Based on the award-winning children's book series by Tomie dePaola

Produced by Maximum Entertainment
in association with
Active Arts Theater for Young Audiences
Music and additional lyrics by Aron Accurso 
Adapted for the Stage by Thomas W. Olson
Lyrics by Roberta Carlson

Strega Nona is the musical tale of a friendly magical witch- with a funny name- who strives to cure the ills of her tiny Italian town of Calabria. The baker has bunions ("As big as an onion"), his daughter wishes for witchery, and the local single ladies are always unlucky in love. The town faces real problems when a local lug named Big Anthony sneaks a peek at Strega Nona's magic book and uses Strega Nona’s magical ways for selfish means. When Anthony fools with the magic pasta pot, and can't figure out how to turn it off, pasta threatens to engulf the whole town -- unless Strega Nona can save the day.  With an energetic and tuneful score by composer Aron Accurso, this fantastical tale teaches that witches can be good, and that and you can’t judge a pot by its pasta!

Curriculum Connections: Performing Arts—Theater, Music, Magical Illusions, Movement. Language Arts—Reading, Literature. Visual Arts—Drawing, Sculpture, Special Effects, Creativity.  Uses Storytelling and Fiction Writing with a focus on role-playing, concepts of imagination, and problem solving. 

Public Audience:  All Ages
School Time Audience:  Grades Pre-K to 4th; Ages 4-9