Artpark Annual Children's Theater presents

How the Elephant Got His Trunk & Other Animal Tales

Large Scale Puppet Production features Rudyard Kipling's classic tale May 20, 2010!

(Lewiston, NY) Step right up and let the animal antics begin! Children will love discovering "How the Elephant Got His Trunk" & Other Animal Tales as Jim West's live puppet extravaganza takes the Artpark Mainstage on Thursday May 20, 2010. Tickets for the two colorful performances at 10:00am and 11:30am are only $6 ($5 before February 1, 2010). ‘How the Elephant Got His Trunk & Other Animal Tales' is suitable for children in grades kindergarten through four. A performance-related study guide is available on the Artpark website to round out a budget-friendly, educational event, and features creative projects exploring the art of puppet-making. Call today for tickets to this wonderful ‘imagination safari' for children!

Theatreworks USA's Jim West  returns to the Artpark stage to deliver a spring field-trip friendly theatrical adaptation Rudyard Kipling's classic story "How the Elephant Got His Trunk" (Also known as "The Elephant's Child"), the tale of a very curious little elephant who soon discovers that having a long trunk can be a wonderful thing. Parents Choice Award winner, Jim West has been entertaining and educating children for more than 20 years. He was featured in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Manon and has appeared on "Mister Rodgers' Neighborhood" and has performed nationally before hundreds of thousands of children. To learn more about Jim West's productions, visit http://www.twusa.org/.

The on-school-time performance of ‘How the Elephant Got His Trunk & Other Animal Tales' opens Artpark's 2010 theater season to thousands of Niagara and Erie county students for their annual live theater field trip at Artpark!  To order tickets, please call the Artpark Box Office at (716) 754-4375 or visit http://www.artpark.net/ .