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Production History 
2008 - 2009
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- Madeline and the Gypsies
- Peter Pan
- Five Fingers of Funk
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
- The Gruffalo
- Romeo and Juliet
- Iqbal
- Circoluna (Circus Moon)
- Ramona Quimby
2007 - 2008
- Disney's High School Musical
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Average Family
- Fashion 47
- A Special Trade
- A Year With Frog and Toad
- Bud, Not Buddy
- The Stones
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
2006 - 2007
- The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
- The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963
- Antigone
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Disney's High School Musical
- Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl
- Huck Finn
- The Lost Boys of Sudan
- Seussical
- The Green Sheep
2005 - 2006
- Sleeping Beauty
- 4-ISH
- The Cat's Journey
- Flow
- Disney's Aladdin
- Reeling
- Prom
- Esperanza Rising
- Anon(ymous)
- Pippi Longstocking
2004 - 2005
- Go, Dog. Go!
- Hansel and Gretel
- A Year With Frog and Toad
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Splash Hatch on the E Going Down
- The Monkey King
- The Hobbit
2003 - 2004
- Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical
- Amber Waves
- The Wizard of Oz
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
- Prom
- Snapshot Silhouette
- The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
- CTC auditions: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
2002 - 2003
- A Year with Frog and Toad
- A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
- The Wizard of Oz
- Once Upon a Forest
- Korczak's Children
- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- Antigone
- CTC auditions: Snowflake
2001 - 2002
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Dragonwings
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- The Beggars' Strike
- The Snow Queen
- Alice in Wonderland
- CTC auditions: Grimm Tales
2000 - 2001
- Stamping, Shouting & Singing Home
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
- Lyle the Crocodile
- Mississippi Panorama
- Pippi Longstocking
- CTC auditions: Lyle the Crocodile
1999 - 2000
- A Village Fable
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
- Cinderella
- Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham/Garrison Keillor's The Old Man Who Loved Cheese
- Starry Messenger: A Fantasia on the Life of Gallileo
- Pinocchio
- CTC auditions: Tremendously Tall Tales by Capt. Eddie B. Brown and his Traveling All-Star Yokels
1998 - 1999
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
- Afternoon of the Elves
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays
- Whale
- Once on This Island
- CTC auditions: Wondrous Tales of Old Japan
1997 - 1998
- The Prince and the Pauper
- Madeline's Rescue
- Peter Pan
- Boundless Grace
- The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes
- Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- CTC auditions: Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona
1996 - 1997
- The Reluctant Dragon
- Little Women
- Cinderella
- Miss Nelson is Missing
- Don Quixote
- Not Without Laughter
- The Hobbit
- CTC auditions: A Mark Twain Storybook
1995 - 1996
- The Invisible Man
- Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Linnea in Monet's Garden
- The Adventure of Mottel
- The Story of Babar, the little elephant
- CTC auditions: Ramona Quimby
1994 - 1995
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Animal Fables From Aesop
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Amazing Grace
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon
- The Wind in the Willows
- CTC auditions: Animal Fables (From Aesop)
1993 - 1994
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Strega Nona Meets Her Match
- Cinderella
- Crow and Weasel
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
- Alice in Wonderland
- CTC auditions: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1992 - 1993
- Treasure Island
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
- The Jungle Book (O'Shaughnessy)
- The Velveteen Rabbit
- Beatrix Potter's Christmas (O'Shaughnessy)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- CTC auditions: The Jungle Book
- The Miser
- Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (O'Shaughnessy)
1991 - 1992
- A Wrinkle in Time
- On the Wings of the Hummingbird: Tales of Trinidad
- Merry Christmas, Strega Nona (O'Shaughnessy)
- Ramona Quimby
- Our Town
