Mr. Popper's Penguins

Script by Robert Kauzlaric
Music & Lyrics by George Howe
A musical of the Newbery Honor Book by Richard & Florence Atwater

Directed by Heidi Van
Featuring Seth Jones, Elise Poehling, Roan Ricker, Antonia Washington, Faith “Phoenix” Johnson, and Ashley Elliott-Rowe

February 26 - March 31, 2019

In this charming musical adaptation of the beloved book, Mr. and Mrs. Popper’s lives take an adventurous turn when a mysterious box arrives on their doorstep with a penguin inside. Not long after, the local aquarium sends over a female penguin and soon the Poppers are hearing the patter of 20 little feet. What starts for Mr. Popper as a giant bill for canned shrimp leads to an imaginative journey from Vaudeville to the Antarctic.

Length: 65 minutes

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Original production designs and illustrations by the Kansas City Art Institute Illustration Department's student staffed agency, MICRO: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Willow Hardman.