Our Past Productions

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

A Chicago Premiere
Based on the books by Eric Carle
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller
Directed by Jerrell L. Henderson

The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party

Based on the Beatrix Potter Stories
Devised by Will Bishop, Lara Carling, Kay Kron, Grace Needlman & Ray Rehberg
Directed by Will Bishop

Wake Up, Brother Bear!

A Chicago Premiere
Written by Janet Stanford & Kathryn Chase Bryer
Music by Katie Chambers
Directed by Jamie Abelson

Leo Lionni’s Frederick
Adapted for stage by Suzanne Miller
Songs by Sarah Durkee and Paul Jacobs
Directed by Tommy Rapley

The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party
Based on the Beatrix Potter Stories
Devised by Will Bishop, Lara Carling, Kay Kron, Grace Needlman & Ray Rehberg
Directed by Will Bishop

X-Marks the Spot
Listen! Smell! Touch! – A Show to Xcite Your Senses!
Conceived and directed by Jacqueline Russell

The World Inside of Me
Directed by Lauren Jost
Music by Jono Waldman
A Co-production with Spellbound Theatre

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Based on the book: The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Adapted by Cheryl L. West
Directed by Wardell Julius Clark

A Year With Frog and Toad
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Music by Robert Reale
Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel
Directed by Stuart Carden

The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party
Devised by Will Bishop, Lara Carling, Kay Kron, Grace Needlman, & Ray Rehberg
Directed by Will Bishop
Designed by Grace Needlman

My Wonderful Birthday Suit
Written and Directed by Gloria Bond Clunie

An Epic Tale of Scale
Created and Directed by Jo Cattell and Henry Wishcamper
Designed by Frank Maugeri
Music and Lyrics by Gabe Ruiz
Special thanks to The Field Museum

Last Stop On Market Street
Based on the book by Matt de la Peña, Illustrated by Christian Robinson
Adapted for the stage by Cheryl L. West
Music and Lyrics by Lamont Dozier and Paris Ray Dozier
Directed by Henry Godinez
Arranged and Music Directed by Andra Velis Simon

The Elephant & the Whale
CCT World Premier Production (in association with Redmoon Theatre)
Conceived by Frank Maugeri, Story by Seth Bockley, Leslie B. Danzig and Frank Maugeri
Music by Kevin O’Donnell
Directed by Leslie B. Danzig and Frank Maugeri

Bud, Not Buddy
Adapted by Reginald Andé Jackson, based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
Directed by Derrick Sanders

Harold and the Purple Crayon
Book by Don Darryl Rivera, lyrics by Rob Burgess, based on the book by Crocket Johnson
Directed by Sean Graney

Brown Bear, A Moon and A Caterpillar: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle
Presented by Chicago Children’s Theatre, conceived and performed by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia, CAN)

The Houdini Box
CCT World Premier Production
Book & lyrics by Hannah Kohl, based on the book by Brian Selznick
Music by Mark Messing
Directed by Blair Thomas

Goodnight Moon
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Chad Henry, based on the book by Margaret Wise Brown
New musical arrangements by Mark Messing
Directed by David Kersnar

Dot & Ziggy
CCT World Premier Production (co-produced with Seattle Children’s Theatre)
Created and directed by Linda Hartzell

Jackie and Me
CCT World Premier Production
Written by Steven Dietz, based on the book by Dan Gutman
Directed by Derrick Sanders

The Hundred Dresses
Adapted By Ralph Covert & G. Riley Mills, based on the book by Eleanor Estes
Directed by Sean Graney

The Hundred Dresses
CCT World Premier Production
Adapted By Ralph Covert & G. Riley Mills, based on the book by Eleanor Estes
Directed by Sean Graney

The Selfish Giant
Created by Blair Thomas / Fast Fish Puppet Theater with original music by Michael Smith
Adapted from the story by Oscar Wilde

If All The World Were Paper
Created by Tim Webb and Oily Cart (London, ENG) with music by Max Reinhardt
Directed by Jacqueline Russell

Esperanza Rising
Adapted by Lynne Alvarez based on the book by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Directed by Henry Godinez

Hana’s Suitcase
Adapted by Emil Sher based on the book by Karen Levine
Directed by Sean Graney

The Selfish Giant
CCT World Premier Production
Created by Blair Thomas / Fast Fish Puppet Theater with original music by Michael Smith
Adapted from the story by Oscar Wilde

Honus and Me
Adapted by Steven Dietz from the book by Dan Gutman
Directed by Sean Graney

Go, Dog. Go!
Adapted by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz from the book by P.D. Eastman
Directed by Andrew White

4-ish
Presented by Chicago Children’s Theatre, conceived and performed by ISH (Amsterdam, NLD)

Dandelion Wine
By Ray Bradbury, adapted from the same novel
Directed by Eric Rosen

A Year With Frog and Toad
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Music by Robert Reale
Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel
Directed by Henry Godinez