Join Berkshire Botanical Garden for a Spring Family Friday on Friday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to noon with Piti Theatre's Story Wizards. A Wizard Even Crankier than the Story Wizard has stolen the world's tales. Now the Story Wizard must set off to find them. Luckily he discovers a musical being named Laurella living in a giant mushroom who introduces him to . . . the audience! New stories are born from children's suggestions and onstage participation. Kids even get their own Calling Cards to prove they've become the Story Wizards. The tales created at this performance will be environmentally-themed in celebration of Earth Day!

With songs and children's ideas, the Story Wizard creates new stories in front of our eyes. Beginnings, Middles, Ends, Characters, Conflicts – they're all there and before you know it, the Story Wizard is out of a job. In this tale of audience participation to the Nth degree, children embrace their own storytelling abilities and become Story Wizards.

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