ALL ABOUT AH-WOO!
GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SHOW, CREATORS, PERFORMERS, AND MORE.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
AH-WOO! IS A WHIMSICAL RADIO SHOW PERFORMED BEFORE A LIVE THEATER AUDIENCE, MIXING THE WARMTH OF PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION WITH THE PLAYFUL CHAOS OF PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE. WACKY, SWEET, AND FULL OF SURPRISES, AH-WOO! IS A TREAT FOR KIDS, FAMILIES, AND THE YOUNG AT HEART.THE 60 MINUTE PRODUCTION FOLLOWS SHULTZIE, A FORMER OFF-OFF-OFF BROADWAY STAR WHO RETURNS TO THE MAINE WOODS TO REDISCOVER FRIENDSHIP, IMAGINATION, AND A TOUCH OF MAGIC. EACH PERFORMANCE UNFOLDS LIKE AN OLD-FASHIONED RADIO STORY HOUR—COMPLETE WITH SOUND EFFECTS, ORIGINAL MUSIC, AND THE OCCASIONAL SONG OR DANCE BREAK.
AT ITS CORE, AH-WOO! CELEBRATES BEING GLORIOUSLY YOURSELF. BECAUSE THE WILDEST, WEIRDEST, MOST WONDERFUL THING YOU CAN DO... IS BE THE ONE AND ONLY YOU.
AH-WOO!!!
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BACK STORY
OUR STORY BEGAN MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AGO, WHEN SHULTZIE FAY WAS WORKING AT READING RAINBOW AND ARTHUR YORINKS—WHOSE BELOVED BOOK LOUIS THE FISH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EVER FEATURED ON THE SHOW—WAS PITCHING A TALE ABOUT TWO VERY SILLY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.THEY STAYED IN TOUCH, TRADING IDEAS AND LAUGHTER OVER THE YEARS. AND THEN, DECADES (AND A FEW WILD BRAINSTORMS) LATER, THEY BEGAN TO DREAM UP SOMETHING NEW TOGETHER.
WHAT IF... ANIMAL, MINERAL, VEGETABLE?
THEN—EUREKA! ARTHUR DECIDED TO WEAVE THE REAL AND IMAGINED STORIES OF SHULTZIE’S MAINE CHILDHOOD INTO A MAGICALLY INSPIRED ADVENTURE.COME ALONG AS THE STORIES UNFOLD—ON A JOYFUL JOURNEY OF IMAGINATION, FRIENDSHIP, AND BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY YOU!
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BEHIND THE MAGIC
CREATED, WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Arthur YorinksPRODUCED BY
Shultzie FayPERFORMERS
Shultzie Fay, Russell Kaback, Alice Cummings, Carole Zimmer, Keyla Alston-Griffin, Michela Micalizio, Sam Richard, and Sloan WillowsTHEME SONG
Created and written by Shultzie Fay & Russell Kaback
Scored by Russell KabackPUPPETS
Michela Micalizio, Shultzie Fay, Megan Fransiak, and Reba AskariPHOTOGRAPHY
Russell Kaback, Hannah Daly, Greg MurphyVIDEO WORK
Colby Nathan and Josh Riddle

