ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY! Comes To San Francisco 11/24

The holidays are party time, and who knows better how to party than Gerald, the elephant?! Good thing, too, because his best friend Piggie has never been to a party, and really wants him to go with her.

It will be party time for families, too, when the Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) production of ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY! opens for a holiday run at the Children's Creativity Museum, 221 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. The musical high jinks begin Friday, November 24, at 6:30 p.m. and continue Fridays at 6:30 p.m. and weekends at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. through Sunday, December 31. Friday performances include a free slice of pizza for all tickets holders.

TICKETS: $15 - $27

BOX OFFICE: www.bactheatre.org or call (510) 296-4433

ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY bursts with music and rhyme as it explores the joys and trials of friendship. Directed by Hannah Dworkin, with music by Deborah Wicks La Puma and script and lyrics by children's author and illustrator Mo Willems, based on his wildly popular Elephant & Piggie series, this effervescent musical tells a story for all ages.

The production features Alan Coyne as Gerald and Anne Norland as Piggie. Coyne last appeared on the BACT stage as the father in Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas, the Musical. Norland created the role of Fly Girl in BACT's original production of Fly Guy, the Musical. She was just honored by Theatre Bay Area as an Outstanding Female Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for her performance in Silence! The Musical at Ray of Light Theatre.

The Children's Creativity Museum is located three blocks from the BART Powell Street Station.

Hannah Dworkin, director, is the casting director, Arts in Schools program director, and artistic associate director at BACT. Dworkin co-directed BACT's production of The Night Fairy, and she directed BACT's The Rainbow Fish Musical (nominated for Outstanding World Premiere Musical at the Theatre Bay Area Awards Celebration). Other recent BACT credits include Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas the Musical (director/choreographer), A Year with Frog and Toad (choreographer) Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site the Musical (choreographer, TBA Award nomination), and Elephant and Piggie's WE ARE IN A PLAY! (director/choreographer). Dworkin is a professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and teaches music to children with special needs through Youth in Arts. She holds an MA in Music and Music Education from Columbia University, a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with a Dance Certification from the University of California, Berkeley, Extension and a BA in Dance and Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, she is a classically trained vocalist, a dancer, and a company member of Upswing Aerial Dance.

Established in 2004, Bay Area Children's Theatre, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, serves more than 110,000 children and adults throughout the Bay Area, with main stage performances in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco; programs and productions in local schools; and classes and summer camps in the East Bay and San Francisco.

Our Mission: To inspire young audiences with imaginative productions, introduce children of all backgrounds to the excitement of live theatre, and create an engaging, entertaining, and educational environment in which children and their families can explore and enjoy the arts.

How We Carry Out Our Mission:

· Bring high quality, professional theatre to children and their families, with artists who create vibrant worlds that are intriguing to young audiences

· Encourage young people to explore literature, language, and the arts by producing stage adaptations of great children's books

· Engage preschoolers in the world of theatre with productions specially designed for them

· Develop and perform exciting new work for the stage

· Reach out to children who might not otherwise experience live theatre with free tickets, special performances for school groups, and touring productions at local schools

· Create touring productions for young audiences nationwide

· Partner with communities to meet the need for theatre education

· Introduce children to the joy of performance through our theatre education program

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