TEARS OF JOY PUPPET THEATRE TO PRESENT

“THE UGLIEST DUCKLING” AT THE CRATERIAN GINGER ROGERS THEATER, SPONSORED BY THE STORYTELLING GUILD & CRATERIAN PERFORMANCES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012  |  1:30 & 4:00 PERFORMANCES

FREE ADMISSION: Donation of a new or gently used children’s book for local outreach programs.

On Sunday, January 22, Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre will present “The Ugliest Duckling” a retelling of the famous story by Hans Christian Anderson, set in Australia and staring little Yuckay, a platypus, in the role of the duckling that grows up to become a swan. The Ugliest Duckling is a story that teaches children that everyone is different and unique for their own reasons. Along little Yuckay’s journey of self-discovery he comes across an array of Australian creatures such as the kangaroo, koala bear, spiney anteater, and kookaburra.

The Storytelling Guild partners with the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater to bring these two free performances to children in our community. The program allows the Storytelling Guild to show children another form of storytelling, through the magic of puppets. Children are asked to bring a new or gently used book donation to this event. These books are distributed within our community through the ‘Pass the Book’ program. This year the Storytelling Guild distributed 4,557 books to 22 local agencies in Jackson County.

Tears of Joy Theatre is recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding puppet theatres, known internationally for its innovation and excellence. Each year the programs of the theatre serve over 200,000 children and adults. Tears of Joy Theatre has received a Washington State Governor’s Arts Award and a Young Audiences Sunburst Award for its “exemplary commitment to arts in education.” Four of the theatre’s productions have received American puppetry’s highest honor, The Citation of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry from UNIMA-USA.

To learn more please visit www.storytellingguild.org or join the Storytelling Guild at www.facebook.com/storytellingguild.