Westport Country Playhouse Presents the Musical Skippyjon Jones for Families

Westport Country Playhouse announces that its autumn 2011 Family Festivities Series will kick off with the enchanting musical, "Skippyjon Jones," on Sunday, September 25, at 1 and 4 p.m. Appropriate for grades K - 3, the production is based on the book by Judy Schachner and produced by Theatreworks USA. Tickets are $15.

Following the theme of unleashing your imagination and following your dreams, Skippyjon Jones is about a little kitten with big ears and even bigger dreams. Sometimes he pretends to be a bird, sometimes he pretends to be a llama, and sometimes he pretends to be a whale...anything BUT a Siamese cat!

His Mama sends him to his room so that he can think about behaving like the cat he really is. While bouncing on his big boy bed, Skippyjon's wild imagination takes over again as he catches his reflection in a mirror. "Holy guacamole," Skippyjon exclaims. "My ears are too big for my head, my head is too big for my body. I am not a Siamese cat - I am a CHIHUAHUA!" And not just any Chihuahua. He dons a mask, a cape and an accent, and transforms into Skippito Friskito, the greatest canine sword fighter in old Mexico. But when the local pack of chihuahuas is terrorized by the gigantic bee, Alfredo Buzzito El Blimpo Bublebeeto Bandito, will Skippyjon be a 'fraidy-cat or the top dog?

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.

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

In conjunction with its 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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