(KEENE, NH) – Keene will be “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” when MoCo Arts’ Elementary School Musical Theatre presents their “Holly Jolly” production of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer JR. sponsored in part by Season Sponsor @310 Marlboro Street and Show Sponsor Joe Flood Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
MoCo students are putting on a heartfelt story with an important message about accepting and celebrating what is unique in ourselves and in our peers. Pull up an ice block and lend an ear to a timeless tale of holiday cheer with Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer JR. performed on Sunday, December 4 at 2 and 4:30 p.m. at MoCo Arts’ blackbox, The Founder’s Theatre. Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased by calling MoCo Arts at (603) 357-2100 or stopping by MoCo at 40 Roxbury Street, Keene, NH. [UPDATE: Both shows are SOLD OUT!]
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer JR. is based on the animated television special. The musical tells the story of Rudolph, a young reindeer born with a very shiny nose. Thinking only “normal” reindeer have a chance to make the team pulling Santa’s sleigh, Rudolph’s parents encourage their son to hide his blinking nose. When the other reindeer discover his secret, Rudolph is hurt by his community and excluded from participating in the very reindeer games that train Santa’s sled team. Disheartened, Rudolph meets a young Elf named Hermey who doesn’t fit in either. Hermey dreams of someday becoming a dentist instead of working in Santa’s toyshop, which is what everyone expects of him. The two misfits set out on an adventure, find fellowship with other outcasts, and return home to the North Pole just as foul weather threatens to cancel Christmas. Everyone must work together to save Christmas, and they learn than their differences make them special and save Christmas after all.
Established in 1991, MoCo Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, multi-arts educational organization located in downtown Keene offering dance and theatre classes for children ages 18 months to 18+ years and multi-arts vacation and summer camps for students ages 4 through grade 12. As part of the educational process, MoCo Arts provides professional-quality performance experiences for students and family-friendly performances for audiences of all ages throughout the year. MoCo Arts is inclusive and welcoming to all, regardless of social, and current or past financial background, and provides up to $79,000 in tuition assistance per year. MoCo has never turned a child away because of a family’s lack of ability to pay. MoCo Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. To learn more about MoCo’s mission and ways you can support the organization’s work in arts education, please visit moco.org, contact (603) 357-2100, and/or MoCo Arts, 40 Roxbury Street, Keene, NH 03431
