Winnie the Pooh and Friends @ The Tower

Enjoy an evening with charactersvfrom A.A. Milne’s children’s classic Wednesday, May 25, at 6 p.m., when the Tower Theatre Foundation presents “Winnie the Pooh.” This one-hour show, aimed at younger kids and featuring costumed actors and music, is set in a recreation of the Hundred Acre Wood. Join Christopher and his best friend Pooh as they follow Piglet on a Heffalump hunt. Watch Rabbit scheme to get rid of Kanga’s bathtub. Help Eeyore search for his tail. And learn a few lessons in friendship, loyalty and acceptance along the way.

With the talented performers of Sign Stage Productions, this family presentation is signed and spoken simultaneously, told by the hands and voices of deaf and hearing actors. The result is a magical blend of entertainment created when spoken English joins with the beauty of American Sign Language.

Sign Stage specializes in deaf and hearing actors performing together on stage. “When a character speaks, the actor uses sign language,” explains Ray Solley, Executive Director of the Tower Theatre. “The voice comes from a different actor speaking through a microphone, either on stage or often off stage. The merging of hand and body movements with words and music ensures all audience members—both deaf and hearing—fully understand everything. The result is riveting and uniquely visual
entertainment.”

Thanks to a grant from MDU Resources Group, a division of Knife River, there will be a free public workshop with the Sign Stage actors earlier in the day, May 25. Contact the Tower Theatre Foundation (541-317-0700) for details and reservations.

The presentation of “Winnie the Pooh” is made possible in part by Friends of Cascades Academy of Central Oregon.

What: Winnie the Pooh

When: Wednesday,May 25 at 6 p.m.
Where: Tower Theatre – 835 NW Wall Street – Bend, Oregon

Tickets: General seating $12 adults; $8 children 12 and under

541-317-0700
or TowerTheatre.org