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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Free Puppet Show for School Vacation Week -- Everybody Loves Pirates

Rockland, Maine - The Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, presents The Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers’ “Everybody Loves Pirates” on Wednesday, February 18 at 1pm. Admission is free.

“Everybody Loves Pirates” features 15 hand-crafted mouth and rod puppets, and an 8 foot paper-mache pirate ship. In the story, eight-year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure, but a gang of bumbling pirates keeps getting in the way.  The kids get some help from their new ocean-dwelling friends, including enthusiastic superhero Lobster Boy, his reluctant sidekick Crabby, and an overgrown sea monkey.

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers is a puppetry troupe based in Bar Harbor, Maine, and comprised of
three siblings - brothers Erik and Brian Torbeck and sister Robin (Torbeck) Erlandsen.  Founded in 2000, Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers has performed at festivals, schools, libraries and theatres in the United States and Canada.   They write and create all the shows they perform and have received three Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA, the highest national award in puppetry.

Doors will open at 12:15pm. Approx. length of show is 52 minutes. Recommended audience is 4 and up. For more information about all upcoming live concerts, films, HD broadcasts, and events at the Strand, visit www.rocklandstrand.com. Tel: (207) 594-0070 Email: info@rocklandstrand.com.

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