BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Manual Cinema's Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Mo nster - Class Acts X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260722T080415Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_46943457947811 DTSTART:20241018T133000Z DTEND:20241018T143000Z DESCRIPTION:CLASS ACTS EVENT\nTickets available by request for education gr oups serving Pre-K and/or K-12\n\n \n\n \n\nLeonardo is a terrible monste r. He tries so hard to be scary\, but he just… isn’t. Then Leonardo fi nds Sam\, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare the tuna salad out of someone? Or will it be the start of an unl ikely friendship? The plot thickens when this pair meets Kerry and Franken thaler\, an even scaredier-cat and her monster friend. Kerry and Sam need to make a big decision: will they just be scaredy cats or can they become friends?\n\nLeonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster uses hundr eds of illustrated paper puppets\, book pages\, two-dimensional props\, fu rry monster puppets\, and songs to bring Mo Willems' books to life. Manual Cinema wanted to re-create the experience of holding one of Mo’s book p ages\, which are big\, bold\, colorful\, and full of visual rhythm\, with a playful use of scale. Like all Manual Cinema productions\, you’re invi ted to watch the big screen like a traditional movie\, or to watch the art ists below as they create the story in real time. (There is no wrong way t o watch the show!)\n\nCONTENT GUIDANCE | As part of the Rozsa's Class Acts program\, tickets are available by request for education groups serving P re-K and/or K-12. Recommended for ages 3 and up. There are some loud sound s\, flashing lights\, and furry monster puppets in this show!\n\n Things t o know\n\nEST. RUN TIME | 45 min.\, no intermission\nSTUDENT\, EDUCATOR\, AND CHAPERONE TICKETS| $1 per ticket\, and for every 20 student tickets\, we will give you a free educator/chaperone ticket.\n\nLooking for public o r Michigan Tech student tickets? Please purchase tickets to a public perfo rmance of Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster.\n\nContact the Rozsa Box Office with any questions about this event. The Rozsa Box Of fice is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and is available in person\, via phone at 906-487-1906\, or by email at rozsa@mtu.edu\n\n Rel ated Events\n\nManual Cinema's Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster Public Performances\n10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on October 19th | The Roz sa Center's Black Performance Hall\n\nThe IncredibleBank Monster Mash Part y\n11-2 p.m. on October 19th | Rozsa Lobby\nJoin us in the Rozsa Lobby bet ween Saturday matinee performances for an incredible Monster Mash party fo r all ages\, sponsored by IncredibleBank! Costumes are welcome.\n\nTreat S treet\n3-5 p.m. on October 19th | Downtown Houghton\nCelebrate Halloween i n Downtown Houghton at the 15th annual Treat Street! Local businesses wil l hand out candy to all the little goblins and ghouls.\n\nExplore all upco ming Class Acts events.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAbout Manual Cinema \n\nManual Cinema is an Emmy Award-winning perform ance collective\, design studio\, and film/video production company founde d in 2010 by Drew Dir\, Sarah Fornace\, Ben Kauffman\, Julia Miller\, and Kyle Vegter. Manual Cinema combines handmade shadow puppetry\, cinematic t echniques\, and innovative sound and music to create immersive stories for stage and screen.\n\nUsing vintage overhead projectors\, multiple screens \, puppets\, actors\, live-feed cameras\, multi-channel sound design\, and a live music ensemble\, Manual Cinema transforms the experience of attend ing the cinema and imbues it with liveness\, ingenuity\, and theatricality . The company was awarded an Emmy in 2017 for “The Forger\,” a video c reated for The New York Times\, and named Chicago Artists of the Year in 2 018 by the Chicago Tribune. Their shadow puppet animations were featured i n the 2021 film remake of Candyman\, directed by Nia DaCosta and produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions. In 2022 they premiered Leonardo ! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster\, an adaptation of two books b y celebrated children’s author Mo Willems\, and a live adaptation of the ir 2020 streaming hit A Christmas Carol.\n\nIn 2023 Manual Cinema complete d production on their first self-produced short film\, Future Feeling\, an d will be touring with folk rock band Iron & Wine in 2024.\n\n \n\n \n\n \ n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nShow Credits\n\nCreat ed by Manual Cinema\nInspired by the Books Leonardo\, The Terrible Monster & Sam\, The Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World by Mo Willems\nDirect ed by Sarah Fornace\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nThanks to Our Sponsors\n\n and the Rozsa Circle of Supporters. \n\n About the Presenter\n\n \n\nThe Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts cultivates a vibrant and connected communi ty through experiences that bring the Keweenaw together. Located on Michig an Technological University's campus in Houghton\, Michigan\, the 80\,000- square-foot arts center's design is inspired by the inclined look of the l ocal copper mine hoists and shaft houses inside and out. Event spaces incl ude the Rozsa Lobby\, James and Margaret Black Performance Hall\, Rozsa Ba ckstage\, Rozsa Art Galleries\, and McArdle Theatre. As the largest theate r in Michigan's Upper Peninsula\, the Rozsa dramatically expands the regio n’s access to large-scale performing arts events including Broadway tour s\, ballet\, cirque\, music\, and more. GEO:47.1175;-88.541695 LOCATION:Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts\, Black Performance Hall SUMMARY:Manual Cinema's Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster - Class Acts URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.mtu.edu/event/classacts-leonardo CATEGORIES:Arts and Entertainment CATEGORIES:Theatre CATEGORIES:Movies END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR