Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!"

Kennedy Center Version (2012)

In this vaudevillian romp, Elephant and Piggie sing and dance their way through plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense.

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Get ready for a musical experience, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems' beloved, award-winning, best-selling children's books, that will leave audiences doing the "Flippy Floppy Floory" dance all night long! In Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!", Gerald and Piggie take to the stage in a rollicking adventure that is perfect for young audiences.

An elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie are best, best, "bestus" (a word Gerald and Piggie made up that means "very best") friends, but Gerald worries that something could go wrong that would end their friendship. Piggie is not worried at all. She's even happier and more excited than usual. That's because she and Gerald are invited to a party hosted by the Squirrelles, three singing squirrels who love to have a good time. And so begins a day when anything is possible.

Filled with beloved characters and lively songs, Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" is a perfect way to introduce young people to theatre. Featuring five actors and a small band, the design needs are limited, making this an excellent educational theatre opportunity.

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Mo Willems

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Deborah Wicks La Puma

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Lucky to See You

Swimmy! Fancy!

Don't Go

Ice Cream Hero

Ode to Toy

Toy Breaker

Elephant in the Room

We're In a Play!

We'll Be Friends

We've Been Lucky

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By Actor23

May 01, 2023

Can this show be done without the songs?

I am an elementary Theatre teacher and I would love to do this show, but don't have the resources to perform the songs. Is there any way to do this show without the songs and just perform it as a straight play?

