Pushcart Players offers fully mounted, costumed and orchestrated productions that assemble with ease.
This award-winning organization provides study guides and resource lists for teachers and parents for all of its productions, enhancing the theater experience with arts literacy.
Nominated for an Emmy for its two primetime specials on CBS, Pushcart is celebrating its 37th year as a touring ensemble. The company offers nine productions ranging from fairytales to historical plays, including Peter & The Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories, the bi-lingual Cuentos del Arbol (Tree Tales), and The Last, The Very…Last Butterfly–an introduction to the Holocaust. Touring highlights include two performances at the White House and tours in both the Czech Republic and Russia.
All Pushcart cast members are experienced teachers and provide workshops, acting classes and residency programs to schools, communities and summer sessions.
Press/Media Quotes
A polished and knowing theatre company [and] a felicitous event for children!”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
“The company’s creative team knows its business! Young or old, parent or grandparent, catch the Pushcart Players when and where you can!”
- INDEPENDENT PRESS
“The Last . . . Butterfly’ is a poignant, moving achievement. . . A work of quality.”
- STAR LEDGER
Tech Riders
- Pushcart Players - Cuentos Del Arbol Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players - Let Freedom Ring Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players - Peter & The Wolf Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players - Season of Miracles Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players-The Last, the Very Last...Butterfly Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players - Happily Ever After: A Cinderella Tale Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players - Little Red Riding Hood Tech Rider
- Pushcart Players - Stone Soup & Other Stories Tech Rider
Study Guides
- Cuentos Del Arbol (Tree Tales)
- Let Freedom Ring: America at the Beginning
- Peter & The Wolf
- Season of Miracles
- The Last, The Very Last…Butterfly
- Happily Ever After
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Stone Soup
High Resolution Photos
Pushcart Players in a scene from "Let Freedom Ring: America at the Beginning". Pictured (L-R) Tricia Burr, Robert Rivera, Megan MacKenzie Lawrence, Stepahie Carr. Photo by Melody Moore Photography
"Pushcart Players in a scene from "A Season of Miracles" - a multi-cultural musical celebration that reveals the spirit of the holidaysfrom many different perspectives. L-R: Tricia Burr, Daniel Stanton, HarryPatrick Christian, Melody Moore. Photo by Melody Moore Photography
Pushcart Players in "Stone Soup" photo: Melody Moore Photography."
Pushcart Players in "Happily Ever After: A Cinderella Tale" Photo by Strotz Photography
Pushcart Players in "Happily Ever After: A Cinderella Tale" Photo by Strotz Photography
Peter & The Wolf