Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation (National Tour)

Winnie The Pooh Musical is the first national tour of the musical Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation created by Jonathan Rockefeller and Rockefeller Productions.

In June 2022, a US touring production was announced. Performances began on September 16, 2022, at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas and were originally set to conclude on May 7, 2023, at Marcus Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, the production went on hiatus, ending its run early on February 26, 2023, at North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Information About The Show

•A silly old bear is just what this world needs. We could all use a little more joy and wonder in our lives, and luckily, Winnie the Pooh and his pals from the Hundred Acre Wood are here to offer it with all their warm bravado in Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation.

•Currently making a six-week stop at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, the show combines a series of favorite tales and moments from the world of Winnie the Pooh, including Tigger's bouncing lessons, the impact of a blustery day, and Pooh (Coldin Grundmeyer) getting stuck in a honey tree.

•Like the Muppets or a Pixar film, the musical has plenty to regale wee ones and adults alike (and at my performance, there were probably more pairs of grown-ups in attendance than families with kids). Winnie the Pooh uses inventive, large-scale puppetry to bring the familiar characters to life — and it's a testament to both Rockefeller productions' ingenuity in puppet design and the actors' skill that the humans operating them immediately fade into the background. (The puppeteers trade parts between performances with regularity.)

•The show is a brisk 60 minutes (perfect for holding the attention of the youngest in the audience), but it manages to pack a lot of story into that time frame, traveling with Pooh through what feels like an entire year. The score features many of the Sherman Brothers' most beloved songs from Disney's Winnie the Pooh cartoons, including "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" and "A Rather Blustery Day."

•The set, co-designed by Jack Golden and Joshua Warner, is a bevy of childhood delights, with clouds made out of cotton balls, a papier-mâché tree, and a stream that boasts a clever mechanical track for Piglet and Tigger to play "Pooh Sticks."

•The whole cast brings an open-heartedness to the proceedings — it feels like they're wrapping the audience in a big embrace. But Blake Rushing as Tigger, Josh Bernaski as Eeyore, and Melissa XiaoLan Warren as Piglet particularly shine. Rushing's Tigger captures the beloved tiger's lisp with a frenetic energy, perfectly balancing his high opinion of himself with an infectious buoyancy. His puppetry skills are outstanding as he hops and jumps, totally selling the idea that Tigger's bottoms are made out of springs.

•Warren pulls double duty as Piglet and Roo, and she excels as both. But her Piglet's anxious care for her friends is pitched just right, and she gets extra credit for performing nearly the entire show on her knees. Bernaski's Eeyore, whose large mouth is operated by a device that looks similar to a bicycle hand brake, is cuddly to the extreme. He softens Eeyore's rain-cloud persona with a tenderness that the massive puppet belies.

•But as much as all of this charms, Winnie the Pooh is above all a showcase for the puppets. They're soft, rotund, and crafted with such care and creativity that the entrance of each new character draws gasps and appreciative murmurs from the crowd. Never have I so badly wished to leave my seat and hug a character on stage — they look soft and inviting while still feeling utterly real.

•There's not a lot new here plot-wise for those who already know and love Pooh, but that's not really this show's reason for existing. It's about sharing an hour with these beguiling inventions of A.A. Milne, whether it's for the first time or another chance to see some old friends.

He may be a silly old bear, all stuffed with fluff, but there's nothing silly about Pooh's ability to touch us, now in a new and lively medium.

•“Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation” has delighted crowds in New York City and Chicago. Now it’s time for this charming stage show to hit the road and bring joy to audiences around the country and beyond. The show features large puppets with the actors still visible, and it’s full of beloved characters and songs. With a runtime of approximately 60 minutes, this makes it the perfect show for introducing live theatre to the young ones in your life.

•Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Tigger are all part of this brand-new adventure. If you have any familiarity with Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh,” you’re sure to recognize the Hundred Acre Wood as you enter the theatre. This charming set looks like something right out of a storybook while also appearing as if a child had their hands in making it. There’s an innocence to it which also brings a bit of peace as you hear the birds chirping. And that’s before the show has even begun.

