Labelle Winery Hosting FREE Princess K.I.M. Family Event

Bring the kids to meet royalty (well, fictional royalty) right here in Amherst. 

A new original play, Princess K.I.M. The Musical, is coming to NH in 2013, and Amherst author/illustrator/playwright Maryann Cocca-Leffler is bringing her popular children’s book to the stage.

Learn about “THE PATH TO A PLAY” at a Free Family February event on Wednesday Feb. 20, from 6-8 p.m. at the Labelle Winery & Event Center.

The audience will hear about the “Page to Stage” process and meet the creative team including; Creator/Playwright Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Co-Adapter/Director Toby Tarnow, Composer/Lyricist Andrew Cass, and NYC Musician/Composer Premik Russell Tubbs, as well as others involved in bringing Princess K.I.M. The Musical to the stage.

The free family event includes" an entertaining presentation, book reading, performance of selected songs, and book signing as well as a raffle for play tickets and autographed books.  Toadstool Bookshop will be on hand for the purchase of Maryann’s Princess KIM books, as well as her brand new book, A Vacation for Pooch, among others.

A cash bar will be available including soft drinks and hot cocoa as well as Michele’s Sweet Shoppe’s ‘Totally Awesome Gourmet Popcorn.' Advance registration is required at the EVENTS link: www.labellewinerynh.com 

The debut performance of Princess K.I.M. The Musical will be right here in NH at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts in Milford, NH on Oct 3-6, 2013. Open Auditions for this production will be held May 31 and June 1.

Princess K.I.M. The Musical was the winner of the 2012 National New Play Festival at the Caryl Crane Youth Theater in Huron, Ohio. The play will open the 2013 New Play Festival with a full production in Ohio on April 25-26, 2013.

YOU can be part of this this NH-grown creative adventure. For more information visit: www.PrincessKimTheMusical.com

(See where it all started in her first interview with Amherst Patch)