Pinocchio

12 October 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm10/12/2019 03:00pm 10/12/2019 5:00pm Pinocchio Pinocchio, presented by National Marionette Theatre Pinocchio, created as a wooden puppet by the wood carver Geppetto, dreams of becoming a real boy. As the story goes, Pinocchio has a tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow! Watch the National Marionette Theatre bring Pinocchio, Geppetto and a whole array of familiar characters to life on stage with beautifully hand crafted marionettes and stunning scenery for a performance the entire family will love. The National Marionette Theatre (NMT) is one of the oldest continually running marionette theatres in the United States. Founded in 1967, this award-winning company’s imaginative productions have entertained and amazed international audiences for over half a century. The company specializes in adaptations of popular stories using marionettes as the performance medium and travels with a fully self-contained theater complete with its own lighting and sound systems. Noted for their amazing manipulation technique and imaginative fully staged productions, NMT has won numerous awards, including the 2004 Unima Citation of Excellence for “Beauty and the Beast” and the 1975 UNIMA Citation of Excellence for “Art of the Puppeteer,” the first US marionette company to win this prize. 1518 Theater Lobby NAME NOT FOUND FOR PIDM: UTC public
Bliss Hall
  • 1518 Theater Lobby
  • 1000 Ford Theater
  • 1514 Theater Lobby
Pinocchio, presented by National Marionette Theatre Pinocchio, created as a wooden puppet by the wood carver Geppetto, dreams of becoming a real boy. As the story goes, Pinocchio has a tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow! Watch the National Marionette Theatre bring Pinocchio, Geppetto and a whole array of familiar characters to life on stage with beautifully hand crafted marionettes and stunning scenery for a performance the entire family will love. The National Marionette Theatre (NMT) is one of the oldest continually running marionette theatres in the United States. Founded in 1967, this award-winning company’s imaginative productions have entertained and amazed international audiences for over half a century. The company specializes in adaptations of popular stories using marionettes as the performance medium and travels with a fully self-contained theater complete with its own lighting and sound systems. Noted for their amazing manipulation technique and imaginative fully staged productions, NMT has won numerous awards, including the 2004 Unima Citation of Excellence for “Beauty and the Beast” and the 1975 UNIMA Citation of Excellence for “Art of the Puppeteer,” the first US marionette company to win this prize.

Cost

$12 for adults; $5 for children; free for YSU students with ID. Call 330-941-3105.