Lewis and Clark

The Wacky Adventures
of Lewis and Clark

Show Running Time :One hour

Appropriate for All ages
( target age range 7+)

Moral: Teamwork makes anything
possible.

Vocabulary Words: Corps of
Discovery, explore, journals,
sextant, coast, Northwest
Passage.

Education Activities: Visit actual
Lewis and Clark discovery
locations. Study the real story of
the Corps of Discovery. Read
about the Louisiana Purchase.
Pick out the facts and fiction you
saw in the puppet show and
discuss. Make a map of your
home, neighborhood or yard.

Lewis and Clark map out the great north west with the help of
Sacagawea and their many friends. Dangerous lands, grizzly
bears, mosquitos and bad fashion were just a few of the benefits
in the 1800's!

The Plot:
President Jefferson makes the largest land purchase in history
and sends Lewis and Clark into the great Northwest to map it
out! in this hilarious retelling we read between the lines of the
history books and bring out the this comical version mixing fact
with fiction. You'll never know which is which!

Each show ends with a Q and A session where you get the bear
facts.

A co-production of Dragon Theater
Puppets and Zing productions

Script by Amy Gray and Jason Ropp

Song by Amy Gray and Patrick Short

Music direction and accompaniment:
David LeVesque

Puppets by Ken Renner, Jason Ropp
and Amy Gray

Ken Renner designed and built all of the wooden puppets in the show for his original story "A
dream of Kings", which he performed in the late nineties. He donated the puppets to Dragon
Theater and Zing productions, with his blessing to retrofit them for "Lewis and Clark". Ken is
focusing on running his own non-puppet related business in Oregon City.

Amy Gray is the director of Zing Productions, specializing in laugh-out loud "educomedy"
shows which incorporate classical music, masks, improv and puppets.
http://zingpro.com/

Patrick Short is Manager of Comedy Sportz Portland and a song writer
and musician. He is the Short of "the ShortBoule Band", whose political
single 'the Ballad of Davids Nelson' has recently gained national notoriety.
http://www.shortboule.com

David LeVesque is a well-travelled comedian, juggler, historian and
violinist. He performs solo concerts and shows regularly all over the
planet, and is lauded as 'the Victor Borge of the violin'.
http://www.davidlevesque.com