All-of-us Express Children's Theatre
presents...

The double-bill, The Elves and the Shoemaker & Stone Soup, was performed November 11-12 & 19, 2005 at Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. Directed by All-of-us Express "graduates" Elizabeth Cooke and Ethan McCarty, with casts and crew of young people who worked as the assistant directors, ran the costume and makeup areas, ran sound and lights, moved the sets, sold tickets, sent out the publicity and much more. Presented with the support of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Capital Region Community Foundation, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Meram Properties, LLC / Broder & Sachse, and Capital Area United Way. Sponsored by RaeAnn Weymouth.

Our Elves and the Shoemaker is a Grimms' tale, but not a grim one. The hard-working and honest shoemaker, Johann, and his wife Frieda, are helped by three elves, who they reward and send on their way. Adapted from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Adele Thane. Produced by special arrangement with Plays Magazine.

Adapted for stage by Gary Peterson and Larry Nestor, Stone Soup is a tale about ingenuity and trust, set in Belgium after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. We see three tired and starving soldiers trying to return home find a way to make a hearty feast for themselves and an entire village, seemingly out of one tiny stone. Adapted for stage by Gary Peterson and Larry Nestor. Produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.