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Party and
Event shows  
For larger
events (theaters, fairs, festivals, city
events, etc.) the shows listed under Assemblies are quite
suitable. Below is a list of productions
great for smaller events, parties,
classrooms, etc.
The Puppet Man
The Puppet Man is a
hand puppet presentation done in a very
traditional, European style. With
the puppeteer (Michael) wearing the
walk-around stage, the presentation
consists of a variety of humorous skits,
sometimes requiring audience members to
help out or make suggestions to help the
puppets solve problems. This
presentation can be geared to
few-year-olds or older, elementary aged
children. Different themes can
often be accomodated.
Cirque
du Cafe
Cirque
du Cafe -
Magical Moonshine Theatre's table top
circus for the whole family, where salt
shakers do a trapeze act, a wine bottle
and a baguette perform magic, a bread
roll rides a pizza cutter unicycle and a
banana swallows swords longer than it's
body. This is object theatre and puppetry
and circus and great fun! Performed with
live, French musette accordion, this show
can be up to 70 minutes or more in
length.
Little Elephant Has A Ball
This
table top presentation was designed for
the Puppets In The Preschool Conference
at Contra Costa College, and was created
to be developmentally appropriate for
preschool audiences. In the story,
Little Elephant finds a ball, but when
she goes to play with Monkey and Zebra,
she discovers that they are much better
players than she is and at first would
rather play without her. With the
prodding of Lion, the animals learn how
to play together and appreciate each
one's different skills with the
ball. This funny and tender show
includes live music on the ukelele and
singing with children learning the songs
and hand plays to join in, as well as
helping the animals figure out how to
solve their problems.
The
Recycling Show MMTs
recycling show focuses on the whys and
hows of living on earth in our age of
consumption.
The Grasshopper and the Ant
 
This retelling of
the Aesop's fable about the grasshopper
and the ant is done in the style of
Victorian Paper Theatre, where the
characters and scenery are paper art
created by Michael Nelson. In our
telling of the classic tale, the fairies
and gnomes help to order the natural
world by planting mushrooms or snipping
off colorful leaves in the fall.
Over the course of one year we follow
Gary the grasshopper who learns to make
music on grass and practices his playing
while his friend Amy the Ant stores up
food for the winter, warning him that he
had better prepare for winter. When
winter finally comes, things look bad for
Gary until his musical ability is brought
to the attention of the Queen of the
Fairies who values his talent and has him
play for the Winter festival. With
live music on the dulcimore, live
singing, beautiful lighting and art work,
and ending with a grasshopper limberjack
dancing to a tune, this is a cycle show
that goes through the seasons with humor
and wonder. Best for ages 3 and up.
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