Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood at Imagination Stage
Dates: 12/11/2024 - 2/8/2025
Imagination Stage
4908 Auburn Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 3012801660
Tickets: $12 and up.
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Based on the book Petite Rouge by Mike Artell, illustrated by Jim Harris
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Joan Cushing
Directed by Nathaniel Claridad
Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood updates the classic tale, sending the plucky heroine—now a red-robed little duck—and her ‘fraidy cat friend Te Jean on a perilous journey through the bayou. Along the way the pair tangle with a Big Bad Gator. Petite is no sitting duck, though, and leads her nemesis on a merry Mardi Gras chase through New Orleans. A chorus of swamp dwellers sings backup to the Zydeco-driven score in this foot-stomping musical.
ASL-Interpreted performance: Saturday, December 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Sensory-Friendly performance: Sunday, December 22 at 10:00 a.m.
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