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Little Match Girl
- A Wrinkle in Time (O'Shaughnessy)
- CTC auditions: The Canterville Ghost
1990 - 1991
- Oliver Twist
- Madeline's Rescue
- Peter Pan
- Cinderella (O'Shaughnessy)
- Lyle the Crocodile
- A Midsummer's Night Dream
- Pinocchio
- Tour (National/O'Shaughnessy): Pippi Longstocking
- China Exchange: Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
1989 - 1990
- Coyote Discovers America
- The Story of Babar, the little elephant
- Cinderella
- Tomie de Paola's Mother Goose
- Nancy Drew Mystery
- The Hobbit
- Tour (National): Raggedy Ann & Andy
- Soviet Exchange (Host): A Dream to be Continued
1988 - 1989
- The Velveteen Rabbit
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Beatrix Potter's Christmas
- The Secret Garden
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
- Rembrandt Takes a Walk
- Pippi Longstocking
- CTC auditions: Rumpelstiltskin & Kalulu and His Money Farm: Two African Tales
- Soviet Exchange: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Soviet Exchange: Rembrandt Takes a Walk
1987 - 1988
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Raggedy Ann & Andy
- Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
- Young Jane Eyre
- Harriet the Spy
- The Troubles: Children of Belfast
- Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- CTC auditions: Little Women
1986 - 1987
- Little House on the Prairie
- Strega Nona
- Beatrix Potter's Christmas
- Hansel and Gretel
- Rumpelstiltskin & Kalulu and His Money Farm: Two African Tales
- Dracula
- Little Miss Hollywood
- Alice in Wonderland
- CTC auditions: Hansel and Gretel
1985 - 1986
- King Arthur and the Magic Sword
- The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington
- Goldilocks and the 3 Bears & Little Red Riding Hood
- Cinderella
- The Adventures of Mottel
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Little Women
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Peter Pan
1984 - 1985
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Madeline and the Gypsies
- The Mystery of the Tattered Trunk
- The Little Match Girl
- The Princess and the Pea
- Penrod
- Outreach Tour: Hand in Hand
1983 - 1984
- The Secret Garden
- The Adventures of Babar
- Cinderella
- Frankenstein
- The Nightingale
- Pinocchio
- Video: Frankenstein
- Outreach Tour: Hand in Hand
- Summer Theatre Institute: Raisin' Cain, Raymond in Space, The Troubles: Children of Belfast
1982 - 1983
- Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- Mr. Pickwick's Christmas
- Pippi Longstocking
- The Clown of God
- The Red Shoes
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Wind in the Willows
- Outreach Tour: Brothers and Sisters
- Summer Theatre Institute: Aviation, Catch Me a Z, The Convention Grill-Part I, One That Goes Out
- Video: The Red Shoes & The Wind in the Willows
1981 - 1982
- Kidnapped in London
- Puss in Boots
- The Little Match Girl
- The Cookie Jar
- Phantom of the Opera
- Alice in Wonderland
- Video: Alice in Wonderland & Puss in Boots
- Outreach Tour: Brothers and Sisters
- Summer Theatre Institute: Across Town, The Contenders, Ten-and-a-Half
1980 - 1981
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The Story of Babar, the little elephant
- Cinderella
- The Three Musketeers
- The Clown of God
- The Marvelous Land of Oz
- Video: The Marvelous Land of Oz
- Summer Theatre Institute: Desert in Flower, The Great American Family, Merely Players
1979 - 1980
- Treasure Island
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Falling Moon
- Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- Moon Over Rio
- The Festival of Our Lord of the Ships
- Summer Theatre Institute: Equinox, Stargazer
1978 - 1979
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Hansel and Gretel
- A Christmas Carol
- The Little Mermaid
- Good Morning, Mr. Tillie
- Pinocchio
- The Green Beetle Dance
- The Sitwells at Sea
- Residency (South High School): Bullseye
- Summer Theatre Institute: Summer Matters
1977 - 1978
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
- Thieves' Carnival
- The Little Match Girl
- Beauty and the Beast
- A Circle is the Sun
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- The Rivals
- Punch and Judy & The Three Sillies
- Summer Theatre Institute: A Taste of Berries
1976 - 1977
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Regional Tour: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears & Little Red Riding Hood
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Cinderella
- The Dream Fisher
- Romeo and Juliet
- Oliver!
