Bob Brown Puppets present Clowning Around, Penguin’s Playground, and The Teddy Bear’s Picnic as part of Roanoke Island Festival Park's 2010 Summer Children's Series

Bob Brown Puppets is a children’s theatre company that has provided entertainment for over fifty years. With these performances, Bob Brown Puppets continues the tradition of enriching and entertaining audiences with puppetry. Begun when Bob and Judy Brown created the Smithsonian Puppet Theatre in 1967, the programs perform to over 300, 000 children each year. Produced by DCA Productions, the theatre features whimsical characters that will continue to delight both children and adults.

Bob Brown Puppets Clowning Around
August 3 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Indoor Theatre

This circus themed show features charming clowns who perform acts of juggling, trapeze, roller skating, and blowing up balloons. Audience members will meet and be mesmerized by Ziggy and his bright blue balloon, Gus on the Flying Trapeze, Lucy Goosey and her Jolly Juggling, and many other characters.

Bob Brown Puppets Penguin’s Playground
August 4 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Indoor Theatre

“Penguin’s Playground” will plunge the audience into the freezing fun of the Super-Secret Playground.” Watch as these clever characters perform on the icebergs to get through their cold winter. The characters include Bobby the Penguinm Yetti Spaghetti, Annie Oola, and others.

Bob Brown Puppets The Teddy Bear’s Picnic
August 5 at 10:30 a.m.
Indoor Theatre

In “Teddy Bear Picnic,” visitors will watch the enchanting characters wind their way through the woods for a picnic adventure. See Mother Bear and Baby Bear as they meet inhabitants of the woods. Meet Chip and his acorn, Fred and Ginger, the dancing frogs, Hayfever, Artie the Ant, and many others.

The 2010 Summer Children’s Performance Series will run from July 20- August 11, 2010. The top-quality performances are held in the Indoor Theatre at either 10:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 for the 7 p.m. performances. Admission is included in the general admission ticket to the park for the 10:30 a.m. performances. Both performance times are free to Friends of Elizabeth II members.

For more information, call (252) 475-1500 or email FestivalParkInformation@ncdcr.gov.