Gloriana presents Really Rosie

Do you have an appetite for some satisfying family fun? Come enjoy some “Chicken Soup with Rice” on “Avenue P” with this year’s Young Performers production of Really Rosie!

Opening October 4th is the genius collaboration from the writers of Where the Wild Things Are and Beautiful. Really Rosie is based on Maurice Sendak’s timeless children’s books with a score by Carole King. In this upbeat and imaginative musical, Rosie, the self-proclaimed sassiest kid on the block, entertains her friends by producing an imaginary movie based on the exciting, dramatic, funny (and slightly exaggerated) story of her life.

Before Really Rosie became a stage production, the Carole King-Maurice Sendak collaboration was a beloved half-hour cartoon television special. Inspired by Sendak's Nutshell Library series of children's books, the work musicalized classics like "Pierre," "Alligators All Around," "One Was Johnny," and, perhaps the best known, "Chicken Soup With Rice."

Really Rosie runs October 4th through 20th at Eagles Hall in Fort Bragg. Show times are Friday-Saturday at 7:30, and Sunday at 3:00. It runs approximately 60 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are just $18 for adults, $16 for seniors, $10 for youth (17 and under) and children under 5 are free. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.gloriana.org or Harvest Market in Fort Bragg.