The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza

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

A roughly one-hour all-ages musical at The Coterie Theatre delivers the kind of family holiday experience that respects everyone's attention span while still offering a theatrical treat. The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza packs silly stories, songs, gifts and audience antics into sixty minutes—enough time to settle into the fun without testing the limits of wiggly younger viewers or the schedules of busy parents.

Children who already love Mo Willems characters from books get to see their favorites behave exactly as expected, only louder and with music. The Pigeon considers leaving for the North Pole to find the greatest gift. Elephant and Piggie celebrate together. Unlimited Squirrels decorate everything in sight. Mo Willems and Adam Tobin wrote the script and lyrics; Deborah Wicks La Puma composed the music, so the songs and dialogue spring from the same sensibility that made these personalities recognizable in the first place.

The charm lives in contrasting personalities sharing one celebration. Elephant and Piggie come ready to celebrate, while The Pigeon considers a tempting alternative and the squirrels handle the decorating. Watching characters you've met on the page negotiate a stage full of competing holiday agendas creates the kind of gentle chaos that feels both new and familiar.

The Coterie presents this production as a rolling world premiere, bringing Kansas City audiences a fresh holiday offering that honors the source material without simply retelling a favorite book. Get tickets for this Coterie musical and share a new adventure with familiar book characters.