Paper Bag Players Perform WHOOP-DEE-DOO! At The Jewish Museum 4/17

The Paper Bag Players will present two shows of Whoop-Dee-Doo!, a new theater production for families, at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, April 17 at 11:30 am and 2 pm. From paper bag sea monsters and dogs to cardboard canoes and trains, from a chance to dance the Paper Bag Boogie to an interactive game show, Whoop-Dee-Doo! offers surprises and fun for the whole family.

Whoop-Dee-Doo! was created by Paper Bag Players cast members Ted Brackett, Laura Canty-Samuel, John Stone, Kevin and Richard Woodall with music composed by John Stone; and is directed by Ted Brackett.

In conjunction with Whoop-Dee-Doo! And also on April 17, an art workshop will be offered where children can design dioramas using colorful papers and fabrics, accompanied by a gallery tour of the Museum's current exhibition, Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World).

Tickets for Whoope-Dee-Doo! are $20 per adult; $15 per child; $17 adult Jewish Museum family level member; and $13 child Jewish Museum family level member. Special combination tickets for Whoop-Dee-Doo and the art workshop are $27 per adult; $20 per child; $20 adult Jewish Museum family level member; and $15 child Jewish Museum family level member. Whoop-Dee-Doo is for children age 4 and up. Adults are asked to accompany their children. For further information regarding family programs, the public may call 212.423.3337. Tickets can be purchased online at the Museum's web site, www.thejewishmuseum.org/families. These two shows at The Jewish Museum will be the final public performances of Whoop-Dee-Doo! for the Spring 2011 season.

The Paper Bag Players, called "the leading U.S. theater company for kids" by People Magazine, and founded in 1958 by Judith Martin, are a company of adults who create and perform original theater for children ages 4 through 9. Their shows combine short plays, dances, audience participation, mime, painting and drawing on stage, and ragtime music played live at every performance. The subject matter of the shows reflects a child's everyday experiences with a dash of the fantastic thrown in. Common household objects, cardboard boxes and brown kraft paper brightened with poster paint and crayon, become their sets, props and costumes. The Paper Bag Players have received numerous awards including an OBIE (the only children's theater to be so honored) and two American Theater Wing Awards, and were the first children's theater to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Based in New York, the Paper Bag Players have performed in 37 states and toured internationally, and have been seen by over five million children.

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Family programs are funded, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with additional support from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education's school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Rosalie Klein Adolf, the Kekst Family, and Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz. We thank the following for their generosity: The Kekst Family, MetLife Foundation, J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Alperin Family Foundation, The Pumpkin Foundation at the request of Joseph H. and Carol F. Reich, L'Oreal USA, Inc., Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, George and Frances Armour Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jewish Community Youth Foundation, The Jewish Museum Volunteer Organization, and other donors. We gratefully acknowledge public support from: New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick, Council Member Brad Lander, Council Member Mark Weprin, and other City Council Members.

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