- A Suitcase and Variations on a Similar Theme
- Summer Theatre Institute: Three Can't Fit in a Rickshaw
1975 - 1976
- Treasure Island
- The Sea Gull
- The Little Match Girl
- Mother Goose
- The Snow Queen
- Twelfth Night
- A Room in Paradise
- Regional Tour: Mother Goose
- Local Tour: Paul Bunyan Meets His Match
- Summer Theatre Institute: The Empty Place
- Tour (Mexico): The Nightingale
1974 - 1975
- Pinocchio
- Ukrainian Tales: The Fat Cat & The Chatterbox
- On the Harmfulness of Tobacco, The Swan Song, A Celebration
- Cinderella
- The Nightingale
- He Who Gets Slapped
- Peter and the Wolf & The Ugly Duckling
- The Imaginary Invalid
- Residency (South High School): No Strings
- Summer Theatre Institute: The Squeeze
1973 - 1974
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- A Christmas Carol
- The Nightingale
- The Boy Friend
- The Fourposter
- Regional Tour: Hansel and Gretel, The Nightingale
- Summer Theatre Institute: Changes
- Residency (St. Olaf College): Memory Petals
1972 - 1973
- Raggedy Ann & Andy
- Bellavita & Sicilian Limes
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- The Netting of the Troupial
- Johnny Appleseed
- Local Tour: Rutabaga Follies
- Summer Theatre Institute: Babes in Arms
- Film: A Suitcase
- Regional Tour: Rumpelstiltskin & Kalulu and His Money Farm: Two African Tales
1971 - 1972
- Robin Hood: A Story of the Forest
- Peter and the Wolf and The Ugly Duckling
- Under the Milk Wood
- Spoon River Anthology
- Sleeping Beauty
- Hansel and Gretel
- The School for Scandal
- The Cookie Jar
- The Sitwells at Sea
- Madeline and the Gypsies
- A Suitcase & Variations on a Similar Theme
- An Evening of Leonard Cohen
- Tour (ASSITEJ/New England): Potpourri, Hang On to Your Head
- Summer Theatre Institute: The Boy Friend, Musical Chairs
1970 - 1971
- Rip Van Winkle
- The Little Match Girl
- Moliere's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
- The Princess and the Pea
- The 3 Little Pigs & The 3 Billy Goats Gruff
- Jerusalem
- Little Women
- The Adventures of Huck Finn
- A Wall
- Summer Theatre Institute: Children; Goodbye, Goodbye
1969 - 1970
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Cinderella
- Kidnapped in London
- Good Morning, Mr. Tillie
- Alice in Wonderland
- Goldilocks and the 3 Bears & Little Red Riding Hood
- Tour (Washington, D.C.): The Lower Depths; Good Morning, Mr. Tillie
1968 - 1969
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- A Christmas Carol
- The Little Mermaid
- How Could You Tell?
- Johnny Tremain
- Chekhov's "A Wedding" and Variations
1967 - 1968
- Oliver Twist
- The World of Mother Goose
- Beauty and the Beast
- Old Kieg of Malfi
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Variations on a Similar Theme
1966 - 1967
- King Arthur and the Magic Sword
- Cinderella
- The Emperor's Nightingale
- Hang On to Your Head
- Johnny Appleseed
1965 - 1966
- The Sleeping Beauty
- A Christmas Carol
- Good Morning, Mr. Tillie
- Rumpelstiltskin
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
As The Moppet Players, 1961 - 1965
1964 - 1965
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- A Christmas Fantasy in Dance
- The Bremen Town Musicians
- The World of Mother Goose
- The Princess and the Pea
- Mr. Muffie's Magic Mimes
- Jack and the Beanstalk
1963 - 1964
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Shoofly Pie for Christmas
- Budelinck and The 3 Billy Goats Gruff
- The Nightingale
- Ozma of Oz
- Hansel and Gretel
1962 - 1963
- The Reluctant Dragon
- Madeline
- Winnie the Pooh
- The Swineherd
- Merry Tyll's Pranks
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
1961 - 1962
- Pecos Bill
- Bill Eden's Magic Carnival
- The Reluctant Dragon
- Why the Chimes Rang
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- The Nightingale
- The Magic Fishbone
- The Magic Horse
- Hansel and Gretel
The Children's Theatre Company began as The Moppet Players, a small company, which produced creative dramatics, dance and theatre for children. In 1965, The Moppet Players moved into Minneapolis Institute of Arts and in 1975 was incorporated as The Children's Theatre Company. The Theatre's reputation was built on a history of adapting classic children's literature and storybooks, in addition to its extraordinary accomplishments in the areas of scenic and costume design. Today, CTC is recognized as North America's flagship theatre for young people and families as well as a major cultural and artistic resource in Minnesota. CTC been dedicated to advancing the art of theatre for families and young audiences for almost 40 years.
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