Alden in McLean's 2014-15 Kids Season Opens Today with THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

Grey Seal Puppets of Charlotte, N.C. will open The Alden in McLean's 2014-2015 McLean Kids Performance Series with "The Emperor's New Clothes" at 2 p.m. today, Sept. 27. Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for McLean tax district residents. The Alden is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue, inside the McLean Community Center.

What's big and fat and pink and loves to dress up in fancy clothes? Give up? It's the Emperor himself in Grey Seal Puppets' clever adaptation of "The Emperor's New Clothes."Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable takes on a whole new dimension as it is transformed with an all-animal cast. Not only is the emperor a pig, the crafty tailors are foxes, the prime minister is a near-sighted camel and the councilor a befuddled old walrus. Even the audience takes part-as animals, of course. This production is appropriate for children age four and older.

Tickets are on sale for tax district residents only; general public tickets go on sale at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit:www.aldentheatre.org, or call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711.

Built in 1975, the 383-seat Robert Ames Alden Theatre, "The Alden," is a cultural resource for the citizens of McLean and the Washington Metropolitan area that presents a full professional season of interdisciplinary and high-quality performances, lectures and educational programs for audiences of all ages. The Alden is ADA-compliant and will make arrangements for accommodations. To request this information in an alternate format, call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit: www.aldentheatre.org.