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WHEN and WHERE:
Chicago:
Thru June 12, 2022
Sundays - 11 am and 3 pm
Fridays - 10 am and 7 pm
Saturdays - 10 am, 2pm, and 7 pm
Mercury Theatre Chicago
3745 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago
New York:
June 18, 2022
July 31, 2022
Sundays- 11 am and 3 pm
Fridays- 2 pm
Saturday- 11 am, 3 pm, and 7 pm
Row Theatre
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY
CAST:
Jake Bazel as Pooh
Sebastiano Ricci as Tigger
Emmanuel Elpenord as Eeyore, Rabbit and Owl
Emilie Rose Danno, Carolyn Plurad, and Tina-Kim Nguyen rotate in the roles of Piglet, Roo and Kanga
CREATIVE TEAM:
creative director Jonathan Rockefeller
co-scenic designers Jack Golden and Josh Warner
costume designer Lindsay McWilliams
lighting designer Jamie Roderick
original music and orchestrations composed by Nate Edmonson
Puppets were created by Rockefeller Productions underlead puppet builders Matthew Lish and Ben Durocher
The production also features songs from the Disney featurette by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...In a new story from the Hundred Acre Wood, this fresh stage adaptation is told with impressive life-size puppetry, telling exciting new stories featuring characters that have played iconic roles in the lives of children for generations..."
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Photos Courtesy of Rockefeller Productions