“A Year with Frog and Toad” Comes to Chicago Children’s Theatre

A Year with Frog & Toad brings great memories for me. It was one of my favorite books as a child and I’m so excited because the Chicago Children’s Theatre is bringing it to the stage this fall. A Year with Frog & Toad brings lots of happy memories not only to parents and children, but also to the Chicago Children’s Theatre board, artists, and staff – it was the production that launched the organization eleven years ago.

Arnold Lobel’s stories and illustrations inspired this performance about two best friends through four seasons. Cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad will swim, rake leaves, sled, and learn lessons. They’ll also play a variety of instruments performing songs including “Cookies”, “Getta Loada Toad”, and “Merry Almost Christmas”.

The Station

Earlier this year the Chicago Children’s Theatre moved to a new home at “The Station”. The Station is a performing arts and education facility. The Pritzker Family Studio Theatre has 149-seats for performances, but the building also has classrooms for classes in music and dance, theatre, aerial arts, improv, and more.

Photo credit: Evan Barr

Tickets

Tickets to A Year With Frog & Toad are $35 each and can be ordered online. Shows are scheduled at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 3:00 pm on Saturdays and 10:30 am and 12:30 pm on Sundays. The production runs from September 23 to October 29, 2017.

(from left) Matthew C. Yee is Frog and Andy Nagraj is Toad in Chicago Children’s Theatre’s new take on A Year with Frog and Toad.
Photo credit: Evan Barr

Access Weekend

Each production during the 2017-18 season include an Access Weekend. During this weekend, there will be services for audience members with Down Syndrome, are on the autism spectrum, who are blind or have low vision, or who are deaf or hard of hearing.

• Saturday, October 7 at 9:00 am – Pre-show Touch Tour of the set plus real-time audio description during the show for guests who are blind or have low vision.
• Saturday, October 7 at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 3:00 pm – Live open captioning for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• Sunday, October 8 at 10:30 am and 12:30 pm – Sensory friendly performance for children on the autism spectrum or with Down Syndrome. Modifications are made to production elements like lighting, sound and music to avoid sensory overload, with a nearby Quiet Room.

(from left) Matthew C. Yee is Frog and Andy Nagraj is Toad in Chicago Children’s Theatre’s new take on A Year with Frog and Toad. Photo credit: Evan Barr

Giveaway

The Chicago Children’s Theatre is offering a Family Four-Pack of tickets to A Year With Frog and Toad. The tickets will be for the 12:30 pm. performance on Sunday, September 24, 2017. Enter on the form below. Winner will be contacted by email and must respond with full name and email address to claim their prize.

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