•Once the show starts, you’ll immediately fall in love with the beloved characters all over again. To see Winnie the Pooh walking toward you in all of his adorableness will surely delight younger fans. Although the actors are in full view while puppeteering Pooh and the gang, the younger members of the audience never seem to mind. There’s something truly wonderful about introducing young audience members to the craft of puppetry and theatre, but doing it in a way that doesn’t distract from simply enjoying the show and fully immersing themselves in the story.

•One of the nice things about seeing the actors while they puppeteer is that there’s no artifice trying to convince the audience that these are the real characters on stage. It is clearly pretend and playtime. With that fact in full display, it puts less pressure on the actors to sound exactly like the beloved characters. A character’s voice is one of their most recognizable qualities. Although the actors all manipulate their voices to sound more like the characters, it’s rare for it to be a spot-on impersonation. It’s more about getting the spirit of the character right versus a vocal impersonation. The choice to approach it in that way makes it feel even more like kids during playtime.

•Winnie the Pooh wouldn’t feel right without the familiar tunes of the Sherman Brothers, so iconic tunes from Disney Legends Richard and Robert Sherman are sung live along with prerecorded instrumentals. Along with the familiar tunes, some of the story points will also be familiar if you grew up with Winnie the Pooh. This may be a brand-new adventure, but it’s full of enough recognizable moments that kids will be comforted by the familiarity.

As once so famously said by a bear of very little brain, “sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart”, and when looking at the West Coast debut of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation, it’s hard to disagree. Our favorite silly old bear is bringing all of his pals from the Hundred Acre Wood and preparing for a new adventure that is very clearly as sweet as honey.

Much like Pooh himself, this production has a very big heart, sticky stuck full of touching moments and family-filled fun that is perfect for Winnie the Pooh fans both young and ninety nine. Bouncing and trouncing into a 60 minute runtime, the show creates a splendid mix of theatrical artistry that is all made possible with the stunning use of life sized puppetry, practical stage elements, and an endless amount of imagination.

The entire production excels by staying simple, giving its small and mighty ensemble of players the chance to unlock a very genuine and special connection with the audience without the heavy use of over the top effects and distracting smoke and mirrors.

It all comes down on the shoulders of five puppeteers, each taking on multiple roles to bring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, and Roo to life on stage with ease, delivering a magical experience that pulls the audience right into the story; making it no challenge at all for these players to blend into the background and allowing their plush counterparts to shine through. You really believe in these characters, just as you would if they were on the silver screen or in the pages of your cherished book of adventures.

Yet, it would be hard not to notice the level of enthusiasm that is placed in each and every part of the production, creating a contagious sense of joy. It really speaks to the level of care that went into bringing this story off the pages of A.A Milne’s classic tales onto the stage for all to experience in this new format. The end result is a straightforward and flawless performance that plays right into the very center of the honey pot that Pooh covets so tenderly.

This production also makes sure to hold onto the magical musical musings that have helped made Winnie the Pooh such a staple in the Disney community, bringing forward a brand new score for fans to experience. Composed by Nate Edmondson, the new score features iconic elements of songs written by the legendary Sherman Brothers, including Winnie the Pooh, The Blustery Day, The Wonderful Thing About Tigger’s, Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce, and A.A. Milne’s The More It Snows.

It also lends itself to many familiar story and character elements that are presented in an easy-to-follow series of mini expositions, making this the perfect introduction into musical theater for even the smallest of children. It’s an incredibly fun and memorable experience, staying true to the core of what has made Pooh and all the creatures of the wood so special for over 95 years. It’s a gift that you will not want to miss this holiday season!

Oh, that willy, nilly, silly old bear.

How nice to see him—and the gang.

And how lucky for us that Disney and Rockefeller Productions chose to start their national tour of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation right here in North Texas, at the Irving Arts Center. The place was full of kids clutching Tiggers, Piglets, and Poohs—and poking their heads out to have pictures taken “as” their favorite characters.

This is a sweet, light-hearted show (well, except for Eeyore) based of course on the A.A. Milne books and the Disney movie adaptations. It’s perfect for the preschool and early-elementary set (the scariest thing that happens is Pooh getting stuck in a honey tree) but there’s no age limit on being a fan of the stories: I know grownups who go back to read them every so often.

