Jack and the Beanstalk
(A Children's Opera)
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Words and story adaptation by John Davies

Directed by Kate Huntress-Reeve

October 20, 21, 27, & 28, 2018
at 11am and 2pm each day

All performances held at The Arts Barn, 311 Kent Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878

A fantastic adaptation of a classic tale in which everyone agrees that consideration for others requires people large and small to treat other people as they would want to be treated. 

Recommended for ages 7 & up. (One hour in length.)

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Cast

Jack B. Nimble - Jenete St. Clair
Mrs. Nimble/Giant’s Wife - Elizabeth Thomas
Dancing Cow/Giant - Bill Rogers
Trouble Man - Alan Barnett

Production Staff

Producer - Amanda Jones
Assistant to the Director - Lena Goldweber
Technical Director - Bill Rogers
Set Design - Kate Huntress-Reeve and Bill Rogers
Costume Design - Kate Huntress-Reeve
Properties - Kate Huntress-Reeve and Bonnie Barrows
Lighting Designer - Matthew Bailey

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Synopsis

Living in poverty with his mother, Jack sells the family cow to a mysterious dustman for a handful of beans. When he returns home and shows his mom the scrawny seeds, she throws them out a window in despair. The beans, of course, take root, and in the moonlight a magical stalk grows to the sky. Discovering the beanstalk and climbing it, as any boy hero would, Jack finds himself in the castle of a very large oaf and his kindly, haggard wife. Learning that this giant has taken his father’s golden hen, Jack, with the help of the Giant’s wife, stealthily takes it back. The Giant, in pursuit of Jack, receives a bump on the head after falling from the beanstalk, causing him to forget he’s supposed to be “bad.” Realizing all the trouble he’s caused, the Giant resolves to behave well, agreeing that consideration for others requires people large and small to treat other people as they would want to be treated.