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Childsplay Theatre: Our Shows, From the Beginning

Season 1: 1977-78

  • Will Today Be Yesterday Tomorrow?
  • A Childsplay Christmas

 

Season 2: 1978-79

  • Sense and Nonsense
  • A Childsplay Christmas

 

Season 3: 1979-80

  • Wiley & the Hairy Man
  • Hit and Myth

 

Season 4: 1980-81

  • Hit and Myth
  • Tale of Two Sisters
  • Montana Molly & the Peppermint Kid

 

Season 5: 1981-82

  • The Pied Piper
  • The Overcoat
  • Wiley & the Hairy Man

 

Season 6: 1982-83

  • Fool of the World
  • The Bat Poet

 

Season 7: 1983-84

  • Aladdin
  • Not Exactly Cinderella
  • The Odyssey
  • Montana Molly & the Peppermint Kid

 

Season 8: 1984-85

  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Not Exactly Cinderella
  • Clarissa’s Closet
  • The Endless Pavement
  • Mother Hicks
  • The Red Shoes

 

Season 9: 1985-86

  • Wilde Tales
  • The Red Shoes
  • Mythic Proportions
  • The Belle of Amherst
  • Ozma of Oz

 

Season 10: 1986-87

  • The Emperor’s New Clothes
  • The Little Prince
  • Square Pegs, Round Holes
  • The Masque of Beauty & the Beast
  • The Pushcart War

 

Season 11: 1987-88

  • Clarissa’s Closet
  • The Legend of the Christmas Rose
  • The Masque of Beauty & the Beast
  • Prodigy
  • The Owl and the Pussycat
  • Once Upon A Mattress

 

Season 12: 1988-89

  • The Owl and the Pussycat
  • This Is Not A Pipedream
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Embroidered Yarns
  • The Miracle Worker

 

Season 13: 1989-90

  • Embroidered Yarns
  • The Bear That Wasn’t
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Just So Stories
  • The Masquerade of Life/La Mascarada de la Vida

 

Season 14: 1990-91

  • Just So Stories
  • Ama and the White Crane
  • The Masquerade of Life/La Mascarada de la Vida
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Mr. Jones Lives Alone
  • Through the Looking Glass

 

Season 15: 1991-92

  • The Reluctant Dragon
  • Through the Looking Glass
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Noodle Doodle Box
  • Montana Molly & the Peppermint Kid
  • Most Valuable Player
  • The Cherry Orchard

 

Season 16: 1992-93

  • The Nightingale
  • Noodle Doodle Box
  • Montana Molly & the Peppermint Kid
  • The Yellow Boat
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Tales of the Grotesque
  • Phoebe Joins the Circus
  • Bocón!

 

Season 17: 1993-94

  • The Yellow Boat
  • Phoebe Joins the Circus
  • Bocón!
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • A Perfect Balance
  • Wiley and the Hairy Man
  • Hush: An Interview with America

 

Season 18: 1994-95

  • Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays
  • A Perfect Balance
  • Wiley and the Hairy Man
  • Hush: An Interview with America
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • In My Grandmother’s Purse
  • Afternoon of the Elves
  • Androcles and the Lion

 

Season 19: 1995-96

  • The Secret Garden
  • In My Grandmother’s Purse
  • Androcles and the Lion
  • The Portrait the Wind the Chair
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • The Falcon
  • Wolf Child: The Correction of Joseph
  • Phenomenal Smith

 

Season 20: 1996-97

  • Charlotte’s Web
  • The Falcon
  • The Short Tree & the Bird That
  • Could Not Sing
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • This Is Not A Pipe Dream
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live!
  • Phenomenal Smith

 

Season 21: 1997-98

  • Anne of Green Gables
  • This Is Not A Pipe Dream
  • Just So Stories
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Lincoln’s Log
  • Still Life With Iris
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live!
  • [New Plays Festival]

 

Season 22: 1998-99

  • Still Life With Iris
  • Lincoln’s Log
  • Embroidered Yarns
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • A Perfect Balance
  • The Highest Heaven
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins
  • And Then They Came For Me

 

Season 23: 1999-2000

  • The Wind in the Willows
  • Just So Stories
  • Selkie
  • A Perfect Balance
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • The Owl and the Pussycat
  • Even Steven Goes To War
  • And Then They Came For Me
  • The King of Ireland’s Son

 