The tale is told with life-sized puppets, each one brought to life onstage by a single human actor. They’re the creations of American-Australian puppet master Jonathan Rockefeller, whose eye-catching work has been nominated for Drama Desk and other awards. Local theatergoers (with kids) might recall his terrific puppets for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show at the Dallas Children’s Theater a few seasons ago.

I especially loved listening to the varied, distinctive voices the actor/puppeteers gave to their characters: Tigger and Eeyore got the biggest laughs, and deserved them. And it wasn’t just the voices: the actors’ expert control of their puppet’s movements brought each of them to vivid, comical, heart-tugging life. Actor Coldin Grundmeyer is listed as playing Winnie the Pooh, and Ross Coughlin as Christopher Robin. But the ensemble moves freely among roles, and includes: Josh Bernaski, Luke Dombroski, Kaitlyn Lunardi, Blake Rushing, Melissa Xiaolan Warren, and Hannah Lauren Wilson.

The show’s simple “Hundred Acre Wood” set has lovely clouds, pretty lighting from designer Zach Pizza, and (depending on the season) the puppeteers fill the sky with enchanting (and tiny) puppet snowflakes, birds, and bees—and one very large owl, who made the little ones eyes go wide.

No worries: the catchy songs of the Sherman Brothers are still in the show, including “Winnie the Pooh,” “The Blustery Day,” “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers,” and “The More It Snows.” But there’s also a quite nice original score from composer Nate Edmondson filling in the soundscape. (I think the sound designer might want to rebalance things for clarity, though: at times, it felt as if some bits of dialogue were competing with the background music.)

At a prudent 80-90 minutes, the show lets out before the kids turn into pumpkins (or worse). They clapped and cheered at the end, and went home with something “stuffed with fluff” to keep the magic going.

The acclaimed, record-breaking run of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation, created and directed by Jonathan Rockefeller, will be arriving in Reading on March 28, 2023. The celebrated show for families of all ages, will bring Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (and Tigger too!) to Reading, with performances running on March 28, 2023 at Miller Center for the Arts located at Reading Area Community College. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, July 15th at 10am. For tickets and more information, visit winniethepoohshow.com.

Inspired by the beloved books by A. A. Milne and the classic Disney featurettes, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation was welcomed in New York beginning in October 2021 garnered rave reviews where it was called “A perfect introduction to live theater. It’s a captivating adventure with spectacular puppetry,” (Mommy Poppins); “Charming and whimsical stage show that Pooh surpasses every expectation I had for it,” (The Laughing Place); “Winnie the Pooh is delightfully first-rate,” (Theatre Pizzazz); “Irresistible.,” (DC Metro Arts); “An hour of bountiful joy,” (New York Theatre Guide); “Mesmerizing life-size puppets and original Sherman Brothers tunes, the beautiful new Winnie the Pooh musical is must-see,” (Theatrely); “The new ‘Winnie the Pooh’ musical Is sweeter than honey.” (Toy Insider), and “Enchanting!” (Time Out).

“The music, the spectacular life-size puppets, and the charming performances are the perfect way to introduce (or re-introduce) audiences to live theatre, and this is a must-see show for Winnie the Pooh fans of all ages. We are excited to bring the Hundred Acre Wood across the United States so that audiences of all ages can join us for this heartwarming production” said Jonathan Rockefeller.

In a new story from the Hundred Acre Wood, this fresh stage adaptation is told with impressive life-size puppetry, telling exciting new stories featuring characters that have played iconic roles in the lives of children for generations. Accompanying the magical, modern narrative is an original score from Nate Edmondson, which features some of the songs written for the animated feature from The Sherman Brothers’, including Winnie the Pooh, The Blustery Day, The Wonderful Thing About Tigger’s, Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce, and A.A. Milne’s The More It Snows.

The creative team includes set design co-designed by Jack Golden and Joshua Warner, lighting design by Jamie Roderick, costume design by Lindsay McWilliams Original music and orchestrations by Nate Edmondson, and puppets built by Rockefeller Productions (lead builder Matthew Lish).

