ALL ABOUT AH-WOO!

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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!!!

  • 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!

  • BEHIND THE MAGIC

    CREATED, WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
    Arthur Yorinks

    PRODUCED BY
    Shultzie Fay

    PERFORMERS
    Shultzie Fay, Russell Kaback, Alice Cummings, Carole Zimmer, Keyla Alston-Griffin, Michela Micalizio, Sam Richard, and Sloan Willows

    THEME SONG
    Created and written by Shultzie Fay & Russell Kaback
    Scored by Russell Kaback

    PUPPETS
    Michela Micalizio, Shultzie Fay, Megan Fransiak, and Reba Askari

    PHOTOGRAPHY
    Russell Kaback, Hannah Daly, Greg Murphy

    VIDEO WORK
    Colby Nathan and Josh Riddle