WAR HORSE Makes Wisconsin Premiere at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 6/25-30

The National Theatre of Great Britain's epic War Horse , winner of five 2011 Tony Awards, will make its Wisconsin premiere at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center June 25-30.

The Saturday, June 29 matinee performance of War Horse will be a special Kids' Day on Broadway event. Adults may purchase one ticket and receive a youth ticket free, while supplies last, to that performance. This offer applies to those 18 years and younger and is not valid on previously purchased tickets. The Kids' Day on Broadway activity includes a preshow presentation led by UW-Fox Valley Senior Lecturer Dr. Jeff Filipiak in the Kimberly-Clark Theater. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. and the presentation begins at1:15 p.m. This is free and open to ticket buyers of that performance.

Individual tickets for War Horse are on sale now. Tickets start at $55 and may be purchased at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's ticket office and online atfoxcitiespac.com. To charge tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. Orders for groups of 10 or more may be placed by calling (920) 730-3786. Group discounts and additional fees may apply.

Michael Morpurgo's beloved novel, "War Horse," is also the inspiration for Steven Spielberg's feature film of the same name, which earned six Oscar nominations including Best Picture.

Hailed by The New York Times as, "theatrical magic," War Horse is the powerful story of young Albert's beloved horse, Joey, who has been enlisted to fight for the English in World War I. In a tale the New York Daily News calls, "spellbinding, by turns epic and intimate," Joey is caught in enemy crossfire and ends up serving both sides of the war before landing in no man's land. Albert, not old enough to enlist, embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home. What follows is a remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship, filled with stirring music and songs and told with the some of the most innovative stagecraft of our time.

The tour of War Horse, which was adapted from the book by Morpurgo by Nick Stafford, is directed by Bijan Sheibani based on the original Tony Award-winning direction by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, and presented in association with Handspring Puppet Company. At the heart of the show are life-sized puppets which bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

In addition to Best Play, War Horse received Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play (Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Rae Smith), Best Lighting Design of a Play (Paule Constable) and Best Sound Design of a Play (Christopher Shutt). A Special Tony Award was given to Handspring Puppet Company for their integral work on the production.

War Horse received its world premiere in a limited engagement at the National's Olivier Theatre in 2007. The play returned to The National Theatre for a second run playing from in 2008-09 before transferring to the West End's New London Theatre in Spring 2009 where it continues to play an open-ended run. War Horse has been seen by over two million people worldwide and is currently playing in London's West End and on tour across North America. Future productions of War Horse are planned for Australia, Berlin and South Africa, as well as a UK Tour. It also played at the NYC's Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center and Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre. For more information, please visit WarHorseOnStage.com.

The lead producers of the National Tour of War Horse are Bob Boyett and The National Theatre of Great Britain.

The performance schedule for War Horse will be Tuesday - Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The Fox Cities P.A.C. is located at 400 West College Avenue, Appleton, WI.

War Horse is locally supported by Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company. War Horse ispart of the Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series, which is supported by the title sponsor, Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Partial support for open captioning during the Saturday matinee performance is provided by Octoberfest.

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