Centenary Stage Company Touring Theatre Programs
for Young Audiences

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
Book by:   Laura Joffe Numeroff
Adapted to stage by:     Jody Davidson
 
An adventurous, fun filled performance, complete with slap-stick comedy and guaranteed to produce belly-busting laughter.

See how a curious boy finds himself figure skating on
scrub brushes, wrestling a boa constrictor, and limbing mountains when an innocent milk-and-cookie nack time goes from mishap to calamity to catastrophe faster than the twitch of a whisker.

If You Give A Pig a Pancake
Book by:   Laura Joffe Numeroff

Witness the incredible journey of a young girl who accommodates the demands of a quirky piglet after eating pancakes. Their adventure is just beginning as they must take a bubble bath, tap dance, take a photo, mail a letter, build and decorate a tree house, and of course, go back for more pancakes!

For Mouse and Pig - Run times 40-45 minutes.

Appropriate for Grades K – 4th

1 performance $625, same day each additional performance $375.

A Thousand Cranes 
Adapted for the stage by:   Kathryn Schultz Miller
Story about Sadako written by:  Eleanor Coerr
 
This is a true and poignant story of the young Japanese girl Sadako Sasaki, who inspired an international peace movement. This stylized production combines Japanese and American language, music and dance, highlighting Japanese society in the aftermath of WWII.

Sadako was 2 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima where she lived. She developed radiation sickness (leukemia) at the age of 12. She is reminded of the old story about cranes: If a sick person makes 1000 origami cranes, the gods will grant her a wish and make her healthy again.

Sadako did not live to finish 1000 cranes but her friends completed her task and built a monument to her and all children killed by the atomic bomb.

Run time 40 minutes.

Appropriate for Middle School and High School.

1 performance $625, same day each additional performance $375.

A Year with Frog and Toad   (Musical)
Book by:   Arnold Lobel
Adapted to stage by:   Robert and Willie Reale
Conceived by:   Mr. Lobel’s daughter, Adrianne Lobel

Conceived by Mr. Lobel’s daughter, Adrianne Lobel A Year With Frog and Toad (the musical) remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun filled seasons.

Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, and go sledding, learning life’s lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that makes each one of us different and special.

Run time 45 - 50 minutes.

Appropriate for Grades K – 4th.

1 performance $675, same day each additional performance $425.
 

Shakespeare To Go!  
by:   Kathryn Schultz Miller
 
Acting a bit like teenagers, a bumbling troupe of young actors arrive, barely ready to give a performance. A lot of fun and laughter happens as they try to get their act together! Shakespeare to Go! is a bright, bubbly, fast-paced comedy for Middle School and High School students, showcasing scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, and much more! Shakespeare to Go! is a great way to introduce young students to Shakespeare’s plays!

Run time 45 - 50 minutes

Appropriate for Middle School and High School.

1 performance $625, same day each additional performance $375.