Active Imagination Theatre Presents A Weenie Halloween 10/23-31

In the Kingdom of Niceness, Fairy Princess Sweetie Poo has outlawEd Halloween because it's scary, and she only likes pretty things and white dresses. Her bewitched subjects don't remember Halloween or candy, but one little girl remembers that she had a black cat who was banished from the kingdom along with all things black or scary. When our heroine goes on a quest to find her beloved kitty, she faces adventure and rediscovers the fun of Halloween.

Beowulf Alley Theatre, just off-Broadway in Downtown Tucson, announces its newest program, Active Imagination Theatre. Under the supervision of adult actors, children 4-8 years old from the audience will be invited to participate in stories created to inspire imagination and story-telling skills. Children and their parents are invited to share this exciting performance and be a part of the action.

For this Halloween event, children are encouraged to come to the theatre in costumes that don't hinder vision or movement. Birthday party events at the theatre are also available.

Beowulf Alley Theatre is located at 11 South 6th Avenue, 85701. For more information or to make reservations, call (520) 882-0555.

Time: 12:00 noon, Saturdays and Sundays, October 23, 24, 30 & 31, 2010

$5 for children 4-12 and $10 for ages 13 and older

Children 3 and under, seated in parents' laps, are free.

Estimated Run Time: 40 minutes

We can accommodate a maximum of 3 wheelchairs per performance with advance notice.

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production. Equal and fair treatment will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and/or marital status. Founded on the basis of dialogues with local theatre artists who wanted a permanent home to practice their craft, its intimate 95-seat theatre provides a facility that meets professional standards where performing artists, educators, and technicians can present their skills. Because Beowulf Alley engages a talent and volunteer pool that calls Tucson "home" for its productions, the Theatre is committed to helping grow a new generation of Tucson talent with its programs including education for adults and youth, late night theatre to experiment with and gain experience, readers theatre for playwrights' unpublished works, lunchtime theatre to bring art to the workday and screenings of independent film artists. And true to its roots, the Theatre maintains ongoing dialogues with the community, including Dialogues with theatergoers after the first Sunday matinee performance of each of its main stage plays, at Readers' Theatre nights, and other presentations, providing an opportunity for theatergoers to discuss the plays with the director and artists. Writers who cover the Tucson arts scene say the Theatre provides its audiences with "the best total package"-plays, performances and productions that are high in artistic and technical quality. Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim, including two Mac Awards and nine MAC nominations. The company has presented over 350 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of theatre artists. The theater also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theater companies. For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org. We thank the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Janet S. Brunel Residuary Trust, and our business sponsors for their support