Join PYT for our FREE Theatre in the Park performances all summer long!

Each of our camp sessions culminates in a performance that includes characters, sets, props, and costumes all created and designed by our campers. Bring chairs, a blanket, and/or a picnic and fill your Friday afternoons & evenings with some live theater!

Dates: Fridays June 14 – August 2, 2024

Performance locations:

  • Pioneer Memorial Park, 1146 Church St, Mountain View, CA 94041 (3pm performances)
  • Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303
  • Loyola Elementary Outdoor Stage & Multipurpose Room, 770 Berry Ave, Los Altos, CA 94024
  • PYT Studios, 2510 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94043
  • Saratoga, CA – specific park sites TBA

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Performance Calendar

Friday, June 14

The Brementown Musicians
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Multipurpose Room
Four aging farm animals – a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster – leave their farms to become musicians in Bremen and enjoy life. However, they find a den of thieves and decide to outsmart them. Will the farm animals be able to escape the thieves? Will they ever make it to Bremen?

Fairytale Forest
6:30pm
Performance Site TBA
A magical trip through a strange forest proves that some things never change. A hysterical mystery adventure featuring characters from some beloved characters such as Dorothy, Snow White, and even some less beloved characters like Cruella DeVille!

 

Friday, June 21

The Snow Queen
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
Join Gerda as she travels through the winter snow to save her friend Kai from the clutches of the Snow Queen. Find out if Gerda can melt the Snow Queen’s heart in this exciting play based on the same Hans Christian Andersen fairytale that inspired the movie “Frozen.”

Rumplestiltskin
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Outdoor Stage
Hoping to appear more powerful in the eyes of the King, a poor miller tells the King that his daughter has a gift and can spin straw into gold. Upon hearing this, the King locks up the miller’s daughter so that no one in the land can use her gifts aside from him. In truth, a small, peculiar man named Rumpelstiltskin spins the straw. The miller’s daughter promises him her firstborn child if he will spin the straw for her. Will the King find out the truth? Will the miller’s daughter keep her promise?

The Adventures of Pinocchio
6:30pm
Performance in Saratoga, CA – site TBA
Pinocchio has always wanted to be a real boy, and when he meets a fairy promising to grant his wish if he can prove he deserves to become a real boy, he can’t resist. But will becoming a real boy be everything that he hoped it would be?

The Ants and the Grasshopper
6:30pm
Performance Site TBA
After returning home from a world tour, a hungry young grasshopper realizes that he has no food at home for the winter. When the grasshopper notices that the ants have been storing supplies for the winter, he decides to ask if they have any food to spare. Will the ants help him, or will they turn the grasshopper away?

 

Friday, June 28

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
What will happen when mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit sneaks into Mr. McGregor’s garden?

The Sea Fairies
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Outdoor Stage
One day while walking along the beach with her friend Cap’n Bill, Mayre “Trot” Griffiths expresses her wish to see a mermaid. Upon hearing her, the nearby mermaids grant her wish, explaining to her that the “sea fairies” offer her a chance to experience their world. The Sea Fairies then take Mayre and Cap’n Bill on adventures under the sea that they never would have imagined.

 

Friday, July 5

Aesop’s Fables
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
When a group of friends find an old fable book, the last thing they expect is for the characters to come to life! What will they do when Aesop and his fables come out of the book?

The Wizard of… Oz?
6:30pm
Performance Site TBA
Isadora Thatcher doesn’t care much for school – she’d rather be daydreaming about piloting 747s. But when she lays down for a nap one afternoon, she will awake to find herself in a strange land that will challenge everything she thought she knew. This modern adaptation of the classic story will keep you guessing and remind you that there’s no place like home.

The Jungle Book
6:30pm
Performance in Saratoga, CA – site TBA
Raised by the animals in the jungle, Mowgli loves the creatures of the jungle, but what will he do when the fierce Shere Khan threatens the life he’s always known?

 

Friday, July 12

The Pied Piper
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
When the town of Hamelin suddenly finds themselves with a rat infestation problem, they call on the Pied Piper to spirit them away with music. However, when the town refuses to pay the Pied Piper for his services, he uses his musical magic to wreak havoc on Hamelin.

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Outdoor Stage
When Shadow the Weasel returns to the Green Forest, Chatterer the Squirrel must rethink the location of his home. Chatterer sets off on a new adventure, but the change brings on all sorts of surprises that he never could’ve expected!

Friday, July 19

The Reluctant Dragon
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
When a group of young children discover a gentle, poetry-loving dragon in the hills near their village, will they be able to convince the townsfolk that the dragon is nothing to be afraid of?

Puss in Boots
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Outdoor Stage
When a young man inherits nothing from his late father apart from a cat, the talking cat tells the young man that he is better off than he thinks he is. The cat then sets out to make the young man’s fortune.

Witches, Britches, Rings ‘n Things
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Multipurpose Room
A group of quirky witches celebrate their retirement by reminiscing about their many famous adventures.

Through the Looking Glass
6:30pm
Performance Site TBA
Join Alice as she falls through the looking glass once again. What adventures will Alice find herself in this time?

The Princess and the Pea
6:30pm
Performance in Saratoga, CA – site TBA
One night after getting lost in the woods, a princess stumbles upon a castle and asks for shelter. The Queen, however, is not convinced that this raggedy looking girl is actually a princess from a neighboring country, the Queen insists that she complete a series of tasks to prove herself. Is this girl truly who she says she is?

 

Friday, July 26

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
Cousins Milty and Regina couldn’t be more different. Milty Mouse lives a simple life in the country, whereas Regina Mouse lives a luxurious life in the city. When an invitation to visit her in the country arrives, Regina goes to visit Milty and is shocked to see how different their lives are. Wanting to give her cousin a taste of life in the city, they head to Regina’s home where Milty is awestruck. Will Milty decide to stay in the city with Regina? Or will she go back to her simple country lifestyle?

The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Multipurpose Room
Jemima Puddleduck wants to hatch her eggs, but she can’t keep them on the farm, so she seeks out a nesting place in the forest. When a charming gentlemanly fox talks her into nesting at his home on a mysteriously able supply of feathers, she excitedly agrees, but something doesn’t seem right. Can Jemima trust the fox, or is he trying to trick her?

My Father’s Dragon
6:30pm
Loyola Elementary Outdoor Stage
When Elmer Elevator hears about a mysterious dragon on the Island of Tangerina, he packs his bags in the hopes of finding the dragon. But the journey is not as easy as it seems.

 

Friday, August 2

The Little Red Hen
3pm
Pioneer Memorial Park
When she finds some stalks of wheat, the Little Red Hen decides that she must make bread with it. But, what will she do when none of the other farm animals want to help her?

Pippi Longstocking
6:30pm
Performance Site TBA
When Pippi Longstocking moves into Villa Villekulla, the small town is turned upside down. Join Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annika on their adventures, including going to the circus. What shenanigans will they get into?

Sleeping Beauty
6:30pm
Performance in Saratoga, CA – site TBA
We all know the story of Sleeping Beauty, but what if this time, the princess saves herself?

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