Submitted by Olympia Family Theater
Olympia Family Theater is proud to announce our 2015-16 Mainstage Season. The season will feature five productions in our intimate 106-seat theater, including Mercy Watson to the Rescue, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlotte’s Web, Peter Rabbit and Me, and the musical A Year with Frog and Toad. We are thrilled to bring these fantastic shows to the stage as Olympia Family Theater celebrates its 10th season. Each show has been selected for both its connection to literature and all-ages appeal. Based in downtown Olympia, OFT is a nonprofit community theater that engages audiences of all ages in performances and programs that entertain and educate.
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
By Kate Di Camillo. Adapted for the stage by Victoria Stewart
Oct. 9- Nov. 1 (Fri- Sun only)
Pay-What-You-Can Performance: Friday October 16th 7:00pm
Recommended for all ages
This wild comic adventure play is best enjoyed with buttered toast!
The Watsons move into a new neighborhood with their adorable pig named Mercy (whom they call their porcine wonder). Mercy loves driving cars, going trick-or-treating, and a good chase, but above all else, Mercy loves buttered toast! Just how far will this mischievous pig go on her quest for more toast? This play is filled with all kinds of colorful characters, inadvertent heroism and hilarious trouble in this stage adaptation of the wildly popular chapter book series.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
by Charles M. Schulz. Stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer.
Nov. 27- Dec. 20 (Fri- Sun only)
Pay-What-You-Can Performance: Friday December 4, 2015 7:00pm
Recommended for all ages
The sweetest, simplest, Charlie Browniest Christmas of them all!
“Christmastime is here…Happiness and cheer….” Bring your family to the theater this season to see this cherished holiday classic – live on stage. Lights are twinkling red and green, but Charlie Brown has the blues because of the over-commercialization of Christmas. Lucy suggests he direct the annual Christmas play, which ends up helping not just Charlie Brown, but the entire Peanuts gang discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
Charlotte’s Web
By E.B. White. Adapted by Joseph Robinette.
January 29- Feb. 14, (Thurs- Sun)
Pay-What-You-Can Performance: Thursday, February 4, 2016 7:00pm
Recommended for all ages
Terrific, radiant, humble…and you should see the pig!
Charlotte’s Web is “the best American children’s book of the past two hundred years” according to The Children’s Literature Association. It is the story of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of Charlotte, a friendly spider, saves her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs. In this story of friendship, hardship, and the passage of time, we are reminded to open our eyes to the wonder and miracle found in the simplest of things.
Peter Rabbit and Me
Based on Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” Written by Aurand Harris.
March 18- April 3, (Fri- Sun only)
Pay-What-You-Can Performance: Friday March 25, 2016 7:00pm
Recommended for all ages
Four little rabbits, one spectacular adventure!
A delightfully joyous story of Peter Rabbit, the little blue-coated rabbit who has been enchanting the world since he first hopped out of the pages of a story book and into children’s hearts. It is also a story about Beatrix Potter, the little girl who imagined the story about her favorite pet, a mischievous rabbit. In this play we get a glimpse of her home life with her father, brother, and governess, and see her imagination in action when suddenly all the people in Beatrix’s life are transformed into characters we know well, and she steps straight into the story of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”.
A Year with Frog and Toad
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel. Music by Robert Reale. Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale.
May 13- June 5 (Fri- Sun only)
Pay-What-You-Can Performance: Friday May 20, 2016 7:00pm
Recommended for all ages
Celebrate friendship through all four seasons with the adventures of our favorite heroes, Frog and Toad!
Arnold Lobel’s treasured characters hop from page to stage in a story of friendship and adventure. Celebrate friendship as our heroes, Frog and Toad, weather all four seasons with their animal friends. Eternally optimistic Frog and the somewhat grumpy Toad plant flowers, swim, rake leaves, enjoy the holidays and celebrate the simple things in life. Ordinary events like baking cookies and receiving a letter in the mail become delightfully humorous escapades in this whimsical musical tale.
Advance ticket purchase is recommended due to limited seating and can be made online or by phone with Visa, MasterCard or American Express. Tickets are available 24 hours from our website: http://olyft.org/tickets Box office hours: 2 hours before each performance. Walk-up tickets can be purchased at our Box Office with cash, check or credit card.