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Title	Address	Organization	Website	Date	Venue
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	241 Vernon St. Roseville, CA 95678 United States	Roseville Theatre Arts Academy	http://www.rosevill…	04/30/2026 - 04:00 to 05/16/2026 - 04:00	Roseville Theatre Arts Academy
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	7701 W Paradise Ln Peoria, AZ 85382-4959 United States	Arizona Broadway Theatre Academy	http://www.azbroadw…	05/14/2026 - 04:00 to 05/29/2026 - 04:00	Arizona Broadway Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	2257 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60614 United States	Young Peoples Theatre Of Chicago	http://yptchi.org	09/27/2025 - 04:00 to 10/19/2025 - 04:00	Young Peoples Theatre Of Chicago
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	118 College Drive #5052 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 United States	Univ Of Southern Mississippi-theatre And Dance	http://www.usm.edu	06/13/2025 - 04:00 to 06/15/2025 - 04:00	Hartwig Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	153 Augusta Street Greenville, SC 29601 United States	South Carolina Childrens Theatre	http://www.scchildr…	02/21/2026 - 05:00 to 03/08/2026 - 05:00	Bell Mainstage
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	16 Maple St. 12304 Whispering Pines Lane Frostburg, MD 21532 United States	Mountain City Center For The Arts		05/02/2025 - 04:00 to 05/04/2025 - 04:00	Mountain City Center For The Arts
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Box 85 Lombard, IL 60148 United States	Alphabet Soup Productions Inc		10/03/2024 - 04:00 to 06/08/2025 - 04:00	Alphabet Soup Productions Inc
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	1517 Lake Air Drive Waco, TX 76710 7860 United States	Waco Civic Theatre	http://www.wacocivi…	05/05/2025 - 04:00 to 05/10/2025 - 04:00	Waco Civic Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	750 E Shaw Ln East Lansing, MI 48824 United States	Michigan State University	http://theatre.msu…	06/19/2025 - 04:00 to 06/22/2025 - 04:00	Pasant Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	1517 Lake Air Drive Waco, TX 76710 7860 United States	Waco Civic Theatre	http://www.wacocivi…	05/05/2025 - 04:00 to 05/10/2025 - 04:00	Waco Civic Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	750 E Shaw Ln East Lansing, MI 48824 United States	Michigan State University	http://theatre.msu…	06/19/2025 - 04:00 to 06/22/2025 - 04:00	Pasant Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Madison Youth Arts Center 1055 East Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 United States	Childrens Theater Of Madison	http://www.madisony…	04/05/2025 - 04:00 to 04/20/2025 - 04:00	Starlight Theater
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	115 A Street Framingham, MA 1701 United States	Framingham High School		05/10/2025 - 04:00	Framingham High School
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Moorlyn Terrace And The Boardwalk Ocean City, NJ 8226 United States	Ocean City Theatre Company	http://www.ocnj.us/…	07/08/2025 - 04:00	Ocean City Music Pier
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Madison Youth Arts Center 1055 East Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 United States	Childrens Theater Of Madison	http://www.madisony…	04/05/2025 - 04:00 to 04/20/2025 - 04:00	Starlight Theater
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	115 A Street Framingham, MA 1701 United States	Framingham High School		05/10/2025 - 04:00	Framingham High School
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Moorlyn Terrace And The Boardwalk Ocean City, NJ 8226 United States	Ocean City Theatre Company	http://www.ocnj.us/…	07/08/2025 - 04:00	Ocean City Music Pier
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Madison Youth Arts Center 1055 East Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 United States	Childrens Theater Of Madison	http://www.madisony…	04/05/2025 - 04:00 to 04/20/2025 - 04:00	Starlight Theater
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	200 Pennsylvania Avenue P.o. Box 578 Mount Gretna, PA 17064 United States	Gretna Tya Theatre	http://www.gretnath…	06/07/2025 - 04:00	Mt Gretna Playhouse
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	6121 W Park Blvd Ste B216 Plano, TX 75093-6227 United States	North Texas Performing Arts		09/25/2025 - 04:00 to 09/28/2025 - 04:00	Ntpa - Starcatchers
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Madison Youth Arts Center 1055 East Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 United States	Childrens Theater Of Madison	http://www.madisony…	04/05/2025 - 04:00 to 04/20/2025 - 04:00	Starlight Theater
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	200 Pennsylvania Avenue P.o. Box 578 Mount Gretna, PA 17064 United States	Gretna Tya Theatre	http://www.gretnath…	06/07/2025 - 04:00	Mt Gretna Playhouse
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	6121 W Park Blvd Ste B216 Plano, TX 75093-6227 United States	North Texas Performing Arts		09/25/2025 - 04:00 to 09/28/2025 - 04:00	Ntpa - Starcatchers
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	16 Maple St. 12304 Whispering Pines Lane Frostburg, MD 21532 United States	Mountain City Center For The Arts		05/02/2025 - 04:00 to 05/04/2025 - 04:00	Mountain City Center For The Arts
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Box 85 Lombard, IL 60148 United States	Alphabet Soup Productions Inc		10/03/2024 - 04:00 to 06/08/2025 - 04:00	Alphabet Soup Productions Inc
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	4404 Falmouth Road Rte. 28 Cotuit, MA 02635-2042 United States	Cotuit Center For The Arts	http://www.artsonth…	07/09/2025 - 04:00 to 07/25/2025 - 04:00	Cotuit Center For The Arts
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	132 Warren St Lowell, MA 01852-2208 United States	Merrimack Rep Youth	http://mrt.org	01/08/2025 - 05:00 to 01/25/2025 - 05:00	Merrimack Rep Youth