Tour Dates

• Irving, TX 9.16–9.18.22 Irving Arts Center
• San Antonio, TX 9.23–9.24.22 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
• Austin, TX 9.25–9.27.22 Paramount Theatre
• College Station, TX 10.01–10.02.22 Rudder Theatre at Texas A&M University
• Houston, TX 10.04–10.09.22 Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
• Overland Park, KS 10.14–10.15.22 Midwest Trust Center
• Lincoln, NE 10.16–10.17.22 Lied Center for Performing Arts
• Cedar Falls, IA 10.18.22
• Gallagher Bluedorn
• Fayetteville, AR 10.21–10.23.22 Walton Arts Center
• Des Moines, IA 11.03–11.05.22 Des Moines Civic Center
• Sioux Falls, SD 11.08–11.09.22 Washington Pavilion
• Denver, CO 11.11–11.13.22 Newman Center for the Performing Arts
• Lexington, KY 1.13–1.14.23 Lexington Opera House
• Springfield, OH 1.15.23 Clark State Performing Arts Center
• Clinton Township, MI 1.20–1.21.23 Macomb Center for the Performing Art
• Benton Harbor, MI 1.22.23 The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College
• Morganton, NC 1.26.23 CoMMA Performing Arts Center
• Auburn, AL 1.31.23 Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University
• Cutler Bay, FL 2.11.23 South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center
• Fort Lauderdale, FL 2.12.23 Broward Center
• Tampa, FL 2.18.23 Straz Center for the Performing Arts
• Gainesville, FL 2.19.23 Curtis M Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Canceled Tour Dates

• Findlay, OH 3.02.23 Marathon Center for the Performing Arts
• Louisville, KY 3.03–3.04.23 Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
• Morristown, NJ 3.18.23 Mayo Performing Arts Center
• Philadelphia, PA 3.23–3.26.23 Kimmel Cultural Campus
• Reading, PA 3.28.23 Miller Center for the Arts
• Schenectady, NY 3.30.23 Proctors
• Red Bank, NJ 4.02.23 Count Basie Center for the Arts
• Greenvale, NY 4.08.23 Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
• Manassas, VA 4.16.23 Hylton Performing Arts Center
• Appleton, WI 4.22.23 Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
• Midland, MI 4.25.23 Midland Center for the Arts
• Milwaukee, WI 5.04–5.07.23 Marcus Performing Arts Center

Information About The Show (Education Guide)

The Characters

Winnie The Pooh

Winnie the Pooh is a gentle and thoughtful bear who loves his friends and honey. He’s quite clever, but he may not know it. He is always ready for a new adventure, or rather new adventures always seem to be ready for him.

Piglet

Piglet is a loyal, generous and sweet friend. He may be small, but Piglet loves to be helpful and he is good at problem solving. Piglet is always grateful to his friends who make him feel braver.

Tigger

Tigger is so full of joy, energy and fun so he is constantly on the go looking for the next game to play with his friends. Tigger’s favorite thing to do is bounce but the most wonderful thing about Tigger is he’s the only one.

Eeyore

Eeyore is a donkey who loves to take his time. He is very proud of the house that he built for himself and is grateful when his friends come to visit him. He likes to give his opinion or advice, even if no one asks.

Rabbit

Rabbit is very organized and hardworking. He loves to garden and is good at being a leader and taking charge. He may be busy often, but he is a dependable friend.

Owl

Owl is very wise and intelligent. He is very proud of his large family and loves to tell long stories about them. He enjoys when friends come to him for help, as he considers himself to be very reliable.

Kanga

Kanga is a kind and affectionate mother. She is warm to everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood and also likes time to enjoy and appreciate quiet peaceful moments.

Roo

Roo is a young, joyful, enthusiastic and curious kangaroo. He loves to explore and test out what new things he can do. He admires and looks up to his friends, especially Tigger.

Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin is a very kind and imaginative boy, who loves to explore. He always helps his friends and is quite resourceful.

Friendships

The theme of friendship is written in every Winnie the Pooh story and our show in no exception. Pooh loves his friends more than honey - which is saying a lot! When the script was written, we thought of new ways to reflect the friendship in the books and movies for the stage. Here are some themes and lessons of friendship in our show.