Season 24: 2000-01

  • Time Again in Oz
  • The Owl and the Pussycat
  • Salt & Pepper
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Perô or The Mystery of the Night
  • The Boxcar Children
  • And Then They Came For Me
  • Rhubarb Jam

 

Season 25: 2001-02

  • Schoolhouse Rock Live!
  • Rhubarb Jam
  • New Kid
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Cyrano
  • The Reluctant Dragon
  • Apollo: to the Moon
  • Eric & Elliot

 

Season 26: 2002-03

  • Charlotte’s Web
  • New Kid
  • Two Donuts
  • Eric & Elliot
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • The Yellow Boat
  • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
  • The Beauty Machine (Stage Reading/Workshop)

 

Season 27: 2003-04

  • Sideways Stories from Wayside
  • School
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • The Big Friendly Giant
  • Power Play
  • The Imaginators
  • The Beauty Machine
  • Eric & Elliot

 

Season 28: 2004-05

  • A Year with Frog & Toad
  • New Kid (Tour)
  • Eric & Elliot (Tour)
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Go, Dog. Go!
  • Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
  • Interrupting Vanessa
  • Old Jake’s Skirts

 

Season 29: 2005-06

  • Junie B. Jones & A Little
  • Monkey Business
  • Eric & Elliot (Tour)
  • Old Jakes Skirts (Tour)
  • Seussical
  • Bunnicula
  • Danny, King of the Basement
  • The Secret Garden
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 
  • This Is Not A Pipe Dream

 

Season 30: 2006-07

  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. Local Tour.
  • Eric & Elliot (Tour)
  • Lost and Foundling
  • Seussical
  • Peter and the Wolf
  • Danny, King of the Basement (Tour)
  • Petite Rouge
  • River Rat & Cat

 

Season 31: 2007-08

  • Charlotte’s Web
  • A Thousand Cranes
  • Seussical
  • Goodnight Moon
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,
  • No Good, Very Bad Day
  • In My Grandmother’s Purse
  • A Little Bit of Water
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 1st National Tour.

 

Season 32: 2008-2009

  • A Little Bit of Water (Tour)
  • Miss Nelson is Missing
  • Getting Near to Baby
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Busytown
  • Rock, Paper, Scissors
  • Ferdinand the Bull
  • The Never Ending Story
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 2nd National Tour.

 

Season 33: 2009-2010

  • Ferdinand the Bull (Tour)
  • Honus and Me
  • Androcles and the Lion
  • Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells
  • Peter and the Wolf
  • Tomato Plant Girl
  • The Big Friendly Giant

 

Season 34: 2010-2011

  • Ferdinand the Bull (National Tour)
  • A Year with Frog and Toad
  • Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
  • Go, Dog. Go!
  • New Kid (Local Tour)
  • The Imaginators
  • The Borrowers
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 3rd National Tour.

 

Season 35: 2011-2012

  • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
  • The Sun Serpent
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 
  • Lyle the Crocodile
  • With Two Wings
  • Rock the Presidents
  • The Color of Stars

 

Season 36: 2012-2013

  • Rock the Presidents
  • Rock Paper Scissors (Steen Papier Schaar)
  • The Giver
  • Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
  • Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type
  • Boats
  • Recipe for Disaster!
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 4th National Tour.

 

Season 37: 2013-2014

  • Robin Hood
  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | By Dwayne Hartford, based on the book by Kate DiCamillo. 
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • Super Cowgirl and Mighty Miracle
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live! | Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating, and Kyle Hall. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall, and Tom Yohe. 

 

Season 38: 2014-2015

  • Charlotte's Web
  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | By Dwayne Hartford, based on the book by Kate DiCamillo. 
  • Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
  • A Thousand Cranes
  • The Boy Who Loved Monsters and the Girl Who Loved Peas
  • Girls Who Wear Glasses
  • The Three Javelinas
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live! | Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating, and Kyle Hall. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall, and Tom Yohe. National Tour. 

