Disney's: The Jungle Book Kids Opens This Weekend

DMTC Storybook Theatre and SENSE Theatre - A Stage of Hope For Children with Autism Present: Disney's: The Jungle Book Kids

The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz is this exciting Disney classic! Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan. Specially adapted from the beloved film, this musical includes all your favorite Disney tunes, like “The Bare Necessities,” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.” With colorful characters and that toe-tapping jungle rhythm, The Jungle Book KIDS is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for audiences of all ages.

Directed by Jeni Price
Vocal Direction by Luann Higgs

Saturday, June 6 at 2:15 pm & 7:15 pm**
Sunday, June 7 at 2:15 pm
Saturday, June 13, at 2:15 pm & 7:15 pm
Sunday June 14 at 11:15 am
Tickets: $7 all ages


**Special Gala Performance with proceeds to Support the SENSE Theatre Research Program: tickets will be $20. Please join us for Indian appetizers, refreshments and dessert.

Tickets $7 all ages for all other performances (seating reserved); For all audiences.

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Children with autism have challenges with basic communication, social interaction, and expressing emotions in age appropriate ways. SENSE Theater is combining art and science to enhance social interaction in those impacted by this prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder that affects 1 in 150 American children.

SENSE Theater is a unique theatrical intervention research program designed to improve the social and emotional functioning of children with autism. The highly innovative program provides supportive behavioral intervention in a theatrical setting and joins youth actors, who are experts in social communication and language, with autistic children to facilitate change.

SENSE Theater's first full stage production, "Disney's The Jungle Book Kids," is in collaboration with Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC), directed by Jeni Price, and runs June 6 - June 14, 2009. The inaugural production includes 36 performers, including several children with autism participating in the SENSE Theatre program. A special gala performance will be held on Saturday, June 6 at 7:15 pm with proceeds to benefit the SENSE Theatre non-profit research program. Tickets are available for $20 for the gala night at the 238-seat Davis Musical Theatre, located at 607 Peña Drive in Davis. Regular performances are held June 7th, 13th, and 14th (for $7 a ticket). Tickets can be purchased online at www.dmtc.org

Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., founder of SENSE Theatre and assistant professor at University of California, Davis Department of Psychiatry and the M.I.N.D. Institute shares, "By providing an environment for enhanced social communication and interaction, the theatre can be transforming for many people, especially those with autism. SENSE theatre shows how art and science can come together to both create and educate." For more information, visit www.sensetheatre.com.