Spring Children’s Theater Line Up at Paper Mill Playhouse

The Children’s Theater Series provides charming, engaging and educational performances perfect for children. The Spring 2013 Season of Children’s Programming will include a sensory friendly production of Happily Ever After: A Cinderella Tale designed specifically for children on the autism spectrum or with other developmental disabilities, and is planned in cooperation with Autism New Jersey and Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers. The theater environment will be altered for this performance, providing a sensory-friendly, comfortable and judgment-free space that is welcoming for all families.

All shows take place on select Saturdays at 10:00am. Tickets range in price from $12.00 to $20.00 and may be purchased by calling 973-376-4343 or online at www.papermill.org.

CLICK CLACK MOO

Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 10AM
TheatreworksUSA
Ages 4 & up
When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a visit, Farmer Brown declares the farm a "tech-free zone." Tell that to the shivering cows in the barn who use her computer to type messages requesting blankets in this hilariously "mooooo-ving" new musical!

AutismRibbonA SPECIAL AUTISM FRIENDLY PRESENTATION

HAPPILY EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA TALE

Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 10AM

Pushcart Players

Ages 4 & up


Based on a legend first told more than a thousand years ago in China, known to most of us as “Cinderella,” we are never too old, to hear this beloved story about overcoming adversity, dreaming dreams and learning lessons about goodness, generosity and compassion.

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY

Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 10AM
TheatreworksUSA
Ages 4 & up
Laugh and sing along with Alexander's misadventures in this hilarious musical, featuring book and lyrics by Judith Viorst, author of the best-selling classic book. Discover along with Alexander that sometimes, everyone has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE & OTHER STORIES

Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 10AM
TheatreworksUSA
Ages 4 & up
TheatreworksUSA presents a sparkling musical revue based on popular children's books, including: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Amazing Grace, Borreguita and the Coyote, Imogene's Antlers, Master Man, Math Curse, and Owen!

SEUSSICAL

Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 10AM
Theatreworks USA
Ages 4 & up
"Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters and stories hit the stage in this unforgettable musical adventure by Broadway veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. The noble Horton the Elephant, the one-feathered bird Gertrude McFuzz, and the antics of the Cat in the Hat steal the spotlight in one of Theatreworks' largest-scale productions to date!

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