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Sacramento’s historic storybook park Fairytale Town, located in William Land Park, is partnering with NorCal Arts (formerly Northern California School of the Arts), a nonprofit theater arts training program to produce live shows in its indoor 150-person capacity Children’s Theater.
Under the partnership, which launched in April 2024, the family friendly shows, which are held most Saturdays and Sundays year round, are designed to ignite young (ages 2 and up) imaginations with educational plots addressing issues like environmental awareness and conflict resolution. The productions include child actors from NorCal Arts to further the park’s mission of encouraging creativity and literacy since 1959.
“The quick 25-30 minute plays generally have an audience of about 50-80 kids and adults,” said Sammi Hawes, education and program manager of Fairytale Town.
The park welcomes approximately 230,000 guests annually. “One of our biggest goals was making sure the shows had child actors so that the kids could see themselves represented and are inspired to get involved in programs,” said Hawes of the programming, which includes original works, folk myths and classic fairy tales.