If You Give A Mouse a Cookie - Theatre for Young Audiences Series - Centenary Stage Company, Hackettstown NJ in Warren County

The Prisoner of
Second Avenue
Oct. 1-17, 2010
Professional Equity Play

Theatre for Young Audiences Series
April 28 - May 1, 2010

Centenary Stage Company Presents
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
For Young Audiences

When a rather demanding mouse in coveralls wearing a backpack shows up in the kitchen of a curious young child, an innocent milk-and-cookie snack time goes from mishap to calamity to catastrophe faster than the twitch of a whisker in the Centenary Stage Company’s Theatre for Young Audiences series production of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie, which will be presented in Hackettstown April 28 - May 1st.

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Adapted for the stage by Jody Davidson, from a beloved book by Laura Joffee Numeroff, the production of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie marks the first season of the CSC’s Theatre for Young Audience program, which, in addition to its performances in Hackettstown, has begun touring to regional schools and community groups this spring in its mission to improve and enhance access to cultural events for the students and residents of Northwest New Jersey and beyond.

The CSC Tour program includes the productions of (see white box below):
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
A Thousand Cranes (about the young Japanese girl who inspired a world peace movement)

Director
The production of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie is directed by CSC Artistic Director Carl Wallnau.

Schedule
Performances of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie in Hackettstown will be Wed., Apr 28 , Thur, Apr 29 and Fri Apr 30 at 10 am, and Saturday, May 1 at 2:30 PM in the Centenary Theatre on the campus of Centenary College.

Tickets
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students, and they are available through the CSC Box office at 908-979-0900. School groups of 20 and more will be eligible for a group discount ticket price of $5 per ticket for the week-day school matinee performances.

For reservations and information about performances in Hackettstown, or about booking a tour, contact the Centenary Stage Company administrative offices at 908-979-0900.

Region’s Schools and Community Groups - Tour
After their official opening performances in Hackettstown, If You Give A Mouse a Cookie and A Thousand Cranes will go on to tour to the region’s schools and community groups through 2011, in an effort to enhance affordable arts programming available to youth and schools of NW New Jersey and beyond.

Information about booking a tour performance and theatre workshop is available by calling CSC at 908-979-0900 x 4.

A Thousand Cranes
The inspiration for a monument in her name both in Hiroshima Peace Park and Seattle’s Peace Park, the story of Sadako Sasaki is said to have inspired peace throughout the world. It was adapted for the stage by Kathryn Schultz Miller from a story about Sadako written by Eleanor Coerr, and the play has won numerous awards. The heroine of the story is Sadako Sasaki, two years old when the bomb fell on her home of Hiroshima. While she seemed to be unharmed, as she grew older she grew ill from the effects of the bomb. With boundless optimism, she takes an old story to heart: If a sick person folds a thousand paper origami cranes the gods will grant her wish and make her well again. Her wish: "that there would never be another bomb like that again." Today children in Japan and all over the world fold a thousand cranes and lay them at the feet of Sadako's statue in the Hiroshima Peace Park. Their wish is engraved at the bottom of the monument: "This is our cry/ This is our prayer/ Peace in the world."

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
When a rather demanding mouse in coveralls wearing a backpack shows up in the kitchen of a curious young child, an innocent milk-and-cookie snack time goes from mishap to calamity to catastrophe faster than the twitch of a whisker. Adapted for the stage by Jody Davidson, from a beloved book by Laura Joffee Numeroff, the production of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie marks the first season of the CSC’s Theatre for Young Audience program, which, in addition to its performances in Hackettstown, has begun touring to regional schools and community groups this spring in its mission to improve and enhance access to cultural events for the students and residents of Northwest New Jersey and beyond.

More To Come - Theatre for Young Audiences Series
One other plays for young audiences will be offered later this spring - Rogers and Hammerstein’s "Cinderella".

Cinderella
Tues., May 25, 2010 / 10 a.m and Thurs., May 27, 2010 / 10 a.m
The musical "Cinderella" will be performed for schools on Tuesday, May 25 and May 27th at 10 a.m. All performances include the option of a hands-on drama workshop with the theatre’s teaching artists for a small additional fee.

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