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THE TALES OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON to Make Debut at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

The Ogden Nash adaptation, featuring music by Brad Ross and Danny Whitman, runs at the Rock Island theatre.

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THE TALES OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON to Make Debut at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

The Ogden Nash adaptation of THE TALES OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON will make its debut at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse the Rock Island theatre. This hour-long entertainment will be presented through June 20.

Circa '21 will present show-only performances of THE TALES OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON on scheduled Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through June 20. Morning productions, with the doors opening at 9:30 a.m. and the shows beginning at 10 a.m., will take place on May 21 as well as June 4, 6, 9, 16, 19 and 20th. Afternoon performances, with the doors opening at 12:30 p.m. and the shows beginning at 1 p.m., are scheduled for May 30 and June 13. And a special dinner-and-show evening will take place on Thursday, June 18, with patrons receiving a hot dog, chips, and beverages along with the 5:45 performance.

Admission is $13 per person for the show-only productions and $20 for the June 18th dinner-and-show. For more information and tickets, contact Circa '21 at 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island, or by calling 309-786-7733, ext. 2 or visit circa21.com to make reservations online.

In this charming, all-ages treat adapted by Mary Hall Surface, with music and lyrics by Brad Ross and Danny Whitman, you're invited to join Custard the Dragon and his friends as they embark on a musical journey in which a most unlikely hero finds true courage. Based on author Ogden Nash's whimsical stories The Tale of Custard the Dragon and Custard the Dragon & the Wicked Knight, this children's musical follows the exploits of young Belinda and her three boastfully brave pets Mustard the Dog, Ink the Cat, and Blink the Mouse ... plus one not-so-brave dragon named Custard. Yet when Belinda is confronted first by a fearsome pirate and then by a wicked knight, it's Cowardly Custard who comes to the rescue.

Directing and choreographing THE TALES OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON is Circa '21 veteran Kiera Lynn, whose credits include directing “Santa Claus: The Musical,” “Arthur & Friends Make a Musical!” and “Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” as well as appearing in the theatre's productions of “Mary Poppins” and “Lucky Stiff.”

Noah Johnson, previously seen in Circa '21 presentations including “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” and “Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical;” portrays the dragon with a heart of gold Custard, with four other venue favorites respectively playing Belinda, Mustard, Ink and Blink: Sophia Kilburg “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” Topher Elliott, “Irving Berlin's White Christmas;” Krianna Walljasper, “How I Became a Pirate,” and Bradley Robert Jensen, “Santa Claus: The Musical.”



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