Nashville Public Library's (NPL) Wishing Chair Productions has a long, rich history of creating and performing imaginative marionette shows for children — both in the main library branch's Children's Theatre and with its mobile Puppet Truck program that brings puppet shows to a variety of locations throughout the year.
Wishing Chair created a marionette show last fall — Lorraine — that's hitting the road in February to visit 14 different NPL branches across Nashville. The 30-minute production is set in the Tennessee hills, introducing children to Lorraine and her Pa Paw who love to play music and sing songs. When a giant storm rolls in and their instruments are nowhere to be found, Lorraine is put to the test to find the music inside herself to get though the fearsome thunder and rain.
PUPPET TRUCK TOUR
The Puppet Truck brings Lorraine to the following library branches:
Saturday, Feb. 1
10:30 a.m. / Madison Branch Library, 610 Gallatin Pike South, Madison
2 p.m. / Bellevue Branch Library, 720 Baugh Road, Nashville
Wednesday, Feb. 5
10:30 a.m. / Hadley Park Branch Library, 1039 28th Ave. N., Nashville
Saturday, Feb. 8
10:30 a.m. / Edmondson Pike Branch Library, 5501 Edmondson Pike, Nashville
2 p.m. / Bordeaux Branch Library, 4000 Clarksville Pike, Nashville
Monday, Feb. 10
10:30 a.m. / Old Hickory Branch Library, 1010 Jones St., Old Hickory
Wednesday, Feb. 12
4 p.m. / Looby Branch Library, 2301 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., Nashville
Saturday, Feb. 15
10:30 a.m. / Richland Park Branch Library, 4711 Charlotte Ave., Nashville
2 p.m. / Thompson Lane Branch Library, 380 Thompson Lane, Nashville
Saturday, Feb. 22
10:30 a.m. / Inglewood Branch Library, 4312 Gallatin Pike, Nashville
2 p.m. / Pruitt Branch Library, 117 Charles E. Davis Blvd., Nashville
Monday, Feb. 24
10:30 a.m. / East Branch Library, 206 Gallatin Ave., Nashville
Thursday, Feb. 27
10:30 a.m. / Donelson Branch Library, 2315 Lebanon Pike, Nashville
Saturday, Feb. 29
10:30 a.m. / Southeast Branch Library, 5260 Hickory Hollow Pkwy., #201, Antioch
NPL's age recommendation for the production is 4 – 12, but all ages are welcome, and admission is free.
For more information, visit nashvillepubliclibrary.org/wishingchair.
