Blue Apple Players, a nonprofit theater company, is proud to present “Make Room for Elves,” an original musical that will be performed at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at The Brown Theatre. Tickets are $8.00 per person.
“This performance is sure to get people of all ages in the holiday spirit,” says Blue Apple Players executive director Paul Lenzi. “As with all Blue Apple Players’ musicals the audience will learn an important lesson, in this case the value of friendship.”
This original tale explains that before they were known as elves, Santa’s helpers were called Keebobbins. As the play opens we find a group of lost Keebobbins adrift on a patch of ice in search of a new home. Once Santa and Mrs. Claus learn of their dilemma they invite them to stay with them at the North Pole. Santa is impressed by their eagerness to work and invites them to become his elves and help him prepare for his annual around-the-world trip to deliver toys. A highlight of the show is the courtship of Santa and Clara told through “The Santa Claus Waltz.”
“Make Room for Elves” was written by Blue Apple co-founder and artistic director Geraldine Ann Snyder. Geraldine has written the book, music and lyrics for over 36 Blue Apple Players’ musicals. Her musicals have been published by both Samuel French and The Dramatic Publishing Company and are available for worldwide productions. She was a recipient of the
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About Blue Apple Players
Founded in 1976, Blue Apple Players is a regional nonprofit theater company producing original musicals and educational theater programs for young audiences. Entertaining and inspiring, each production reaches across social, economic and geographic boundaries to ignite children’s imaginations and change lives. Blue Apple tours over 160 performances a year reaching nearly 100,000 youth (K-12) in every
