Studio East and StoryBook Theater are celebrating their 25th and 20th seasons, beginning with two fall shows sure to delight a variety of theater goers. The youngest audiences and their parents will enjoy StoryBook Theater’s brand new, 55-minute version of “The Tortoise & the Hare”. For older audiences, Studio East presents the powerful World War II era play with music, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly”.
With adaptations from Lani Brockman and music and lyrics from Susan Bardsley, StoryBook Theater has captivated audiences for nearly two decades. For this 20th season, they have written a brand new show “The Tortoise & the Hare”. This interactive musical will find our forest creatures in the race of a lifetime. Slow and steady wins the race, but the fleet-footed Hare and the flat-footed Tortoise will also learn the valuable lesson of being themselves and doing their best. Audiences will meet the confident Hare and the steadfast Tortoise, but they will also be enchanted by the Catfish, the Crow and the Treefrog.
Tickets to “The Tortoise & the Hare” are $15 including service fees and can be purchased at www.storybooktheater.org or (425) 820-1800. Kirkland performances can be purchased at kpcenter.org or (425) 893-9900. The local, professional cast will perform at the following venues:
Renton Carco Theatre: Sunday, October 29, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Shoreline Conference Center: Saturday, November 4, 11 a.m.
Hales Palladium in Seattle-Fremont: Sunday, November 5, 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Kirkland Performance Center: Saturday, November 11, 18 , 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Sunday, November 12, 19, 11 a.m. (Single tickets for Kirkland shows are only available from KPCenter.org.) November 18th performances are ASL Interpreted for the Deaf .
Everett PUD Auditorium: Sunday, November 26 , 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Studio East is honored to be bring back I Never Saw Another Butterfly as the opening show of our 25th season. This powerful, emotional story from the Holocaust needs to be told now more than ever. Between 1942 and 1944, over 15,000 Jewish children passed through the Terezin concentration camp. Only about a hundred survived.
These children left behind suitcases filled with poetry and artwork through which we can see not only the daily misery of these uprooted children, but also their courage, optimism and hope. Written by Celeste Raspanti with original music added by Sue Bardsley, this play is history as much as any play can be history, showing the best and the worst of which the human heart is capable.
“Studio East does this show every five years or so, because it’s a story that needs to be told again and again so history doesn’t repeat itself. I am so proud and honored to be able to bring this story to life,” said Director, Lani Brockman in a press release.
The show is recommended for ages 9 and up and has a running time of approximately two hours with intermission. Adult tickets are $19, while students and seniors are $17, and they can be purchased at www.studio-east.org or (425) 820-1800. All performances are at the Studio East Mainstage Theater located at 11730 118th Ave NE in Kirkland. Performances run October 13 – October 29, 2017, with the following show times:
Friday, October 13, 7:30 p.m. (GALA at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, October 14, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (GALA at 6:30 p.m.)
Sunday, October 15, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 21, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 22, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 28, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Courtesy of Studio East
