A singing and dancing extravaganza from July 31st to August 9th – all set in Sandburg’s fairy tale land: Rootabaga Country.
Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories are woven together with musical tunes from Sandburg’s collection of folk music found in his American Songbag.
The result is 30-minutes of zany, toe-tapping stories that delight “children” of all ages. Carl Sandburg created his own version of American fairy tales when he published Rootabaga Stories (1922) and Rootabaga Pigeons (1923). He replaced the European fairy tale cast of princes, princesses, castles and kingdoms with icons American children would recognize — taxi-drivers, movie actors, skyscrapers, prairies and automobiles.
Peformances held on Thursday and Saturday morning at 10:15 am, rain or shine.