Contact: February 2011

Patricia Rettig

317.876.0513

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2011 Live Theatre for Kids series

opens with a party

Blue’s Birthday Party invites young audiences to Beef & Boards

INDIANAPOLIS – It’s a party, and youngsters everywhere are invited to help celebrate! Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s Pyramid Players announce Blue’s Clues Live: Blue’s Birthday Party will open the 2011 Live Theatre for Kids series on Feb. 12.

Blue is getting ready to celebrate her birthday in this interactive show from Nickelodeon. Her friends Joe, Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap, Magenta and Periwinkle need help searching for clues to discover what Blue wants for her birthday.

This fun party is live on stage Feb. 12 through March 19 for the first time at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Children have the opportunity to meet the cast of Blue’s Birthday Party after each show for pictures and autographs.

Pyramid Players productions are one hour in length and presented without intermission. Performances are for all ages, but offered particularly for children in preschool through sixth grade. All tickets are $12.50 and include a snack.

Performances take place at 10 a.m. on Fridays and at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays.

For reservations, contact the box office at 317.872.9664. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays. For more information or show schedule, visit the theatre’s web site, www.beefandboards.com.

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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, located on the Northwest side of Indianapolis,

has been providing food and fun for everyone since 1973!

FACT SHEET

WHAT: Blue’s Clues Live: Blue’s Birthday Party

Nickelodeon

WHEN: Feb. 12 through March 19, 2011 (No 10 a.m. shows Feb. 26, March 4)

Fridays at 10 a.m.; Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

WHO: Beef & Boards’ Pyramid Players

Director Elizabeth Stark Musical Director Terry Woods

Choreographer Deb Wims Stage Manager Jeff Stockberger

Starring

Danny Kingston as Joe

Samuel McKanney as Blue

Will Hutcheson as Slippery Soap

Carly Vernon as Periwinkle/Tiger Fish/Puffer Fish

Adam Shaff as Tickety Tock/Lobster/Sting Ray

Deb Wims as Mailbox/Clown Fish/Grandma

Jarvis B. Manning Jr. as Magenta/Pail & Shovel/Table/Salt & Pepper/Octopus/Sea Horse

Walter Kemp as Mirror/Thinking Chair/Musical Chairs/ Whale/Cupcake


WHERE: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre

9301 N. Michigan Rd., Indianapolis, 46268

TICKETS: May be purchased by calling the Box Office at 317.872.9664 between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays. All tickets are $12.50 and include a snack.

WEB SITE: www.beefandboards.com