South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211 St, in Cutler Bay, presents Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at SMDCAC.org or by calling 786-573-5300.
Elephant Gerald is an elephant: lumbering, formally attired, prone to melancholy. Piggie is (what else) a piggie: perky, smiley, full of fun.
Total opposites? No way! In Mo Willems’s beloved, award-winning, best-selling children’s books, Elephant Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
And in We Are in a Play, a brand-new vaudevillian romp of a musical, Elephant Gerald and Piggie sing and dance their way through plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense — facing fundamental questions like, what do you wear to a fancy pool costume party? Should you share your ice cream? And how can two friends play with one toy?
Backed by nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the duo even gets the audience involved in the action.
So get ready for a musical experience ripped from the pages of your favorite books. You’ll be doing the “Flippy Floppy Floory” dance all night long.
More information about the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center and its programs can be found at www.smdcac.org.
