The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Dramatized by Madge Miller, this stage adaptation from the story made immortal by Robert Browning, was first premiered at the Pittsburgh Children's Theatre. A plague of rats has infested the town of Hamelin, when a strange Piper appears with an offer to dispose of the rats for a thousand guilders. The Councilors agree, and the Piper does actually charm the rats with his pipe, until they are drowned in the river Weser. But when the townspeople refuse to pay him his fee, the Piper charms their children with his pipe, and leads them to a nearby mountainside, where the walls of rock close around them. Dirk, a little lame boy who was unable to keep up with the children entering the mountain, tries to recapture the Piper's tune on his own pipe, but finds himself unable to remember it until each of the townspeople has surrendered the possession he loves most, and Dirk even gives up his own crutch.
Our Green Turtle Series for Kids and Families starts December 3 & 4 at 7pm and December 5th at 3pm. Live Community Theater returns to the Wallenstien with this wonderful children's theater presentation under the direction of our Executive Director Randy Johnstad. Randy has directed and designed sets for Masquers Theater in Soap Lake and is currently the Drama Advisor for Ephrata High School. This is the first time Columbia Basin Allied Arts has produced an entire Green Turtle performance using local talent and local Technical support. Call 509-793-2059 for more information or E-mail us at basinarts@bigbend.edu.