Photo Flash: First Look at THE DANCING HANDKERCHIEF World Premiere at Theatrical Outfit

Atlanta audiences are invited into a beautiful fable, told through song, dance, stage magic, and puppetry, about an aspiring rocker-girl who falls into a magician-dad's bag of tricks. With original songs written by one of the most accomplished voices in the American musical theatre, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winner winner Robert Lopez (Frozen, Book of Mormon), The Dancing Handkerchief blends the emotional accessibility of Disney princesses with the odd-ball pop-rock sensibility of Sergeant Pepper or Ziggy Stardust and evokes the imagined lands of Narnia and Alice's Wonderland.

A visual smorgasbord, this world premiere about forgiveness, creativity, and the depths of love between parent and child plays now through June 18, 2017 and concludes Theatrical Outfit's 40th Anniversary Season of Hope! BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The Dancing Handkerchief, a co-production with The Flying Carpet Theatre Company, stars Theatrical Outfit Artistic Director Tom Key. Also in the company are: Deborah Bowman* - The Balladeer; Devon Hales - Bastienne; Jeremy Aggers - Ensemble; and Spencer Stephens - Ensemble.

It features story by Geoff Sobelle and Adam Koplan (Artistic Director, Flying Carpet Theatre Company), music & lyrics by Robert Lopez (Avenue Q, Book of Mormon, Frozen), and is directed by Adam Koplan with musical direction by S. Renee Clark and choreography by Ricardo Aponte.

Part magic act, part musical, part puppet show, this world premiere with songs by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winner Robert Lopez, tells the story of Mysterioso the Magician and his curious child Bastienne who, through an epic separation and reunion, learn to see each other in a truer, hope-filled light. A Balladeer sings delightful tunes that paint a comic and fantastical world inhabited by a beckoning handkerchief, an otherworldly suitcase, magical creatures and one gigantic, ravenous rabbit. A unique hybrid theatrical extravaganza, The Dancing Handkerchief will mesmerize patrons small and tall.

Tickets range from $20-$50 and may be purchased online at www.theatricaloutfit.org or by calling 678.528.1500.

Photo Credit: Christopher Bartelski

Deborah Bowman