather's concert ukulele—all to the delight of a charmed and hysterical audience. He won the coveted "Peoples Choice" award at the 2006 International Brotherhood of Magicians Conference. A guaranteed Laugh-A-Minute experience!			BACH TO THE FUTURE Playing exotic space-age instruments and using rhythms and musical styles from many countries and traditions including Jazz, Latin, African, Far Eastern and other world musical influences, this innovative and eclectic classical/jazz quartet transforms famous classical melodies into exciting new compositions that sound fresh and contemporary.