NATIONAL TOURING SEASON - 2020/2021 VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE ON TOUR
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VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE ON TOUR
2020/2021
NATIONAL TOURING SEASON
WHO WE ARE FALL 2020
Virginia Rep On Tour is
a nonprofit professional
theatre located in Richmond,
Virginia. Since 1975, we The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Jamestown Story
have created exciting Based on the fable by Aesop By Bruce Craig Miller and Ford Flannagan
and innovative theatrical By Scott Wichmann Co-produced with the Virginia Historical Society
Music by Julie Fulcher-Davis
productions for young A troupe of traveling actors, touring Virginia in 1699,
audiences. Each year, Join us for this musical retelling of the timeless wants to present their exciting new drama with music
we tour national-caliber fable by Aesop, the great Greek storyteller. Follow called The Jamestown Story. The play is full of the perils,
plays and musicals to along with our “Boy” as he learns a life lesson about exploits, triumphs, and defeats of the early Virginia
hundreds of venues the importance of telling the truth and finds out colony from 1607 to 1699. People don’t want to be
that there are consequences for “Crying Wolf.” reminded of the hard times, so the actors guarantee the
throughout the country.
people will find a treasure at the end of the play if they
Grades K - 5 Folk Tales, Music, Citizenship,
will just watch and listen. All agree to attend the play and,
Character Development, Reading, Language Arts
at the end, they find the treasure the actors promised
WHAT WE
– a new respect for the courage and spirit of Jamestown.
Hiawatha Grades K - 5 History, Language Arts, Public Speaking,
Self-Esteem, Character Development
Russell Rowland and Richard Koch
in The Jamestown Story.
PROVIDE
Book and Lyrics by Scott Wichmann
Music by Andrea Beasalt
Early Native American history and culture come
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Based on the folk tale as recorded by the Brothers Grimm
• Professional productions thrillingly and factually to life in this fun, musical
Book by Bruce Craig Miller and Ford Flannagan
of literary classics, holiday theatre adventure based on the classic story of
Lyrics by Bruce Craig Miller; Music by Ron Barnett
young Hiawatha, arguably our continent’s most
shows, and historical
important and famous early leader. Approximately This musical adaptation of the classic Grimm’s fairy tale features a script with lovable
biographies connected to
150 years before the first permanent English colony characters portrayed by an ensemble of actors and wonderful puppets. Follow along as
the school curriculum
at Jamestown, Hiawatha made history when he Snow White meets her pint-sized friends, takes the apple from the Evil Queen, receives a
peacefully united the Five Nations of the Iroquois kiss from the Prince, and lives happily ever after. This faithful rendition of the fairy tale will
• Over 40 years experience
Confederacy. His name was immortalized in inspire young audiences to read the original.
touring professional theatre
Longfellow’s 1855 epic poem, and he is renowned Grades K - 5 Folk Tales, Music, Literary Classic, Language Arts, Reading, History
for young audiences for his heroic work in peacemaking. Hiawatha’s tale
• Reliable and talented
is great fun and essential to understanding Native
American history. Stone Soup
company of actors who Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Deiss and Holly Timberline
load-in and load-out the Grades K - 5 Literary Classic, Language Arts,
Multicultural, History, Biography, Music When Peter, a hungry sailor, has no luck getting a free meal from the stingy citizens of
entire production, including a tiny village, he decides to turn the table. He invites the villagers to enjoy his famous
attractive sets, costumes, delicious Stone Soup whose recipe is known only to seafarers and legendary adventurers.
and sound systems
The Emperor’s New Clothes NEW SHOW! He promises to provide the main ingredient if the villagers provide all the other ingredients.
Join Peter and his trusty parrot, Admiral, as they teach the villagers a lesson in friendship
• Competitive pricing structure By Hans Christian Andersen and sharing in this heartwarming musical retelling of the classic folktale.
Adapted by Richard Giersch
Grades K - 5 Art, Folk Tales, Language Arts, Literary Classic, Music, Puppets, Reading,
• Question and Answer Enjoy Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable Character Development
sessions with our cast of greed and privilege brought to life onstage.
and your audience When it comes to fashion and well, everything, this
emperor knows it all, or so he thinks. A charlatan
Young Tom Jefferson NEW SHOW!
