Westport Country Playhouse Presents THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, 2/13

Westport Country Playhouse will present "The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites" as part of its Family Festivities Series on Sunday, February 13, at 1 and 4 p.m. Recommended for ages 3 to 8, the production features three stories by award-winning children's book illustrator and writer Eric Carle told with puppets, original music and in black light. Tickets are $15.

The three whimsical tales are "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "Little Cloud" and "The Mixed-up Chameleon." "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" follows the wonderful adventures of a very tiny and very hungry caterpillar that progresses through an amazing variety of foods towards his eventual metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly. Children will delight in the antics of "Little Cloud." High up in a beautiful sky, Little Cloud slips away from the rest and transforms itself into various shapes of things it sees - a sheep, and airplane, a shark and more. In "The Mixed-Up Chameleon," a little chameleon is bored with its life - sitting about predictably changing color all day. So it decides to embark on an adventurous trip to the zoo. Upon seeing the beautiful animals there, the little chameleon tries changing to look like each one of them. 

The presentation is by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, adapted, directed and designed by Jim Morrow, music by Steven Naylor, and narrated by Gordon Pinsent.

Pre-show activities, for which reservations are required, begin one hour before the performances at noon and 3 p.m. Birthday party facilities may be scheduled in advance. Everyone in the audience requires a ticket. Groups of 10 or more save up to 30% off the regular ticket price.  For group sales information call (203) 227-5137, x120. 
 
Upcoming Family Festivities presentations are "A Jigsaw Jones Mystery - The Case of the Class Clown," Sunday, March 6, 1 and 4 p.m., a mystery with music, based on the book by renowned author James Preller, produced by ArtsPower; and "Click, Clack, Moo," Sunday, March 27, 1 and 4 p.m., a hilarious musical based on the Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, produced by TheatreWorks USA.
 
In conjunction with its spring Family Festivities Series, The Playhouse is hosting a book collection for Read to Grow, Inc.  Bins will be located in The Playhouse lobby for audience donations of gently used and new children's books which will be given to families and programs in the greater Fairfield County area through the Read to Grow organization.
 
Read to Grow is a statewide nonprofit organization that helps build literacy from birth by preparing parents to take an active role in their children's literacy development from day one, and by providing free children's books to families with limited access and to community resources that serve them.  www.readtogrow.org.  For more information on the book collection, contact Jenn Bond Huisking, Playhouse community relations liaison, at 203-227-5137, x 120.

For more information or tickets to Family Festivities shows, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport.  Tickets are available 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to The Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse) and/or follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse).

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