Season Shows

Selfish Giant

Scaredy Kat Presents

March 21–22

Spring 2025 Touring Show

By Janine Sobeck Knighton

6:30 p.m. (Fri)11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. (Sat)BB Jones Theatre TYE Center●        ASL Interpretation (Fri, March 21, 6:30 p.m.)Sensory Friendly (Sat, March 22, 2:00 p.m.) 

Eleven-year-old Kathryn is paralyzed by social anxiety. Estranged from her classmates, she spends all her time in her basement with her two passions: Alfred Hitchcock and stop motion animation. When her enthusiastic attempts to win a trip to Hitchcock’s old film set falls apart faster than her clay figures, Kathryn is sent a possible gift with the arrival of the new neighbor girl, Nadia. Forced to spend her afternoons at Kathryn’s house while her mom is working, Nadia’s keen interest in art could be the secret to Kathryn’s success. With her anxiety trying to block her at every turn, Kathryn must learn how to share her dream—and potentially make a friend along the way.

Touring Shows

Past Touring Shows

Selfish Giant

Mariposa/ Butterfly

Fall 2024 Touring Show

Written by Sandra Fenichel & José Casas

 

Two neighbors share a love of gardening, yet they struggle to communicate. One neighbor grows vegetables and speaks Spanish. The other neighbor grows flowers and speaks English. When a monarch butterfly visits their gardens, the neighbors compete for the butterfly’s attention to prove who has the better garden. Along the way, the butterfly shows the neighbors the power of metamorphosis and how to embrace this beautiful world we all share.

 

 

 

 

Selfish Giant

In the Garden of the Selfish Giant

Spring 2024 Touring Show

By Sandra Fenichel Asher

 

Witness the transformative power of imagination and friendship in In the Garden of the Selfish Giant. Join eleven-year-old Maggie and her new friend Brianna, as they act out Oscar Wilde's enchanting fairy tale and discover if they can write their own ending to the story. Experience a heartwarming journey of understanding, forgiveness, and the blossoming of resilience amidst life's challenges. Don't miss this captivating play that reminds us of the enduring magic of storytelling.

 

 

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Two Donuts

Fall 2023 Touring Show

Written by José Cruz González

Dream along with Pepito, a young Latino boy, whose grandmother has filled him with stories of her Central American homeland. His adventures start with two donuts purchased from Panadero the baker and end with a crusade against dictatorship and a determination to reclaim the beauty of his grandmother's world for the people of the barrio. With an artful mix of actors, puppetry and music of your choice, this work weaves a fantastical tale with humor and spirit.

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Mockingbird

Spring 2023 Touring Show

Adapted by Julie Jensen
From the National Book Award-winning novel by Kathryn Erskine

Caitlin is an 11-year-old girl on the autism spectrum. Not all things make sense to her. Emotions are mysterious and voices are almost always too loud. Suddenly, she must grapple with the unthinkable: a mass shooting has taken her brother away. He was the one person who helped her cope. Now she is alone with her grieving father and a cacophony of children at school. She struggles to understand empathy, what facial expressions mean and why a drawing might have more than one color. We see the world from Caitlin’s point of view. We struggle as she does. We also take comfort in the times when she finds a friend, draws a multicolored mockingbird and can finally cry for her brother.

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Tomas and the Library Lady

Fall 2022 Touring Production

Adapted by José Cruz González
From the Book by Pat Mora

Tomas is the son of migrant farm workers who meets a small-town librarian who introduces him to the wonderful world of books. The stories enrich the lives of Tomas’ family and instill a love of reading. This is the inspiring true story of Tomas Rivera, who grew up in a migrant worker family, befriended a librarian in Iowa, and learned to love books and the places they took him. Tomas went on to a successful career in academia and became the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside.

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