• Meet and Greet the cast at decides to profit from his bombast. He persuades Book and Lyrics by Bruce Craig Miller; Music by Richard Giersch
your request the emperor that he has the world’s most exquisite This fun, robust musical follows Thomas Jefferson from his birth in Virginia through
fabric. The emperor pays the “tailor” a fortune, his writing of the Declaration of Independence on the eve of the American Revolution.
• Tactile Tour for Vision- but when he goes to inspect his dazzling new When Tom was only 14, his pioneer father died, leaving Tom to share head of household
Impaired audience members wardrobe, the con artist offers a clever trick that responsibilities with his brother. With courage and commitment, he continued his education,
and audience members on ultimately shows the foolishness brought on by eventually studying law at William & Mary, and ultimately rising to the top ranks of leader
the Autism Spectrum the emperor’s “sophistication.” ship in Virginia and the new nation of the United States. Along with associates Patrick Henry,
Grades K - 5 Art, Language Arts, Literary Classic, George Wythe, George Mason, and Benjamin Franklin, young Thomas Jefferson helped to
Cover: Meghan Beck in Sleeping Beauty. History, Character Development, Reading forge a national character that continues to define us today.
Grades K - 5 Biography, Language Arts, History, Public Speaking, Reading, Self-Esteem,
Character Development
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HOLIDAYS 2020 SPRING 2021
’Twas the Night Harriet Tubman and
Before Christmas the Underground Railroad
Book, Music and Lyrics by Bruce Craig Miller Book and Lyrics by Douglas Jones
Music by Ron Barnett
Inspired by the timeless poem “A Visit
from St. Nicholas” and by the real life of its This stirring drama with music is a classic tribute
author, Clement Moore, this hilarious musical to the great American who freed herself and
introduces Santa in a particularly beneficent hundreds of others from the bonds of slavery.
light. This classic from Virginia Rep has been Her courage helped to change the world.
charming audiences nationwide for many years. Share her adventurous life with your students
in this accurate and deeply moving musical
Grades K - 5 Family Ties, Folk Tales, Language
history lesson.
Arts, Literary Classic, Biography, Music,
Reading, History, Character Development Grades 3 - 8 History, Language Arts, Biography,
Multicultural, Music, Family Ties, Self-Esteem,
A Christmas Carol Women’s Studies
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Steve Perigard
I Have a Dream
Music and Lyrics by Paul Deiss By Bruce Craig Miller
Perhaps the best loved holiday story of all time, This compelling dramatization of the life
our adaptation of Dickens’ classic is particularly and times of one of the most influential and
suited to children. Watch Mr. Scrooge have charismatic leaders of the “American Century”
a change of heart from stone to gold as he is and the Civil Rights Movement will inspire your
visited by the ghosts of Christmas. All the joy, students as they experience Dr. Martin Luther
sentiment and meaning are here, without being King, Jr.’s struggle and his dream of lifting “our
too scary for young audiences. nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to
the solid rock of brotherhood.”
Grades K - 5 Family Ties, Language Arts,
Literary Classic, Music, Reading Grades 3 - Adult Biography, Language Arts,
History, Multicultural, Public Speaking, Reading,
Self-Esteem, Character Development
The Shoemaker and the
Christmas Elves Ben Franklin and His Kite
Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Deiss By Scott Wichmann
A heartwarming holiday musical! Join us as Take an “enlightening” journey into the
Virginia Rep on Tour takes a yuletide spin on experiment that changed the course of history!
the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. After Over 250 years ago, (in June of 1752, to be
Top: (L-R) Ashlee Heyward, Jessi Dawn Johnson, and Santa sends toy-making elves to the shoemaker precise), Ben Franklin “shocked” the world with
Pamela Shaw in ’Twas the Night Before Christmas. shop, the Shoemaker is confused to find dolls his discovery that lightning held electricity - and
Bottom: David Becker in A Christmas Carol. in his shoe shop. But all is well in this delightful, thus rendered scientists “thunderstruck”! This
magical story of the poor Shoemakers and the entertaining and educational play brings the
magical elves who show them the true meaning history and science curriculum to life.
of Christmas! Grades K - 5 Biography, Science, Language
Grades K - 5 Family Ties, Folk Tales, Music, Arts, History, Public Speaking, Reading,
Reading, Self-Esteem, Tales from Other Lands Self-Esteem, Character Development
Top: (L-R) Nicole Wakefield and Todd Patterson in
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
Middle: Mike Brown in I Have a Dream. Bottom:
Jason Marks as Ben Franklin.
