Orpheum's Family Series Offers Sensory-Friendly Show with ELEPHANT & PIGGIE

On Thursday, March 3rd at 6:30 PM, the Orpheum's Family Series presents ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S: We Are in a Play, offering audiences the Orpheum's first ever sensory-friendly performance. This special engagement is designed to create a performing arts experience that is welcoming to all families with children with autism or with other disabilities that create sensory sensitivities.

Elephant Gerald is an elephant: lumbering, formally attired, and prone to melancholy. Piggie is (what else!) a piggie: perky, smiley, full of fun. In Mo Willems's beloved, award-winning, best-selling children's books, Elephant Gerald and Piggie are best friends! And in We Are in a Play!, a brand-new vaudevillian romp of a musical, Elephant Gerald and Piggie sing and dance their way through plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense--facing fundamental questions like, what do you wear to a fancy pool costume party? Should you share your ice cream? And how can two friends play with one toy? Backed by a live band (Dr. Cat and the Bear-a-Tones) and nutty back-up singers The Squirrelles, our duo even gets the audience involved in the action. So get ready for a musical experience ripped from the pages of your favorite books. You'll be doing the "Flippy Floppy Floory" dance all night long! Recommended for ages 3 and up.

Ticket prices are $15 regular admission or $30 for VIP. Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901.743.ARTS). Special group rates are also available by calling 901.529.4226.

This event will take place at the Orpheum Theatre located at 203 S. Main Street, Memphis TN 38103. The Orpheum's 2015-2016 Family Series is made possible by the following generous sponsors: AutoZone, Tennessee Arts Commission, South Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.