CHILDSPLAY: VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW

CHILDSPLAY BRINGS THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW, WITH 75 LOVABLE PUPPETS, TO HERBERGER THEATER, FEB. 5-MARCH 13

Critically Acclaimed Production Blends 4 Stories by Author/Illustrator Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, a critically acclaimed production that faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle, will be staged at Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe St. in Phoenix, on Saturdays and Sundays from Feb. 5 through March 13.

Tickets start at $13 and are on sale at childsplayaz.org/caterpillar.

Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets in the production based on Carle’s books Brown Bear, Brown Bear; 10 Little Rubber Ducks; The Very Lonely Firefly and, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 48 million copies worldwide since 1969. Carle passed away in May 2021 a few weeks before his 92ndbirthday.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, now in its 50thyear, has sold more than 18.2 million copies.

Directed by Childsplay Artistic Director Dwayne Hartford, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show follows the record-breaking holiday production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and features Jon Gentry, Katie McFadzen, Debra K Stevens and Lillie Richardson. Gentry and Stevens are celebrating their 40th year with Childsplay.

Creative team members include Daniel Hollingshead, Costume Design; Cody Soper, Lighting Design; David Goldstein, Scenic Design, Nate Edmondson, Composer, and Phoenix Jacob, Stage Manager.

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW
FEBRUARY 5 – MARCH 13
Herberger Theater Center – Stage West
Performance Schedule
Please Note: Masks are required at all times for this event

Sat, February 5 @ 4pm *Storybook Preview*
Sun, February 6 @ 1pm *Opening Performance*
Sat, February 12 @ 1pm
Sat, February 12 @ 4pm*Backstage Tour*
Sun, February 13 @ 1pm
Sat, February 19 @ 1pm
Sat, February 19 @ 4pm
Sun, February 20 @ 1pm *ASL Performance*
Sun, February 27 @ 1pm *Audio Described*
Sat, March 5 @ 1pm
Sat, March 5 @ 4pm
Sun, March 6 @ 1pm
Sat, March 12 @ 1pm
Sat, March 12 @ 4pm*Backstage Tour*
Sun, March 13 @ 1pm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will be followed by the pop culture phenomenon Schoolhouse Rock Live!, from April 23-May 22, which is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
For more information about Childsplay, visit www.childsplayaz.org.
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Contacts:
• Averi Gutierrez, Director of Marketing & Media, Childsplay Theatre, (480) 921-5700, agutierrez@childsplayaz.org
• Steve Carr, The Kur Carr Group, Inc., (602) 317-3040, scarr51@gmail.com

ABOUT CHILDSPLAY: Childsplay was founded in 1977 by David Saar, who recognized during his MFA studies that children could reap great benefits from experiences with professional theatre. To that end, we believe that young people deserve challenging, thought-provoking theatre of the highest artistic quality. Equally, because we understand the challenges facing Arizona’s classroom teachers, we offer arts education resources that have educated and inspired more than six million young people and families statewide during our four-plus decades. Our mission is to create theatre so strikingly original in form, content or both, that it instills in young people an enduring awe, love and respect for the medium, thus preserving imagination and wonder, the hallmarks of childhood which are keys to the future. For more information, visit https://www.childsplayaz.org.