Season 2005- 2007

Performance Space
Address:

Montgomery County
Cultural Center
208 DeKalb Street
Norristown, PA 19401-4904.

Easy access from Philadelphia on the
R6 Train &
Free Parking on Evenings & Weekends @ the Main Norristown transit station.

Don't Forget to ask about our educational series for schools.

September
Colores del Agua,
the Colors of Water
(family series)


Sept. Fri. 22nd at 7pm,
Sat. 23rd at 3pm & 7pm,
Sun. 24th at 3pm


October
Goblin Market
(Mature audience series)


Oct. Fri. 13th at 7pm,
Sat. 14th at 3pm & 7pm,
Sun. 15th at 3pm

Tales from the Bayou
(family series)


Oct. Fri. 20th at 7pm,
Sat. 21st at 3pm & 7pm,
Sun. 22nd at 3pm


November
Washington's Campaign
(family series)


Nov. Fri. 17th at 7pm,
Sat. 18th at 3pm

December
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(family series)

Dec. Fri. 15th at 7pm,
Sat. 16th at 3pm & 7pm,
Sun. 17th at 3pm

January 2007
Franklin Tales
(family & Educational series)

Jan. Fri. 19th at 7pm,
Sat. 20th at 3pm & 7pm

Wed. 17 th at 10am & 1pm
Thur. 18th at 10am & 1pm

February
Ananse and the Sky God
(family & Educational series)

Feb. Fri. 16th at 7pm,
Sat. 17th at 3pm & 7pm
Sun. 18th at 3pm

Wed. 14 th at 10am & 1pm
Thur. 15th at 10am & 1pm

Irrepressible Araminta, the Harriet Tubman Story
(family & Educational series)

Feb. Fri. 23rd at 7pm,
Sat. 24th at 3pm & 7pm
Sun. 25th at 3pm

Wed. 21st at 10am & 1pm
Thur. 22nd at 10am & 1pm

March
Cetacean, from Sea to Land and Beyond
(family & Educational series)

March Fri. 16th at 7pm,
Sat. 17th at 3pm & 7pm
Sun. 18th at 3pm

Wed. 14th at 10am & 1pm
Thur. 15th at 10am & 1pm

May
It's A Mazing
(Mature audience series)

May Fri. 18th at 7pm,
Sat. 19th at 3pm & 7pm
Sun. 20th at 3pm

Wed. 16th at 10am
Thur. 17th at 10am

See our links page to find out what Valley Forge Children's Theatre's Season @ The Montgomery County
Cultural Center

2006-2007
Public & Educational Performance Schedule

Colores del Agua, the Colors of Water


Two Latin American water myth folktales. Each have bilingual aspects and are told with Rod, Mouth, and Marionette puppets and Mask work. Original music, influenced by the Mesoamerican and the Caribbean cultures, accompanies these wonderful stories.

Running Time: 50 minutes
Age appropriate for 5 years through adults .

Goblin Market


This is the first of our Mature Audience performance series. Our audience’s senses will be flooded with images from Laura’s drug induced nightmares. Two friends struggle to overcome the drug of choice during the 1800s. You will leave asking yourself where the shadow world of Goblins ends and Laura’s dreams begin. This story is told with Table top Rods, Shadow, Mask, and Fabric imagery and is based on Christina Rossetti's poem, Goblin Market.

Running time 50 minutes
Age appropriate for 17 through adults
(Parental permission to attend)

Tales from the Bayou

Two stories that will tickle your funny bone while making the hair on the back of your neck
stand up. These tales are an excellent treat for Halloween.

Running Time: 45 minutes
Age appropriate for 7 through adults.

Washington's Campaign

This performance takes a look at
Washington the man more than
Washington the General or President.
Learn why he was not just the father
of our country, but also the father of
many modern agricultural techniques.

Running time: 45 minutes
Age appropriate for 7 through adults.

Alice Through the Looking Glass


Renaissance Artist Puppet Company revisits this Lewis Carroll classic with Shadowesque, Table Top Rod puppets and Mask work. Alice must come to terms with her own fears as she travels through Looking Glass Land.  As with our other productions, music plays a prominent role in this production.  Children will have fun with the fanciful characters and adults will enjoy a multi leveled script and a marvelous original music score.

Running time: 55 minutes
Age appropriate for 5 years through Adults

Franklin Tales

Meet Ben Franklin up close and personally.  This exceptionally personable character will share his discoveries in electricity, his innovation of the Glass Armonica instrument, and his instrumental part of in the creation of the Free Library system.  He and his assistant will field questions from the audience making this a wonderful interactive performance.

Running Time: 45 minutes
Age appropriate for 7 through Adults.

Ananse and the Sky God

This classic Southwestern African folk tale is told with a bit of a twist.  Ananse's wife, Aso, tells the story of how the Trickster Spider, Ananse, won the right to tell the Great Sky God's stories.  The set, mask, and puppet designs are based on flavors of traditional arts from the Ivory Coast and other Southwestern African countries that share the Ananse stories.  An original score has been written, and each character has their own music; in a similar fashion to Peter and the Wolf.  This story is told with Masks, Rod Puppets, and Shadow work.
Age appropriate for 5 years through Adults

Running Time: 50 minutes
Age appropriate for 5 years through Adults

Irrepressible Araminta,
the Harriet Tubman Story

Experience what it was to be an African American woman during a time in America when crossing a state line could give or take her freedom. This performance mixes mouth and rod puppets with table top rod puppets and bare face acting to create an interactive journey into the history of
the African American struggle to gain freedom.

Running Time: 45 min.
Age Appropriate for 7 years through Adults.

Cetacean, from Sea to Land and Beyond

Travel back in time to the era when giant creatures roamed the lands and seas. Cetacean brings the prehistoric history of Toothed whale and dolphin evolution to life with spectacular puppets and original music. These seven vignettes are slices of life from seven animals in the long chain of creatures that became what we know today as Whales and Dolphins.

Running Time: 35 minutes (Meet creature creations after)
Age appropriate for 6 through adults.

It's A Mazing


Experience Theseus' heroic journey in this Epic musical based on the Theseus and the Minotaur myth. This performance is told with Standard Rod, Table top Rod, and Shadow puppets and Mask work.

Running Time: 2 hrs. 15 min. (Intermission included)
Age Appropriate for 13 through adults.

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