Nashville Public Library + Nashville Public Library Foundation | 2015 Annual Report

BOOKS ARE ONLY HALF THE STORY
Wishing Chair
Productions
Built on the rich legacy of Tom Tichenor’s marionettes, Wishing Chair Productions
produces original, sophisticated, literature-based puppet theater featuring stories
that range from fairytales to folktales to Shakespeare. This year, more than 90,000
children and adults experienced the puppet troupe’s interactive story times and
puppet shows, enjoying reimagined classics such as “Puss N’ Boots,” “The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow” and “String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry.”
Through partnerships with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Nashville
Jazz Workshop and other cultural institutions, Wishing Chair Productions draws on
local talent to help bring each story to life. This past winter, the troupe collaborated
with the Nashville Symphony to create and perform the classic holiday tale “Amahl
and the Night Visitors,” an opera written specifically for children.
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The number of shows
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The number of nationwide
The number of years
Wishing Chair Productions
performs each week.
viewers who watched as
the “CBS Evening News”
puppetry has been
celebrated at Nashville
featured Wishing Chair
Public Library.
Productions in October 2014.
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