Friends can be different

As Pooh in our show says, “It’s a good thing to be different, otherwise we might all be the same.” Your friends can look different from you, like different things, eat different things, and feel differently from you, but you can still be great friends! Piglet often feels because he is much smaller than his friends that he can’t be a helpful friend, but Pooh thinks his smallness is special and very helpful. Eeyore shares that he can’t climb a tree but he can encourage his friends who can to do so. Friends can come in all different shapes and sizes but there will always be kindness and love you can share together.

It’s great to ask friends for help and fun to help our friends

Often we may feel like we should figure out things or do things by ourselves, but sometimes we may need a little help. We might feel too shy to ask to help but a lot of friends in the Hundred Acre Wood show us asking for help from a friend is a wonderful thing. Often our friends want to help! Piglet is overjoyed when Pooh asks for his help getting honey, which makes him braver to offer help later in the play by giving Mrs. Winter his scarf. Eeyore knows that maybe he can’t think of an idea of how to get Pooh out of the honey tree but his friend Rabbit will. Asking for help is okay and a great way to show your friends you value them and a great way for them to care for you.

It’s great to be welcoming to new friends

When Pooh hears that Winter is coming to the Hundred Acre Wood, he is excited to meet this new visitor and become her friend. While Winter is not quite what Pooh thought, Pooh teaches us how to treat new people with kindness. He wants any new visitor to feel welcomed. Pooh and Piglet were even thinking of throwing Mrs. Winter a welcoming party so they could get to know her more. When we’re welcoming, we show kindness and get to learn more about a new person.

Friends can have disagreements and it’s good to work together to problem solve.

Sometimes we might disagree with our friends, or they might do something to us that we don’t like. Rabbit shares that he is upset with Pooh,Tigger and Roo once they have bounced all over his garden. He honestly shares that all he wanted was to plant vegetables today. But Roo and Tigger wanted to bounce together today. They end up problem solving and figuring out they can bounce the seeds into the ground, helping Rabbit plant his garden and letting Tigger and Roo enjoy bouncing. Rabbit was able to share he was upset and the friends were able to come up with a solution to their problem.

Stick together

When Pooh is stuck in the honey tree, Owl says that Pooh might be stuck in there for a long time - perhaps forever. Piglet and Tigger don’t want Pooh to have to wait by himself, so they promise to stay with him while he is stuck. Sometimes when we are lonely or scared it’s great to have a friend next to us so we’re not alone.

Speak up when you know something is important

Rabbit and Tigger get into an argument when they both think they came up with the idea to use a kite to get Pooh out of the honey tree. Tigger and Rabbit are arguing so much, Piglet speaks up because he realized Tigger and Rabbit forgot something really important. It didn’t matter who’s ideas it was, they needed to go help their friend. Sometimes we need to be brave and speak up when we know something is important. Our friends will appreciate the reminder.

No matter how much time has passed since you’ve seen your friend, they’re still your friend and with you in your heart

Christopher Robin and Pooh are the best of friends, but in our play Christopher Robin was away at school for a whole year. But just because you may not be able to physically be together with your friend, your friendship remains and you are loved by your friends and have an important and special place in your friend’s heart. Hopefully, like Pooh and Christopher Robin you’ll be able to see your friend again soon and pick up right where you left off.

Set Design

When you see theater, the set is what you call the scenery, which tells you where this story takes place. For our show, the set is the Hundred Acre Wood. Sets are made up of decorative and functional parts. Decorative parts of the set make it feel and look like it’s the real setting. The flowers, grass and trees tell the audience that this is the Hundred Acre Wood. When the audience sees toys around a tree, they realize that’s Christopher Robin’s house. Some parts of the set that also need to be functional. For example, the bridge needs to be an actual real bridge so the puppet and performers can cross it. The designer and builders took special care while making the incline (how big or small the angle of a ramp is) so the puppets and performers can walk safely across it. Sets also need to make sure that audience members can see everything that is happening on stage. A lot of trees would be a nice decoration and let the audience know this is the Hundred Acre wood, but if there are a bunch of trees in the front, how would the audience be able to see Pooh and his friends cross the bridge in the back of the stage? That’s why Christopher Robin’s tree is on a platform behind Rabbit’s garden. The audience wouldn’t be able to see the tree very well if it was on the same level as Rabbit’s garden. The platform helps to raise that area so Rabbit’s garden can still be in front, and the audience can see everything that is happening behind it.

