Beginning in October and continuing through the school year, BTG’s young company of artists will perform at dozens of venues throughout Berkshire County and the region. These well-crafted productions are appropriate for elementary, middle and high school students. Designed to introduce students to the excitement of live theatre, a question-and-answer session follows each performance. For the 2024-2025 school year BTG will be touring Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon.
The musical is based on the Magic Tree House Book #4 Pirates Past Noon written by Mary Pope Osborne with book by Will Osborne and Jenny Laird, lyrics by Will Osborne and Randy Courts and music by Randy Courts. The play is co-directed by David Adkins and Kathy Jo Grover with musical direction by Erin M. White and choreography by Kathy Jo Grover.
Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the fourth of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series, which has sold more than 100 million copies and is available in more than a hundred countries around the world. This time around, Jack and Annie’s tree house takes them to an exotic island with pirates, where the two discover the power of friendship and the simple pleasures in everyday life.
The two siblings return to visit the magic tree house on a dreary, rainy day. They find a book where the sun is shining and the waves are crashing, so they wish to travel to this tropical place. They realize that they are in the eighteenth-century Caribbean, the time of pirates! The siblings meet Captain Bones, a mean old pirate who captures the two and forces them to help him find buried treasure. It’s up to Jack and Annie to find their way back to the tree house and make their way home.
For more information on how to book a tour at your school, contact:
Allison Rachele Bayles
Director of Education
(413) 448-8084 x19
allison@berkshiretheatre.org