 

Season 39: 2015-2016

  • Sideways Stories from Wayside School
  • The Smartest Girl in the World
  • A Year with Frog and Toad
  • Pero, or the Mysteries of the Night
  • Goodnight Moon
  • Pete, or the Return of Peter Pan
  • The Cat in the Hat (National Tour)

 

Season 40: 2016-2017

  • Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook
  • Rock the Presidents
  • A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • The Yellow Boat
  • Interrupting Vanessa
  • The Grumpiest Boy in the World
  • Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure
  • Rock The Presidents (National Tour) 

 

Season 41: 2017-2018

  • The Phantom Tollbooth
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 
  • Go, Dog. Go! 
  • A Christmas Carol with Katie McFadzen
  • The Snowy Day and other stories by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Maddi's Fridge
  • Flora & Ulysses
  • Go, Dog. Go! (National Tour)

 

Season 42: 2018-2019

  • Charlotte's Web | By Joseph Robinette, based on the book by E.B. White.
  • The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus | By Eric Coble.
  • Ella Enchanted: The Musical | By Karen Zacarías, Music by Deborah Wicks la Puma, adapted from the book by Gail Carson Levine.
  • And In This Corner... Cassius Clay | By Idris Goodwin.
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, based on Eric Carle's books.
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live! | Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating, and Kyle Hall. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall, and Tom Yohe. 
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 5th National Tour.

 

Season 43: 2019-2020

  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | By Dwayne Hartford, based on the book by Kate DiCamillo. Program >
  • Chato's Kitchen | By Mark Valdez, based on the book by Gary Soto. Program >
  • Ella Enchanted: The Musical | By Karen Zacarías, Music by Deborah Wicks la Puma, adapted from the book by Gail Carson Levine. Program >
  • Elephant & Piggie's "We Are In a Play!" | Book and Lyrics by Mo Willems, Music by Debora Wicks La Puma; Based on the Elephant and Piggie book series by Mo Willems. Program >
  • Suzette Who Set to Sea | by Finegan Kruckemeyer.  Local Tour.
  • The Snowy Day | Adapted for the stage by Jerome Hairston, based on the book by Ezra Jack Keats. National Tour. Program >
  • Maddi's Fridge | By Anne Negri, based on the book by Lois Brandt. National Tour. Program >

 

Season 44: 2020-2021 (Pandemic)

  • The Book of Dragons | Based on the book of short stories by Edith Nesbit, adapted by Katie McFadzen & Dwayne Hartford. Virtual & Drive-In Tour.
  • Pandora's Box | Based on the short story "The Paradise of Children" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Virtual & Drive-In Tour.
  • Seen | By Jenny Millinger. Virtual Tour.
  • Dreamers | Based on the book by Yuyi Morales, adapted by Ricky Araiza. Virtual & Drive-In Tour; Virtual National Tour.
  • A Kids Play About Racism | Adapted by Khalia Davis. Virtual Tour. 
  • A Christmas Carol with Katie McFadzen | By Charles Dickens, adapted for the stage by Katie McFadzen and Matthew Wiener. Performed at the Herberger Theater Center's outdoor stage to distanced audiences.

 

Season 45: 2021-2022

  • Selena Maria Sings (World Premeire) | By Miriam Gonzales, Music by Daniel French. Program >
  • Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | Adapted by Robert Penola, based on the animated TV special. Music and lyrics by Johnny Marks. Program >
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, based on Eric Carle's books. Program >
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live! | Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating, and Kyle Hall. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall, and Tom Yohe. Performed at Herberger Theater Center and as a National Tour. Program >
  • The Book of Dragons | Based on the book of short stories by Edith Nesbit, adapted by Katie McFadzen & Dwayne Hartford. Local tour.
  • Dreamers | Based on the book by Yuyi Morales, adapted by Ricky Araiza. Local tour and virtual national tour.

 

Season 46: 2022-2023

  • Selena Maria Sings | By Miriam Gonzales, Music by Daniel French. PROGRAM >
  • Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | Adapted by Robert Penola, based on the animated TV special. Music and lyrics by Johnny Marks. PROGRAM >
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. Performed at the Herberger Theater Center and as an in-school tour. PROGRAM >
  • The Hula-Hoopin' Queen (Southwest Premiere) | By Thelma Lynne Godin, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Adapted by Gloria Bond Clunie. PROGRAM >
  • Eric & Elliot | By Dwayne Hartford. Performed as an in-school tour.
  • Dreamers | Based on the book by Yuyi Morales, Adapted by Ricky Araiza. Virtual national tour.

 

Season 47: 2023-2024

To be continued...

  • Eddie & Vinnie | By Jenny Millinger. Local Tour.
  • Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | Adapted by Robert Penola, based on the animated TV special. Music and lyrics by Johnny Marks. 
  • Tomás and the Library Lady | By José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music arranged and performed by Adam Jacobson. 6th National Tour.