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Centenary Stage to Welcome Back Catskill Puppet Theater for THE WILLOW GIRL, 1/12

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Puppetry is an ancient art form that has transcended time and crossed cultural boundaries to entertain generations of children and adults. The Catskill Puppet Theater takes great pride in carrying on in the living tradition of the old traveling puppet troupes, bringing high quality children's theater to thousands each year. Centenary Stage Company's Family Fun Series welcomes back The Catskill Puppet Theatre with their performance of The Willow Girl on Sunday, January 12 at 2pm in the Sitnik Theater of the David and Carol Lackland Center.

The Willow Girl is the story about a young Chinese girl who immigrates to the American frontier and faces discrimination in a swirl of other immigrants and cultures. But she possesses special gifts. She has been taught the healing power of plants and has a secret friend, the mysterious spirit who inhabits a beautiful Willow Tree. This rod puppet show features a larger-than-life, gracefully animated Willow Tree and is a wonderful blend of humor, mystery, drama and magical effects. It is illustrated with a combination of original and traditional fiddle music.

Catskill Puppet Theatre will also host an optional workshop after the show where children can build their own puppets and play along on stage. The workshop is available for an additional $18.50 a person, with a limit of 50 people.

To purchase tickets or to find more information on other CSC events, visit http://www.centenarystageco.org/ or call the CSC box office at (908) 979-0900. Tickets for the Family Fun Series' shows range from $17.50-$20 in advance and $22.50-$25 at the door.

The 2013-14 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, and CSC sponsors, including Premier Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, The Holiday Inn in Budd Lake, and Fulton Bank, Bronze Sponsors The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and Wells Fargo Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.

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