The Gottabees’ “Squirrel Stole My Underpants”

A lonely, awkward girl is sent out to the backyard to hang up the laundry and keep herself busy. The moment Sylvie’s back is turned, a mischievous squirrel appears, steals her favorite piece of clothing, and runs off. When the girl gives chase, she finds herself lost in strange lands. As the story unfolds, an entire world emerges from her laundry basket and Sylvie learns that she is a strong girl with magic within herself.

Austin Live Theater described Bonnie’s work, which mixes puppetry with other forms of performance, as “an artful world of silent dreams, mime, and dance.” We are drawing inspiration from the worlds of magical adventure tales: Alice in Wonderland; The Wizard of Oz; Where the Wild Things Are; and, a new story, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.

This performance is part of a collaboration between Mayo Street Arts and the East End Community School. This MSA-EECS Partnership is a portion of a year-round approach toward engagement with our neighbors in East Bayside. A committee of elementary students and faculty helps to select artists and tailor workshops to support classroom curriculum. 

This is the 10-year anniversary of the Gottabee's debut at Mayo Street Arts.

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Saturday, February 18 at 5:00 PM (Doors 4:30 PM), 45-minutes

Tickets are available for $15 in advance, $18 at the door, and $22 for preferred seating (sliding scale available).

Join Bonnie on Sunday, February 19 at 11:00 am for the FREE, all-ages workshop, Split Personality: Sharing the Stage with Your Puppet

Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.

Many thanks to the Docent's Collection for providing lodging for our visiting artists throughout our 2022-2023 season

ARTIST BIO

The Gottabees are a Boston-based ensemble dedicated to creating inspirational, engaging, and empowering theater for family audiences. Their company is known internationally for simple-but-elegant visual theater with astonishing technique. They apply their interdisciplinary training in music, dance, acrobatics, theater, and design to share original non-verbal stories set to live music that weaves together human and puppet characters in surprising ways. 

The Gottabees’ stories reflect children's everyday aspirations, concerns, and emotional experiences. They find it deeply satisfying to create this style of theater for families to giggle, gasp, sigh, and cheer together in 45 minutes or less. One of the things that make them happiest is when they meet children who have seen a show and parents tell us how their child acted out the entire show for weeks after seeing it. This is the core reason why they make theater for young audiences:

SLIDING SCALE POLICY

No one will be turned away for lack of funds; contact MSA at 207-879-4629 or info@mayostreetarts.org for information on our sliding scale admission policy.

COVID-19 POLICY

Audience members, staff, and volunteers will be asked to mask while not actively eating, or drinking.

Mayo Street Arts is committed to the safety of everyone at our events and will adhere to all Federal & Maine CDC guidelines on the day of the event. As we anticipate mid-season changes to our COVID-19 policy, please click here to visit our website and view the most current information.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Mayo Street Arts has a no refund policy for all reservations. In the event that MSA is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.