Yum! Family Series Program and Stage One: The Louisville Children’s Theatre are excited to roll out the red carpet for the 2008-2009 season of theater for young audiences, complete with a few twists and turns.
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, directed by Matt Wallace, opens the season October 11-November 1 at The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater. Lilly is a spunky little mouse who loves everyone and everything, but when she does something for which she will be very sorry, she learns some hard lessons of patience and what it means to be selfish. The production is based on the popular children’s books by Eric Henkes and is sponsored by Brown-Forman.
Former Stage One artistic director and pioneer of children’s theater, Moses Goldberg, returns to Stage One as he directs Homer’s The Odyssey, October 25 at The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater. This classic epic revisits the style of Greek Theatre as it retells the story of Odysseus and his struggle to find home, ten years after the fall of Troy.
Returning by popular demand, the Herdman’s are back in town in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater November 29-December 20. These siblings are the worst kids in the whole history of the world, and now they have bullied their way into the church’s annual Christmas pageant. Experience the spirit of the season with this classic holiday production!
As Kentucky celebrates the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln this February, Stage One will showcase the world premiere, Brothers of a Common Country: A Story of Abraham Lincoln January 31-February 7 at the Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater. As part of the Mimi and Marshall Heuser New Play Development Series, this production by Kentuckian Deborah Lynn Frockt will be directed by former Stage One Artistic Director J. Daniel Herring and is a compilation of speeches, debates, personal correspondence and biographical details surrounding President Lincoln under a nation divided.
The season continues with a remarkable story of Magical Realism as Stage One presents the Gabriel Garcia Marquez adapted short story, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Un Señor Muy Viejo Con Unas Alas Enormes) February 28-March 7 at the Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater. This Latin American musical folktale tells the story of two children as they discover a stranger who has fallen from the sky. Carrying on his back beautiful enormous wings, could he be an angel; is this a sign, a miracle? Only the story can tell…
Stage One has gone to the dogs (literally!) as they present the final show of the season, Go, Dog. Go!, based on the popular children’s book by P.D. Eastman. This romper room spectacle, sponsored by PNC Bank, explores the world around us through words, color, space and music; all hosted by man’s best friend! But the fun can’t last forever, Go, Dog. Go! will be onstage at the Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater March 28-April 4.
Single tickets on sale now. To purchase tickets, or to get exact dates and times, visit www.StageOne.org, or call 502.584.7777, 800.775.7777, 502.562.0730 (TTY). Group discounts are also available.
Stage One is a member of the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts, The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Stage One with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that every great nation deserves great art. Stage One’s season is sponsored by YUM! Family Series Program.