Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!
JANUARY 24 - FEBRUARY 23, 2025
Based on the book Don’t Let Pigeon Drive The Bus! by Mo Willems; Published by Hyperion Books for Children; Script by Mo Willems and Mr. Warburton; Lyrics by Mo Willems; Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma; Dramaturgy by Megan Alrutz. The play was first commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2019 - 2020 season.
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RECOMMENDED FOR: All Ages
LOCATION: Mainstage Theatre
SHOW RUN TIME: TBA
RESOURCE GUIDE: Coming Soon!
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THAT BUS!
When Pigeon arrives at the bus stop he doesn’t realize he’s about to embark on one of his biggest quests; to drive the bus. With all the passengers and the bus driver against him, will he finally achieve his (brand new) dream? With a hilariously funny script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling, Caldecott Honor award-winning "Pigeon" picture books, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is a silly, laugh-out-loud musical and even more fun than staying up late and having a hot dog party!
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Mo Willems
Author, Lyricist & Playwright
Mo Willems is an author, illustrator, animator, and playwright. He was the inaugural Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence (2019-2022), and he continues to collaborate in creating fun new stuff involving classical music, opera, comedy concerts, dance, painting and digital works with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Ben Folds, Yo-Yo Ma, and others.
Deborah Wicks La Puma
Composer
A composer, music director and orchestrator, Deborah Wicks La Puma is one of the most produced Theatre for Young Audiences artists working today. Some of her most popular musicals include ELLA ENCHANTED (based on the book by Gail Carson Levine), OLIVERIO: A BRAZILIAN TWIST, and EINSTEIN IS A DUMMY with playwright Karen Zacarías, and the off-broadway hit SHE PERSISTED (based on the book by Chelsea Clinton) with playwright Adam Tobin.
Megan Alrutz
Dramaturgy
Dr. Megan Alrutz is full professor and Associate Chair for the Department of Theatre and Dance, where she teaches in the Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities / UTeach Theatre programs. Her research and practice focus on creating new and interdisciplinary performance for stage and screen, storytelling (live and digital) and drama-based pedagogy. She teaches courses in applied theatre, theatre for youth and theatre for the very young, new play dramaturgy, devising and movement-based performance and research methods.
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