Special Events for Families - Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

	The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf

Paul Mesner Puppets in The True Story of
the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf
Saturday, November 20 at 11 am and 1 pm
Hillwood Recital Hall

Think you know the real story behind the huffing and puffing? Think again. There's only one individual who knows the true story about one wolf, three houses and three little pigs: Alexander T. Wolf. In this revealing, no-squealing adaptation of Jon Scieszka's popular book, A.Wolf has a chance to tell his side of the story. He only wanted a cup of sugar and he did have a cold. For years we have only known this story from the pigs' point of view. Mr. A.Wolf tells all about what really happened to those three little houses made of straw, sticks and bricks and the three pigs who lived in them.

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	Strega Nona The Musical

Tomie DePaola's Strega Nona The Musical
Saturday, January 8 at 2 pm

Strega Nona is the musical tale of a friendly magical witch, with a funny name, who strives to cure the ills of her tiny Italian town of Calabria. The baker has bunions ("As big as an onion"), his daughter wishes for witchery, and the local single ladies are always unlucky in love. The town faces real problems when a local lug named Big Anthony sneaks a peek at Strega Nona's magic book and uses Strega Nona's magical ways for selfish means. When Anthony fools with the magic pasta pot, and can't figure out how to turn it off, pasta threatens to engulf the whole town – unless Strega Nona can save the day. With an energetic and tuneful score by composer Aron Accurso, this fantastical tale teaches that witches can be good, and that you can't judge a pot by its pasta!

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	Caps for Sale

Hudson Vagabond Puppets in Caps for Sale & Three Billy Goats Gruff
Sunday, February 13 at 11 am & 1 pm

On two 24-foot wide playboards and a 10-foot tall canopy of trees, bunraku puppets act out the familiar story of the cap salesman who fell asleep under a tree and woke up without his wares. Afterward, three increasingly large billy-goats attempt to cross a bridge in defiance of an obnoxious ogre!

Sponsored by NIC Holding Corp.

	Giggle, Giggle, Quack

Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Based on the book by Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin
Sunday, March 27 at 2 pm

When the farmer's away, the animals will play! Good old Farmer Brown has left his city-slicker brother in charge of his farm while he takes a much-needed vacation. He's left detailed instructions on how to take care of the animals so that nothing will go wrong, including the important warning "Keep an eye on Duck. He's Trouble." But when the instructions fall into the wrong hands (or wings!), Duck takes the opportunity to do a little re-writing – with a few creative embellishments that result in madcap musical mutiny. Soon it's pizza for the hen, bubble baths for the pig and movie night for the cow!

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