However some things on the set are strategically placed to hide things the director and designers don’t want you to see. Pooh needs to get stuck in the honey tree, but it needs to be a surprise before it happens. That’s why the tree rotates! Pooh can stay hidden until the moment happens. The show sees Winnie the Pooh going on adventures during the different seasons of the year, so the set needs to change for the different seasons. To help the set change, lighting is very important. For stage plays and theatre, there is a Lighting Designer who figures out how to best use lights for the show. The Lighting Designer and crew hang lights above the stage, and some of the lights are even above the audience! These lights are like very powerful flashlights that light up the stage. They can be programmed to turn off, on, dimmed or brightened by a button in the back of the theater! In front of some of the lights, designers and technicians (the lighting crew) can put gels - different colors of translucent (meaning you can see through it) plastic - sort of like how you can see through 3-D glasses or stained glass. This way, there can be different colors that suggest different times of the year and even different times of day.

The Puppets

Puppets were the obvious choice to bring the wonderful characters from the Hundred Acre Wood to life. Since Pooh and his friends are Christopher Robin’s toys, the puppets were built to be like large toys that puppeteers operate.

To build the puppets, the puppet designers first need to map and sketch out plans for the puppets. Just as the animators had to make slight changes from Earnest Shepherd’s illustrations to the final Disney animations, some changes were necessary for the puppets in our show. The designers wanted to stay as close to the versions of the characters in the movies, along with taking some inspirations from the illustrations in the books. (Notice how the Piglet puppet looks like the Disney Piglet, but his color scheme resembles the book illustrations.)

To make the puppets’ bodies, the builders first carve out foam, like the foam you’d find in a couch, and sculpt out the bodies. Once the puppet has a foam base, fabric can be sewn on as a layer on top of the foam. The fabrics chosen for the puppets are soft and textured like stuffed animals. The Designer took special care to make sure the colors chosen matched the characters.

For each puppet, the mouth needs to be operational - that means the mouth needs to open and close so the characters can talk. A puppeteer uses their hand to make their puppet’s mouth move, so the builders make a small opening like a hole in the back of the puppet’s head for the puppeteer to put their hands in.

Owl and Eeyore needed something a little different for their mouths to open and close. Owl and Eeyore’s mouths move from a separate device. There is a handle behind or on top of their heads with a trigger on it. When the puppeteer presses the trigger, it opens and closes the puppet’s mouth so that puppet can talk.

The larger puppets, like Pooh, Tigger and Rabbit need help to stand up and walk (or bounce!) The puppeteers have harnesses they wear that connect them to their puppets which allows the weight of the puppets to be evenly distributed for the puppeteers and allow the puppets to stand up straight. The puppeteers also have shoes that connect to their puppet’s feet with rods. With this connection, now the puppeteers can move their puppet’s feet with their own feet! (Rabbit’s puppeteer actually puts his feet directly into the puppet’s feet!)

Sometimes there needs to be more than one puppet for the same character, because there is a specific action the main puppet is unable to do. Another puppet is made specifically to do that action. At the beginning of the show, Piglet needs to fly through the air while holding his kite. There is a separate Piglet puppet just for this moment! The Piglet puppet is attached to the kite so he can be held high in the air. For the rest of the show, there is a different Piglet puppet that is able to walk on the ground.

There is one other character in the show that needed two different puppets. Can you guess which character that is?

Cast

• Coldin Grundmeyer as Pooh
• Blake Rushing as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl, and Pooh understudy)
• Luke Dombroski as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (Tigger understudy)
• Hannah Lauren Wilson as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy)
• Kaitlyn Victoria Lunardi as Kanga (Piglet/Roo understudy)
• Josh Bernaski as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl understudy)
• Melissa Xiaolan Warren as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy)
• Ross Coughlin as Christopher Robin

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Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh:_The_New_Musical_Adaptation

https://www.cmlighting.com/disneys-winnie-the-pooh

https://issuu.com/augpac/docs/goguecenter_winniethepooh_performancestudyguide_ja

https://www.tobincenter.org/media/931

https://www.thetexastasty.com/around-town/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation/

https://holycitysinner.com/entertainment/disney-s-winnie-pooh-new-musical-stage-adaptation-coming-gaillard-center-2023/