Westport Country Playhouse Presents Musical Click, Clack, Moo for Families

Westport Country Playhouse will present the musical "Click, Clack, Moo" as part of its Family Festivities Series on Sunday, March 27, at 1 and 4 p.m. Recommended for grades pre-k through 4, the TheatreWorks USA production is based on the Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. Tickets are $15.

"Cows that type? Hens on strike! Whoever heard of such a thing!," cries Farmer Brown. When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a visit, Farmer Brown declares The Farm a "tech-free zone." He confiscates her laptop in the cold barn along with the shivering cows that use her computer to type messages requesting blankets. "No way," replies Farmer Brown. "No blankets!" So the cows go on strike and the chickens join them in solidarity. No blankets: no milk, no eggs! Will Farmer Brown give in to the animals' demands? Will Jenny get her computer back? Find out in a hilariously "moooo-ving" new musical about negotiation and compromise.

Pre-show activities begin one hour before the performances at noon and 3 p.m. Birthday party facilities may be scheduled in advance. Everyone in the audience requires a ticket. Groups of 10 or more save up to 30% off the regular ticket price. For group sales information call (203) 227-5137, x120.

TheatreworksUSA is America's largest and most prolific professional, not-for-profit theater for young and family audiences. Since 1961, TheatreworksUSA has enlightened, entertained and instructed over 78 million people in 49 states and Canada.

In conjunction with its spring Family Festivities Series, The Playhouse is hosting a book collection for Read to Grow, Inc. Bins will be located in The Playhouse lobby for audience donations of gently used and new children's books which will be given to families and programs in the greater Fairfield County area through the Read to Grow organization.

Read to Grow is a statewide nonprofit organization that helps build literacy from birth by preparing parents to take an active role in their children's literacy development from day one, and by providing free children's books to families with limited access and to community resources that serve them. www.readtogrow.org. For more information on the book collection, contact Jenn Bond Huisking, Playhouse community relations liaison, at 203-227-5137, x 120.
For more information or tickets to Family Festivities shows, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets are available 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to The Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse) and/or follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse).

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