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Celebrate
the season with Valley Youth Theatre’s
14th
anniversary production of the holiday musical
A
Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail
December
4 through 23, 2009
(Phoenix) – Valley Youth
Theatre’s 14th anniversary production brings everyone’s best pals
– Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin, Tigger, and of course, Eeyore – together
LIVE on stage just in time for the holidays, December 4 through 23, 2009.
This production is the classic
tale of friendship, thoughtfulness, and holiday spirit. Eeyore is gloomy on Christmas Eve since his “very handsome
tail” is missing. Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit and Tigger organize the whole Hundred
Acre Wood gang into a search. Will the friends find the tail in time for the
Christmas Eve party? Based on the beloved stories by A.A. Milne, with music and
lyrics by James W. Rodgers, this production is sure to be a holiday hit with all
ages.
Directed by VYT’s education and outreach director, Jessica
Graeber, and based on Bobb Cooper’s original award-winning direction,
performance times are as follows: Fridays (December 4, 11, 18) at 7:30pm;
Saturdays (December 5, 12, 19) at
11:00am and 1:30pm; Sundays (December 6, 13, 20) at 12:30pm and 3:00pm; Monday,
December 21, Tuesday, December 22, and Wednesday, December 23 at 10:30 a.m. and
1:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 per
person, adults and children two and up, and can be ordered through Valley Youth
Theatre’s box office at 602-253-8188, ext. 2.
Named by the Arizona Republic as The Best Place to Become a
Future Star, Valley Youth Theatre is a world-class, nationally recognized
non-profit organization that targets young people age 7 – 19 for participation
in and attendance at quality live theatre productions. VYT’s mission is to
inspire young people to be the best that they can be by providing them with
lifelong lessons through a wide range of performing arts opportunities. VYT is
an award-winning theatre company whose Alum include American Idol, Jordin Sparks
and Broadway Star, Max Crumm and the Disney Channel’s Chelsea Staub. Valley
Youth Theatre is supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts with
funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Partial funding also is provided by the Phoenix Arts Commission through
appropriations from the Phoenix City Council. Valley Youth Theatre is a member
of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American
Theatre. For more information, visit www.VYT.com.
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