Patchwork Summer Tour 2007

June and July

The Emperor's New Clothes

Around the World With Captain Book

Two Bad Mice

The Emperor's New Clothes

In this colorful  musical favorite based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen, a vain Emperor cares for nothing but his clothes. The villainous Minister of the Royal Robes uses the Emperor's weakness to rob the royal weavers and take control of the palace. A daring rogue named Ting convinces the Emperor that he can weave a cloth so fine that it cannot be seen by anyone who is evil or unfit to serve the Emperor. Everyone in the kingdom is afraid to admit that he cannot see the fine new clothes until the day the Emperor parades through the streets of the city in his royal underwear!

Around the World with Captain Book

It is a Saturday morning and young friends Jennifer Gee and Timothy Tree discover on their back  porch a mysterious trunk full of colorful costumes and  a wonderful book filled with stories from around the world. While the two friends gleefully act out the stories, they have an unexpected  visitor - an old sea captain named Captain Book and his parrot named Pepperkin Pye! Jennifer and Timothy spend an exciting afternoon pretending that they are in Japan and  Norway, and in  Mexico they dance the Mexican hat dance!!

Two Bad Mice

(Based on a story by Beatrix Potter and dramatized by

Catherine Eaker)

These two "bad mice" have climbed into the Patchwork Players' story trunk to visit your group! Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb have made a mess of the doll house! They have broken the dishes and thrown play food on the floor . They are very hungry - they haven't had anything to eat in days and days, and they are searching here and there and everywhere for a little crumb to eat! Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca are not really bad, but they are so hungry they do something bad.

Johnny Town Mouse

Johnny Town Mouse and his cousin Timothy Mouse from the country promise to visit each other - but their life styles are very different! Johnny lives in a big town house with a lot of other mice where there are wonderful things to eat - that is if you can stay out of the way of the cook.  the cat, and the family dog! Timothy Mouse sleeps on straw in a little house of his own in the middle of a farm where a cow, a pig and a rooster live too! What an exciting visit they had!