All-of-us Express
Children's Theatre

Season 23 — 2011/2012

— TICKET INFORMATION —
To order online, use the ELPRA page:
Online Registration –> Search –> Find Activities –> Type: Children's Theatre

If you order online or by phone, tickets will be mailed or held for you at the Hannah Community Center front desk. Seating at Hannah Community Center is not reserved; first come, first choice.

Tickets for The Little Prince at Riverwalk Theatre must be purchased through the Riverwalk Theatre box office! Seating at Riverwalk Theatre is reserved; buy tickets early to obtain the best seats.

Fall 2011: Dracula: The Vampire Play

October 28-29 & November 4-5, 2011, Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. Directed by Miranda Sue Hartmann. Show photo gallery.

Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist in obscure maladies, discovers that beautiful Lucy Westenra is the victim of a vampire. When Jonathan Harker returns from Transylvania with his own enthralling story of vampirism, suspicion falls on a mysterious new neighbor, Count Dracula, and his frighteningly beautiful wives. This play is filled with wonderfully devised characters, including Renfield, who fancies a diet of flies and spiders; Mina, Jonathan's lovely wife; Arthur, Lucy's doting fiancée; and Dr. Quincy, Lucy's psychiatrist uncle who called in Dr. Van Helsing for help.

Directed by Miranda Sue Hartmann. Stage Manager Kellie Stonebrook.

Adapted by Tim Kelly from the classic novel by Bram Stoker. Presented by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

Presented with the support of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, the Lansing Exchange Youth Foundation, the Capital Region Community Foundation and the Ingham County Hotel/Motel Arts and Tourism Tax Fund.
Guild Sponsor: Jackson National Life.

February 10-11 & 17-18, 2012, Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. Directed by Morgan Lees. Show photo gallery.

In this telling of the classic tale, Robin Hood, the outlaw resident of Sherwood Forest, is helped by a very sword-capable Lady Marion and the other Sherwood Foresters in his crusade for justice. Together, they rescue England from the tyranny and taxation of King John and the sleazy intentions of the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Directed by Morgan Lees. Stage Manager Dylan Lees.

Adapted by Larry Blamire. Produced by arrangement with Baker's Plays, 45 W. 25th Street, New York NY 10010..

Presented with the support of the Capital Region Community Foundation, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Guild Sponsor: Jackson National Life.

Spring 2012: The Little Prince

April 20-22 & 27-29, 2012, at Lansing's Riverwalk Theatre. Directed by Paul Bourne. Show photo gallery.

This play tells the story of a world-weary and disenchanted Aviator whose sputtering plane strands him in the Sahara Desert and a mysterious, regal "little man" who appears and asks him to "Please, sir, draw me a sheep." During their two weeks together in the desert, the Little Prince tells the Aviator about his adventures through the galaxy, how he met the Lamplighter and the Businessman and the Geographer; and about his strained relationship with a very special flower on his own tiny planet. The Little Prince talks to everyone he meets: a garden of roses, the Snake and a Fox who wishes to be tamed. From each he gains a unique insight which he shares with the Aviator: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly." At length, both the little man and the Aviator must go home, each with a new understanding of how to laugh, cry and love again.

Directed by Paul Bourne.

Adapted by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar from the book by Anoine de Saint Exupery. Presented by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois. Produced by All-of-us Express Children's Theatre in cooperation with Riverwalk Theatre.

Presented with the support of a City of Lansing "Sense of Place" grant funded through the Lansing Economic Development Corporation with help from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Guild Sponsor: Jackson National Life.

July 27-28 & August 3-4, 2012, Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. Directed by Karyn Thrush and Miranda Sue Hartmann. Show photo gallery.

There is a 2:00 pm show on Friday, August 3 for groups only; pre-paid reservation required. Please call the Hannah Community Center front desk (517-333-2580) for more information about group shows.

Gentleman Roger Goodman has every intention of living his life in a conventional way once he marries the wealthy Sarah Huffington; that is until he overhears her telling her girlfriends how boring he is. The man Sarah really wants to marry is a dashing, daring pirate! Roger immediately buys a ship, recruits a crew and even hires a pirate tutor, Long John Sliver, to show him the ropes. Sliver bequeaths him a new, menacing name, Captain Blood, as well as an intimidating ship name and flag to match. In return, Roger must sail him to Treasure Island to pick up eight chests of gold doubloons. Meanwhile, Sarah has gone off the deep end as well. Knowing she won't find a pirate unless she becomes one, she makes herself into the Pirate Queen and quickly earns a notorious reputation for raiding ship after ship.

By Craig Sodaro. Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado.

Presented with the support of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and the National Endowment for the Arts. Sponsored by Jackson National Life.
Guild Sponsor: Jackson National Life.