The Puppets of Spelhorst
Script & Songs by Min Kahng
Additional Contributions by M. Graham Smith
Based on the book by Kate DiCamillo
Commissioned by Chicago Children’s Theatre & The Rose Theater
Play with Songs / TYA / In development
Five unlikely companions — a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl — wait in the dark of a trunk, dreaming of freedom, purpose, and light. Bound together by chance and by the heart’s mysteries, they discover that their shared fate is more surprising than any of them could have imagined.
Illustration by Julie Morstad