From the pioneering children's playwright, Charlotte Chorpenning, comes this highly imaginative retelling of the classic tale. Bears and man have been enemies for years, but Papa Bear and Mama Bear are teaching their young cub to be friends with man so that fear between the races can stop. One day, Little Bear meets Grizzly Bear in the woods. Grizzly, as a youngster, was frightened by a woodman and he vows to get even with the whole human race, including Goldilocks whom Grizzly is tracking. At considerable risk to himself, Little Bear saves Goldilocks from danger and teaches Grizzly a...

Charlotte Chorpenning explores Greek mythology in this adaptation of the Midas myth. Ambitious for power and wealth, King Midas wishes upon the statue of Goddess Cybele that everything he touches turns to gold. Not realizing the dramatic consequences of such a wish, Midas soon learns that even his food turns to gold. Now he must live with the constant fear that he may turn his beloved daughter, Tyra, to gold with just one touch. Determined to save her father, Tyra designs a game to teach her father that the simple truth can break the spell. Originally produced by the Goodman Theatre, Chicago,...

Written by one of America's premiere authors of plays for young people, Radio Rescue is a dynamic mixture of original plot and engaging characters that merge into a unique theatrical experience. It is the 1940s when people traveled mostly by trains and amateur radio operators communicated across the globe using their ham radios to exchange messages and emergency communications. In this suspense drama Sparky and Jill, two orphans living in the Millford Orphans' Home, have secretly built their own radio. One night they receive an emergency call that the train tracks have been washed out. It is...