Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

Adventure Theatre’s production of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse hits new heights of exuberant energy and hilarity thanks to winning combinations of a fun loving cast featuring Felicia Curry in the title role, and zany artistry of director Nick Olcott who has a delectable take on all the humor, every single energetic drop of it. [Read more...]

Big Deal for Adventure Theatre

World premiere youth version of Big, The Musical - Natascia Diaz joins DC cast

Five or so years ago, when Adventure Theatre was an undersized children’s theater with a tiny budget and less-than-stellar artistic capabilities, someone must have gone to the carnival and found the “Zoltar Speaks” machine. “I want Adventure to be BIG!” he must have said to the machine. [Read more...]

Next stop for Adventure’s Dream play is Singapore

Michael J. Bobbitt and members of Adventure Theatre are setting off on an adventure of their own when their Nippon Airways flight departs July 27th, touches down in Japan the next day before landing them in their final destination, Singapore. [Read more...]

Charlotte’s Web

Adventure Theatre’s production of Charlotte’s Web - an adaptation of the E. B. White classic –  reflects the company’s ability to showcase what high ranking theatrical talent can do with beloved tales enjoyed by all ages.  [Read more...]

A Year with Frog and Toad

The hits just keep coming for the Helen Hayes winning Adventure Theatre and the current production, A Year with Frog and Toad, shows why. They focus on the art in artistry while totally tuned in to fun bringing unanticipated twists to well-known tales. A winning combination. [Read more...]

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

It seems one can’t get enough of the “If you Give a X a Y” formula these days to assure a good time.  Following last year’s successful “Pig” and “Pancake” duo featuring Holly Twyford in the title role is Adventure Theatre’s latest escapade world premiere, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, presented with equal zest and appeal, but with a different flair. [Read more...]

Michael Bobbitt’s Excellent Adventure

An interview with director/writer/choreographer and Artistic Director of Adventure Theatre Michael J. Bobbitt

Michael J. Bobbitt is a dreamer and he dreams not impossible but big, good, do-able dreams. Bobbitt is no pie-in-the sky kind of dreamer. He’s the kind that makes dreams happen. [Read more...]

Mirandy and Brother Wind

The long awaited world premiere musical Mirandy and Brother Wind at Adventure Theatre is a gem of a show with an excellent cast, exciting new music and a piercingly creative story. Patricia C. McKissack’s original tale of a spunky young girl who tries to capture the wind as her dance partner to win a special contest is both a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award winner, and a new musical waiting to happen.  The story comes to life in the creative hands of Michael Bobbitt, who helped adapt the script, and we are all the better for it. [Read more...]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

The familiar clay animation version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a timeless treat that has defied the technological advances that should have buried it decades ago.  Instead, the old-style early television production keeps hitting the airwaves because it’s a perfect blend of everything that works.  The production at Adventure Theatre is a faithful adaptation by Michael Bobbitt that maintains all the charming bits that have worked over the years and spruces up the pivotal moments. [Read more...]

Harry Connick, Jr on his Happy Elf

There was plenty of excitement at Montgomery College on Saturday, November 13th when I arrived to interview  Harry Connick, Jr. before the press opening of The Happy Elf.

Harry Connick Jr. was very grateful that Adventure Theatre and Montgomery College were co-producing this first full production of his new children’s musical. [Read more...]