InterAct Story Theatre is returning to Silver Spring with a whole new season of family entertainment. First in the line-up this September: The Legend of Pufferfish Pat: A Tall Tale for Mad Times. And you have a chance to win tickets to see it! In fact, I have four Family 4-Packs of tickets to give away to KFDC readers.
So, what’s a cowpoke to do when you’re so mad you could bust a gut? And how do you wrangle those angry feelings before you blow up? Those are the questions at the heart of The Legend of Pufferfish Pat: A Tall Tale for Mad Times, with a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy tale for kids about anger management.
Photo by Steve Wolf, InterAct Story Theatre
In this production we meet Pufferfish Pat, a legendary cowboy hero who can outride, outrope, and outrun just about anything — except his own hair-trigger temper! When Pat gets angry, he blows up like a Pufferfish, which gets him a nickname he hates and bad reputation he doesn’t want. He wants to be a friend to everyone and stay cool as a cucumber…he just doesn’t know how! And with the little town of Gravy Gulch heating up for the annual Great Gravy Cookoff and Fashion Festival, it’s more important than ever that Pat keep his cool! Where can he go to find folks who might understand or help him with this ornery problem? And what happens when black hat cowboy One-Eyed Jack rolls back into town, looking to get Pat run out of town for good? Will Pat be able to get a hold of his mean temper in time, or is it adios, Gravy Gulch?
The play is performed by three actors appearing as many different characters in and around the dusty town of Gravy Gulch, with help from the whole audience, who get to become the cowpokes and townsfolk of Gravy Gulch right from where you sit!
The Legend of Pufferfish Pat: A Tall Tale for Mad Times runs September 8-23 at Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring. Tickets are $12.50/ages 12 and up, $10/ages 4-11, and children under 3 are free. Of course, you can also try to win them though the giveaway below!
GIVEAWAY: Want a chance to win one of the four Family 4-Packs of tickets to InterAct Story Theatre’s The Legend of Pufferfish Pat: A Tall Tale for Mad Times for either the 11:30am or the 1:30pm performance on Saturday, September 9? Simply leave a comment below telling me what activity you enjoyed most this summer that you learned about from KFDC. To be eligible, follow InterAct Story Theatre on Facebook. Get an extra chance to win by entering on the KidFriendly DC Facebook Page, too! This giveaway will run through Wednesday, August 30, then the winners will be picked and notified shortly thereafter. Good luck!
Reading one of your weekend posts I remember that we HAD to go to Yards Park this summer (we missed it last one) and we did go and really enjoyed it.
Berry picking!
Dominican Republic!
Annmarie Sculpture Garden!
The Hive at the National Building Museum!
We love the cabin john train!
We had a blast at Artec House. I could barely pull my youngest away.
Traveling to south east Asia
We recently explored Quiet Waters Nature Park. We hiked, had a picnic and took a canoe ride. Very nice and very close!
The National Clustered Spires High Wheel Race!
Citi-Open tennis tournament!
The sculpture garden ! Thank you 🙂
Capitol Ferris wheel
My grandkids loved yards park
Over the years I have learned about a lot of different opportunities through the blog. This summer we did the Folk Life Festival, played in the fountain at Yards Park, and plan on taking a trip to Purse State Park this weekend.
We loved the water lily and lotus festival.
love your blog
We love to go to Joselito Casa de Comidas!!
Annmarie Sculpture Garden
Sculpture garden
My daughter loved the Cabin John train.