Kevin Noonchester: With 15 total years of experience bringing school, library, birthday party and mall puppet shows to Southern California audiences, for the past 9 years, Kevin Noonchester has been presenting quality musical puppet shows under the company name, Noteworthy Puppets. With credits ranging from Broadway (Avenue Q), to film (Unstoppable, The Change Up), television (Gilmore Girls), voiceover (Dreamworks' Rise of the Guardians) and Disney (Finding Nemo: The Musical), meet the new gold standard for family puppet entertainment.
Description of programs: Each of our shows is an original puppet musical of the highest quality. There is live singing in every performance and each show has a soundtrack CD available at the show.
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Puppet Musical
The classic tale of friendship, forgiveness and following your dreams comes to life with original songs and beautiful handmade puppets! Jack, a poor country boy, and his beloved cow, Sprinkles are separated when Jack is tricked into trading her for a handful of "magic" beans. What follows is a magical, musical adventure where a determined Jack climbs an enormous beanstalk in search of a way to change his fate and reunite with his best friend. Things take an exciting turn when Jack finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant.
Sherlock Homerun: A Whodunit Puppet Musical
The Baseball Diamond has been stolen and it's up to Sherlock and Watson to solve the mystery! Original songs, handmade puppets and the audience decides whodunit! Was the motive jealousy? Money? For the fun of it? YOU decide from three possible suspects!
S.T.E.A.M.works: The Puppet Musical
Whiz kids Max & Julie embark on a Hip-Hop musical S.T.E.A.M. adventure as they strive to take the top prize at the Science Fair. S.T.E.A.M.works: The Puppet Musical marks the debut of the World's first 3-D printed puppet character in a live show!
Kid Zorro: The Bilingual Puppet Musical
This BILINGUAL musical puppet show takes you to Spanish California and sets the origin of the popular masked outlaw against the backdrop of Día de los Muertos. Zorro must embrace his family's destiny in order to save the local Mission from a corrupt politician with a diabolical plan. Will young Diego have the courage to continue his Abuelo's mission to combat social injustice?
Three Litttle Pigs: The Puppet Musical
The timeless lesson that hard work and dedication pay off comes to life with handmade puppets and original songs. While two little pigs are content to take the easy route, their pigheadedness could spell trouble when the Big Bad Wolf comes knocking. Will the third Little Pig, who has a commitment to excellence, have the inventiveness to save the day?
Holiday Hijinks
Santa takes a spur of the moment vacation and winds up on a zany musical adventure in Halloweentown! A Zombie, Witch, a talking plant and The Five Little Pumpkins offer up the lesson to our hero that sometimes the best way to give is knowing when to receive. At the end of the show, we make it snow with a theater grade snow machine that produces tiny clusters of bubbles that dissipate. No clean-up needed!
