CLICK, CLACK, MOO: Cows That Type Plays Main Street Theater 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

It's cold outside, and the cows deserve better! Based on Doreen Cronin's hilariously witty book, Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type is running at Main Street Theater on Saturdays, September 26 and October 3 & 10 at 1:00pm and 4:00pm.

Performances are at Main Street Theater-Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose Boulevard in the Museum District. Ticket prices for public performances are $12 for preferring seating and $10 for side seating. Tickets are on sale in person at the Main Street Theater Box Office at 2540 Times Blvd. in Rice Village, via phone at 713.524.6706 or online at www.mainstreettheater.com. Group rates are available. No children under 3 are admitted in the theater (including sleeping babies).

Special performances and rates are available for school matinees. Call 713.524.9196 ext 101 or visit the website.

Dinner and a Show with Chick-fil-A!

Join the Chick-fil-A cow after the 4pm performance on Saturday, October 3 for a complimentary Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich combo meal! Purchase your tickets now!

Click, clack, moo. Click, clack, moo. Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type! Not only that, but they're cold out there in the barn - and they're smart, too... When Farmer Brown starts getting typed notes from the cows about wanting electric blankets - he dismisses them out of hand. But when the animals go on strike, and he can't get any milk or even any eggs from his hen, he's got to reconsider! Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type is a marvelously delightful story about teamwork, ingenuity, and striving for what you believe!

Recommended for pre-Kindergarten and up.

About Author Doreen Cronin

Doreen Cronin was an attorney in New York when her first book, Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type, was accepted for publication. Eventually she left the law altogether to write fulltime for children. After Click, Clack's huge success, she again partnered with illustrator Betsy Lewin to write Giggle, Giggle, Quack. Her other works include Diary of a Worm, Duck for President, and Dooby, Dooby Moo, to name a few.

Ms. Cronin was born in Queens and raised on Long Island. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University and St. John's University School of Law. She currently resides in New York with her family.

About Playwright James E. Grote

Jim Grote has been a member of the artistic ensemble of Lifeline Theatre since 1999. Mr. Grote became a playwright for Lifeline in 2000 with his adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Silver Chair, which was named the best family show of that year by the Chicago Tribune. His other adaptations for the MainStage include The Piano Tuner (After Dark Award: Outstanding Production) and A Long Way from Chicago.

For KidSeries at Lifeline, Mr. Grote has adapted Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and Giggle, Giggle, Quack (featuring music by George Howe), as well as Duck for President, all based on the book series by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. He also adapted The Dirty Cowboy and Deep in the Jungle for Lifeline's KidSeries.

Outside of Lifeline, Mr. Grote has appeared in Everyman at Steppenwolf Theatre, The Secret of the Old Queen at Stage Left Theatre, and has toured with the National Theatre for Children, HealthWorks Theatre, and Windy City Gay Chorus. He has served as one of Lifeline's artists-in-residence at Kilmer Elementary School, and he authors Lifeline's KidSeries study guides.

Mr. Grote is a graduate of Northwestern University.

About the Production

Meghan C. Hakes returns to MST as director after last season's The Reluctant Dragon. The cast includes Rebecca Cansler, Alan Hall, Katie Harrison, Kathryn Noser, and Micah Stinson.

The design team includes Jodi Bobrovsky (set design), Eric Marsh (lighting design), Liz Freese (costume design), Shawn W. St. John (sound design), and Richard Solis (properties design). Caroline Scott is the Production Stage Manager.

Since 1975, Main Street Theater has produced high quality professional theater for audiences of all ages through its MainStage productions and its Theater for Youth. The Main Street Theater Kids On Stage program offers performing arts classes and camps for children 5 years to 14 years of age. The organization produces plays at two locations, 2540 Times Boulevard in Rice Village and 4617 Montrose Boulevard at Chelsea Market.
Main Street Theater is a member of the Fresh Arts Coalition, a collaboration of 25 arts organizations that work collectively to raise awareness of the size and diversity of the arts in Houston, and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for not-for-profit theaters. Main Street Theater offers a lively year-round repertory of classic and contemporary plays for audiences of all ages and provides a much-needed showcase for Houston theater professionals. Main Street Theater is also a member of Actors' Equity Association and of ASSITEJ, the world theatre network of theatre for children and young people. Main Street Theater is funded in part by grants from the Houston Arts Alliance and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

 

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