The Day It Snowed Tortillas
A fabulous folktale from Mexico about luck, love and lunch!
Creative problem-solving is the key ingredient that helps a poor couple outwit a gang of bullies. A poor woodcutter and his wife have the chance of a lifetime – to become rich! All they have to do is keep a secret. Trouble is, the woodcutter is the biggest blabbermouth south of the border. “We have to keep this a secret!” she tells him. “Absolutely!” says her husband. “I won't tell anyone. . . except my brother . . . and my best friend . . . and my mother . . . and . . .” “Enough!” says his wife. She cooks up an ingenious plan to divert any unwanted attention. All she has to do is make it snow . . . in July . . . in Mexico! The recipe for this hilarious folktale includes fantastic puppets, hysterically funny action, marvelous music, and one ridiculous chicken.
RECOMMENDED AUDIENCE: Grades K-6 and family audiences.
AUDIENCE SIZE: Up to 500
PERFORMANCE TIME: 50 minutes
STAGE SIZE: Minimum 12' wide/ 10' deep/ 9' ceiling height
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre is a participant in the Connecticut, Vermont, and New England States Touring Programs. Contact the
CT Commission of the Arts, the
VT Arts Council and the
New England Foundation for the Arts for more information.
This page last updated on 10/11/07 All text and images copyright 2007 by the Crabgrass Puppet Theatre, Jamie Keithline and Bonny Hall.
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