Chi Children's Theatre Extends Blair Thomas & Co.'s THE SELFISH GIANT Through 3/1

Chicago Children's Theatre has announced a one-week extension of its current hit production, Blair Thomas & Company's The Selfish Giant.

Originally scheduled to close February 22, The Selfish Giant will now run through March 1 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

One additional weekday matinee, Wednesday, February 25 at 10 a.m., is already filling up with playgroups, home schoolers and school groups. Newly added weekend shows are Saturday, February 28 at 11 a.m., and Sunday, March 1 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Performances continue as scheduled through February 22: Tuesday through Friday at
10 a.m. and noon; Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Sunday at 11 a.m. Run time is 50 minutes with no intermission.

Tickets to The Selfish Giant are $10-$38. Visit chicagochildrenstheatre.org or call
(872) 222-9555 to purchase single tickets or Family Passes. Email GroupSales@chicagochildrenstheatre.org or call (773) 227-0180 x 13 for information on deeply discounted group rates for schools, playgroups, birthday parties and scouting groups. Run time is approximately 50 minutes with no intermission.

Chicago master puppeteer Blair Thomas's and Chicago folk music legend Michael Smith's all-ages musical spectacle is an enormously imaginative retelling of the classic Oscar Wilde story.

Original puppets and music, played live by Smith every performance, tell the story of a grumpy old giant who forbids the children in his village from playing in his beautiful garden. After the children are locked out, the trees and flowers refuse to grow and the garden plunges into an eternal winter. Then one morning, the children sneak back into the garden, bringing with them the joyous rebirth of spring.