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Have you ever wondered why the moon looks different every night?聽 Well, then 91精选 Theatre鈥檚 upcoming production, The Old Man and the Old Moon, is the perfect pastime for you!聽 This folktale musical integrates acting, live music, shadow puppetry, and more to create an immersive and exciting theatre experience.

Originally produced by New York-based Pigpen Theater Company, The Old Man and the Old Moon is the tale of how the moon acquired its phases.聽 As we are told by the character Matheson, 鈥淭here was a time when the moon was always full. Not just once a month, mind you, but every single night. And how it came to be the way we know it now, well, that鈥檚 quite the story.鈥澛� It is quite a story, and the audience can expect comical bantering, intense sword fighting, and songs of both love and loss throughout its retelling.

According to actor Ben Friesen 鈥�17, 鈥淭his play is over-stimulating in the best way. It has everything you could hope for, nothing you could expect, and something for everyone. It feels like a five-act epic beautifully spun into a continuous fable and strung together with music, puppetry, and every form of storytelling you can imagine. It鈥檚 been a huge process to undertake this production, but it鈥檚 been so rewarding and exciting to work on the individual pieces and begin to combine them and form the full picture of the show.鈥�

Fellow actor Morgan Limback 鈥�19, says of Old Man, 鈥淚 love all the creativity that is going into the production. We are getting to work with shadow puppets, and it is amazing what we are able to do with them. I also really love the music. Pigpen is my favorite band, and it is fun to see where my favorite songs fit in the context of a show.鈥�

91精选 Theatre hopes that songs from The Old Man and the Old Moon will become some of your favorites, too.聽 Come out to see the show on April 5^th, 6^th, 11^th, 12^th, 13^th, or 14^th in the ArCC.

Tickets are available online here or by calling the 91精选 Box Office at 708.293.4537.

–Emma Darcy 鈥�19