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SPRING 2021
The Song of Mulan The Story of Ferdinand NEW SHOW!
Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Deiss Original book by Munro Leaf and
illustrated by Robert Lawson
When Mulan learns that her ailing father is drafted
into Khan’s army, she protects him by serving in Join us in the timeless classic The Story of
his place. Disguised as a man, she risks everything Ferdinand. Ferdinand grew up around the other
to maintain family honor and earn the love of young bulls who aspired to be the fiercest bulls,
her nation. This noble Chinese folk tale features and would “run and jump and butt their heads
an extraordinary heroine, authentic costumes together, but not Ferdinand.” Ferdinand would
and props, and lovely songs. It also provides an rather sit under his favorite tree smelling the
educational journey to the heart and soul of an flowers than fight — a lesson for the ages. With
extraordinary ancient civilization. the help of his mother, who believed in him,
and the little bee who nearly changed his life,
Grades K - 5 Art, Folk Tales, Language Arts, History,
Ferdinand keeps true to who he is, and who he
Multicultural, Tales of Other Lands
always wanted to be. This musical will inspire
young audiences to read and always follow
Three Little Pigs their dreams.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Deiss Grades K - 5 Art, Family Ties, Reading,
Language Arts, Literary Classic, Music,
In this very funny and not-so-traditional musical
Self-Esteem, Character Development
version of the Three Little Pigs, the Wolf isn’t Bad,
but he is Big. And, boy, is he clumsy! The Wolf just
wants to be friends with Rose, Frank, and Ham,
better known as the Three Little Pigs, but every time
they get together, somebody gets hurt. Wolf doesn’t
mean to scare the pigs or wreck their houses, but
he doesn’t know his own strength. When Wolf
tells Mama Pig his troubles, she teaches Wolf how
to be gentle and careful. Houses of straw, sticks,
BOOKING DE TAILS
and bricks are rebuilt along with friendships. This
musical teaches the lessons of a job well done,
thoughtfulness, and acceptance of differences.
• Send us an email for availability and HOW TO CONTACT US:
Grades K – 5 Folk Tales, Language Arts, Literary
competitive pricing.
Classic, Reading, Science, History, Music, Eric Williams
Self-Esteem, Character Development • Join with other venues within 150
miles and get discounts, which may BY EMAIL:
The Princess and the Pea include waiving gasoline surcharge. ewilliams@virginiarep.org
Book by Ron Barnett and Dawn Westbrook • Online support materials including BY PHONE:
Music and Lyrics by Ron Barnett pictures and study guides are at 804-783-1688 Ext. 1119
This beloved Hans Christian Andersen tale comes tour.virginiarep.org.
to life in this fun and funny musical retelling. BY FAX:
• Plays have a running time
Princess is introduced to the King and Queen’s 804-775-2325
court just in time to vie for the prince. But her of 38–65 minutes (most shows
arrival in a rainstorm leaves the Queen to doubt are around 45–50 min). WEBSITE:
her worthiness as a match for her son. Our story tour.virginiarep.org
• Minimal tech requirements.
of acceptance and love will prove that staying
Top: The Song of Mulan. true to who you are is the key to true happiness. • Load-in is just 1 1/2 hours before
Bottom: The cast of The Princess
and the Pea. Grades K - 5 Folk Tales, Language Arts, Literary first scheduled performance. BOOK EARLY
Classic, History, Science, Music, Puppets,
• Breakdown in just 1 hour or less. FOR BEST DATE
Reading, Self Esteem, Tales of Other Lands,
Character Development All titles and tours in this brochure are subject SELECTION!
to change or cancellation without notice.
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on tour
Virginia Repertory Theatre
7 1/2 West Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Clockwise from Top Left (L-R): The cast of Sleeping Beauty. James Hendley and Joel White in Huck & Tom. Landon Dufrene and
Bridget Sindelar in Pinocchio. All brochure photos by Jason Collins, Jay Paul, and Aaron Sutten.
2020/2021 NATIONAL TOURING SEASON
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