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	7116 6th Ave Tacoma, WA 98406-1213 United States	Tacoma Musical Playhouse		01/17/2025 - 05:00 to 01/26/2025 - 05:00	Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	47w326 Keslinger Rd. Maple Park, Il Maple Park, IL 60151 United States	Kaneland Arts Initiative	http://www.artskai…	02/28/2025 - 05:00 to 03/02/2025 - 05:00	Kaneland Arts Initiative
Elephant and Piggie's We Are in a Play	United States	Kumon Leysin Academy Of Switzerland		04/25/2025 - 04:00 to 04/26/2025 - 04:00	Klas Hall
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	6121 W. Park Blvd. B216 Plano, TX 75093 United States	North Texas Performing Arts		02/27/2025 - 05:00 to 03/02/2025 - 05:00	Ntpa - Starcatchers
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	125 College Dr Casper, WY 82601 United States	Casper College	http://caspercolleg…	10/02/2025 - 04:00 to 10/11/2025 - 04:00	Mcmurray Theatre/gertrude Krampert
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	2101 E Coliseum Blvd Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 United States	Purdue Fort Wayne University		04/18/2025 - 04:00 to 04/26/2025 - 04:00	Williams Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	420 S. Alamo San Antonio, TX 78205 United States	Magik Childrens Theatre		01/28/2025 - 05:00 to 03/23/2025 - 04:00	Magik Performing Arts Center
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	2100 Wooton Pkwy Rockville, MD 20850 United States	Thomas S Wootton High School		11/08/2024 - 05:00 to 11/17/2024 - 05:00	Thomas S Wooton High School
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	3400 Main St Ste 283 Houston, TX 77002-9516 United States	Main Street Theater (youth)		01/13/2025 - 05:00 to 05/23/2025 - 04:00	Various Schools
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Box 85 Lombard, IL 60148 United States	Alphabet Soup Productions Inc		10/03/2024 - 04:00 to 03/22/2025 - 04:00	Alphabet Soup Productions Inc
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	110 W College St Murfreesboro, TN 37130 United States	The Center For The Arts	http://www.boroarts…	11/25/2024 - 05:00 to 11/26/2024 - 05:00	Center For The Arts
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	250 Thompson's Point Rd. Portland, ME 4102 United States	Childrens Museum And Theatre Of Maine	http://www.kitetail…	06/28/2024 - 04:00 to 12/31/2024 - 05:00	Childrens Museum And Theatre Of Maine
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	Po Box 5838 Dept Of Theatre And Dance Winona, MN 55987 5838 United States	Winona State University		10/16/2024 - 04:00 to 10/19/2024 - 04:00	Fusillo Main Stage Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	7116 6th Ave Tacoma, WA 98406-1213 United States	Tacoma Musical Playhouse		01/17/2025 - 05:00 to 01/26/2025 - 05:00	Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	18 W Center Street Logan, UT 84321 United States	Utah Festival Opera Company		05/16/2025 - 04:00 to 07/13/2025 - 04:00	Utah Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	1380 Colonial Blvd @ Royal Pal Fort Myers, FL 33907 United States	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	http://www.broadway…	03/06/2025 - 05:00 to 04/04/2025 - 04:00	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	433 Locust St Lockport, NY 14094 United States	Kenan Center		03/21/2025 - 04:00 to 03/30/2025 - 04:00	Kenan Center Taylor Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	132 Warren St Lowell, MA 01852-2208 United States	Merrimack Rep Youth	http://mrt.org	01/08/2025 - 05:00 to 01/25/2025 - 05:00	Merrimack Rep Youth
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	11 Davis Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 United States	Long Island Childrens Museum	http://www.licm.org/	04/14/2025 - 04:00 to 06/14/2025 - 04:00	Long Island Childrens Museum
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	201 Sw Fifth Ave Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 United States	Broward Center For The Perf Arts	http://www.browardc…	03/13/2025 - 04:00 to 03/20/2025 - 04:00	Amaturo Theater
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	931 Montauk Highway Oakdale, NY 11769 United States	Creative Ministries Inc (cm)	http://www.cmpac.com	05/01/2025 - 04:00 to 06/01/2025 - 04:00	Cm Perf. Arts Center
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	2101 E Coliseum Blvd Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 United States	Purdue Fort Wayne University		11/08/2024 - 05:00 to 11/16/2024 - 05:00	Williams Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	3400 Main Street Suite 283 Houston, TX 77002 United States	Main Street Theater (youth)	http://www.mainstre…	03/11/2025 - 04:00 to 07/25/2025 - 04:00	Main Street Theater
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	201 Lulu Wichita, KS 67211 United States	Wichita Childrens Theatre	http://wctdc.org	10/01/2024 - 04:00 to 02/14/2025 - 05:00	Wichita Children's Theatre And Dance
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	1101 13th St Denver, CO 80204-5319 United States	Denver Center For The Performing Arts		10/18/2024 - 04:00 to 12/22/2024 - 05:00	Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	1100 North Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501-3122 United States	Colorado Mesa University-theatre Dept.	http://www.colorado…	10/15/2024 - 04:00 to 10/24/2024 - 04:00	Colorado Mesa University Theatre
Elephant And Piggie's We Are In A Play	336 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 United States	Atlantic Theater Company - Education Dept		02/01/2025 - 05:00 to 02/23/2025 - 05:00	Linda Gross Theater

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Don't Go

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Can this show be done without the songs?

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