Family Fare is a great way to introduce children to the theatre. Performances are held in Wright Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evenings. Each title runs about an hour without an intermission. Live theatre is cheaper than the movies when you subscribe!
Street Beat - Dance Through the Decades!
March 1 | 7:00 pm | Wright Auditorium
River North Dance Chicago hand jives and hustles through history in Street Beat—Dance Through the Decades. In this sixty minute lively dance concert, River North Dance Chicago showcases full-costumed dance from the Roaring ’20s through the Hip Hoppin’ ‘90s. Expect narrative on the historical and social conditions of each decade and their impact on the evolution of jazz dance. Be amazed at the athleticism and artistry of this company. And be ready to answer the big question from your children/grandchildren: Which dances have you danced (and which moves have you busted) through the decades?
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books
April 5 | 7:00 pm | Wright Auditorium
Ten delightful stories come to life in TheatreWorks USA’s sparkling musical revue If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books. Each vignette is backed by a multiracial cast of six that performs 10 musical skits based on 7 books, featuring music written in all styles by 14 composers. The books are: Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, Borreguita and the Coyote, by Verna Aardema, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Imogene’s Antlers by David Small, Master Man by Aaron Shepard, Math Curse by Jon Scieszka, and Owen by Kevin Henkes.
ECU Storybook Theatre in Fantastic Mr. Fox
April 19 | 7:00 pm | Wright Auditorium
“Boggis and Bunce and Bean,
One fat, one short, one lean
These horrible crooks,
So different in looks
Were nonetheless equally mean.”
And so begins another enchanting Roald Dahl tale concerning the extraordinary adventures of three nasty farmers, two curious creatures, a family of foxes, and our hero—a most fantastic fellow! Watch Boggis (the chicken farmer), Bunce (the duck-and-goose farmer) and Bean (the turkey-and-apple farmer) attempt to foil the efforts of Mr. Fox and his friends—the Badgers, the Moles, the Rabbits and the Weasels. When the animals unwittingly trap themselves in Bean’s Secret Cider Cellar, are they doomed?
