The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza

The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza at The Coterie Theatre

Gift-giving can feel like a puzzle, but The Coterie's stage adaptation turns that annual scramble into something genuinely funny. When The Pigeon considers fleeing to the North Pole to hunt down the greatest gift, you're watching a character wrestle with longing and frustration—inside a playful musical celebration. Mo Willems and Adam Tobin wrote both script and lyrics for this rolling world premiere, and Deborah Wicks La Puma composed the music, so the tunes spring from the same comic logic that drives the story. The North Pole temptation gives the party a funny problem to solve.

Elephant and Piggie arrive to celebrate, bringing familiar personalities that book-loving children can recognize. Meanwhile, Unlimited Squirrels decorate with their own manic energy. Those contrasting personalities in a single celebration create friction and laughter, because nobody agrees on the best way to mark a holiday. Watching characters bump into one another's plans feels more like observing a family dinner than sitting through a generic pageant.

Audience antics join the songs, gifts and silly stories. At approximately sixty minutes, the show moves quickly enough to hold restless attention yet still delivers silly stories and actual dramatic stakes. The Coterie presents this all-ages musical, giving Kansas City a chance to see familiar book characters navigate a new stage adventure as part of the show’s first productions. Grab tickets and find out whether The Pigeon joins the party or keeps dreaming of the North Pole.