October 11, 2008
Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon
ArtsPower National Touring Theatre
ArtsPower National Touring Theatre presents Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon, based on the book by Paula Danziger. What do you do when your best friend is leaving forever and, as if that weren't bad enough, doesn't even seem to care? ArtsPower's musical Amber takes a refreshingly genuine look at the life of a third grader.

November 22, 2008
The Lion's Whiskers
Catskill Puppet Theatre
When lonely Yeshimebet marries a widowed man with a son, a Wise Man tells her that she must pluck three whiskers from a wild lion to win the heart of the little boy. Based on a traditional Ethiopian folktale, this show features a multitude of masks and puppets ranging from three-quarter life-sized to gigantic and is highlighted with shadow puppetry and original songs.

January 24 , 2009
Raising The Barre
Cincinnati Ballet
Cincinnati Ballet is Raising the Barre of dance education, offering a wide variety of high quality education and outreach programming. Students and adults alike will gain a greater understanding of ballet as an art form and experience the joy of dance on multiple levels.

February 28, 2009
Peter and the Wolf
Das Puppenspiel
Sergei Prokofiev's classic is brought to life with beautifully crafted life-sized "banraku" style puppets. Told through narration and musical themes, the audiences listen to the story of the adventurous young Peter, who wandes off into the meadow where he encounters a cat, bird, duck and of course, the dangerous Wolf.

March 28, 2009
Town Mouse, Country Mouse
ArtReach, a division of the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati
Originally created by Aesop, history's greatest fable maker, town mouse and country mouse are two of the world's most beloved characters. Join our mice friends as they explore each other's lives and decide once and for all if the grass is truly greener on the other side!