2011/12 SEASON

JACK AND THE GIANT BEANSTALK

Written by Linda A. Carson
WORLD PREMIERE
MAINSTAGE | APR. 2 TO 21, 2012
RECOMMENDED FOR GRADES JK-3

TICKETS: $10-$20

This new spin on the much-loved story finds Jack, a farmer’s son, surrounded by land that just won’t grow anything. “The dirt’s dead” says his father, who sells off everything they own, little by little, to buy food so they can eat. When Jack finally has to sell his toys for food, he trades them instead for magic beans, which takes him on an amazing journey of excitement and peril. Jack climbs the giant stalk from which the magic beans grow and reaches a green and fertile land in the sky. There, Jack discovers the source of the trouble with his farmland and learns how to make it fertile again.

Commissioned by YPT and developed with help from children at Casa Loma Early Learning Centre, this production uses audience participation and a magical surrounding environment.

• CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS:
  Supports play-based full-day Kindergarten Curriculum, Environment Education, Language

• CHARACTER EDUCATION CONNECTIONS:
  Co-operation, Kindness & Caring, Responsibility

• THEMES:
  Environmental Responsibility, Determining Values, Concern for others