Special Family Events - Stepping Stones Museum

The Silly Dilly Musical: Harvest Edition

Just in time for Halloween, Stepping Stones Museum for Children presents The Silly Dilly Musical - Harvest Edition. Filled with hilarious songs for kids of all ages, this world premiere musical will feature a special section of rib-tickling tunes about trick or treating, costumes, and more kid-friendly Halloween silliness.

Tuesday, November 5

11:00 am

The Silly Dilly Musical: Holiday Edition

There’s no better way to celebrate the holiday season than with a specially created edition of the world premiere The Silly Dilly Musical at Stepping Stones Museum for Children. Six performers will share the joys of the season with a selection of songs from Alan Katz’s Silly Dilly Songbooks, this time featuring hilarious tunes from Where Did They Hide My Presents?

Saturday, November 30

11:00 am • 2:00 pm

Saturday, December 28
9:30 am • 11:00 am • 2:00 pm

About the Silly Dilly players:

Alan Katz

As a print and television writer, I've majored in silliness for more than 30 years. During that time, I've written for a whole bunch of Emmy-nominated TV shows (five years worth of parody songs and other funny stuff for "The Rosie O’Donnell Show"), animated series like "Pinkalicious", "Taz-Mania", "Disney’s Raw Toonage and Goof Troop", several editions of the Grammy Awards and Tony Awards, "Kids Are People Too", a slew of Nickelodeon projects including Whoopi’s "Littleburg", network specials, game shows, articles for publications including the New York Times and the New York Daily News, and I've created hundreds of comic books, trading cards, web videos, and other special projects for kids and their parents. But my proudest achievement is the brilliance of Simone, Andrew, Nathan, and David, the children my wonderful wife Rose and I “co-authored.” They have taken me to new heights of silliness, and they are the reason I'm a happy man.

Producer Eli Newsom and
Director Christy McIntosh-Newsom

Producer Eli Newsom and Director Christy McIntosh-Newsom have twenty years of producing theatre between them, and together they run Fairfield Center Stage, an environmental and immersive traveling theatre in Fairfield. Christy has an extensive background in children’s and educational theatre, having directed and taught at Fairfield Summer Stage, Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Curtain Call Summer Youth Theatre, Trumbull Youth Association, West Conn, and others, and is also a professional actress and member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity. Eli has served as director and music director at Curtain Call, Bedford Middle School, Coleytown, Fairfield Teen Theatre, Tomlinson Middle School, Downtown Cabaret Theatre, and is a founding member of both Bridgeport Theatre Company and Fairfield Center Stage. They live in Fairfield with their son Carlson John, and two dogs.

Nick Carrano is incredibly blessed to be back on stage after taking some time off. He is a graduate of the BFA Theatre program at Central Connecticut State University. Nick recently performed at the Bethlehem Fair with Masque Family Theater, and he played Dickon in Fairfield Center Stage’s production of “The Secret Garden.” Nick would like to thank Christy and Eli for being such warm and wonderful people. Nick would finally like to send a shout out to the cast, to Alan Katz for having such a creative mind, and a thank you to his wife-to-be, Kyra. God bless you all.

Betzabeth Castro

Betzabeth Castro graduated from Southern CT State University where she received her Bachelor's in Theatre. Credits include: "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" (Suzanne) with Westport Community Theater, "Love's Labour's Lost" (Katherine) with Elm Shakespeare Company, and "Lysistrata" (Lysistrata) with Southern CT State University. Betzabeth is very excited to be working with such a talented, fun group of people!

Chelsea Dacey

Bobby Earl Henry is excited to join the cast of The Silly Dilly Musical at Stepping Stones Museum for Children. He most recently appeared as (Hans) in Cabaret with Fairfield Center Stage. Some of his favorite credits include (DJ/Ensemble) in Seven Angels Production of The Who’s "Tommy" (Joice Heth) in "Barnum" (Moonface Martin) in "Anything Goes", (The Lion) in "The Wiz" ,(Margaret Mead in Hair), a (Featured Dancer) in "Sweet Charity" a (Soloist/ Dancer) in "American Idiot" and a (Brother) in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". Besides performing Bobby has a passion for hairdressing and is a licensed Cosmetologist in the State of Connecticut. He would like to thank the Alan, Christy and Eli and Stepping Stones for such a silly dilly adventure.

Eric Regan is delighted to be apart of this super silly musical! A Fairfield native, you may have seen him performing with various local theatre companies in the area. He would like to thank Eli and Christy for their direction, Alan Katz for his wonderful and creative works, and Stepping Stones Museum for Children for putting on this show.

Madeleine Tommins is a NYC actor who is thrilled to have the opportunity to perform at the Stepping Stones! Madeleine grew up in Fairfield, CT and enjoyed visiting the museum as a kid. Favorite credits include Wendla (Spring Awakening) and Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz). Special thanks to Eli, Christy, and Alan for having her on board. She is grateful for the chance to all be silly dilly together!

Friday, October 25

How Does it Work?

11:30 am Bones: Create a bone and learn about what is inside our bones and help us put together a large skeleton puzzle.

3:30 pm Spider webs: Create a web using a motor and learn about spider web patterns.

*Museum closes at 4:00 pm for set up of Monster Mash from 5:00 – 8:00 pm.

Saturday, October 26

Frank-n-Fun Games All Day

A variety of Big Spooky and Kooky games will be available all day for play. Games such as Frankenstein’s Monster Operation, Tic Tac Boo and more!

Sunday, October 27

Trunk or Treat 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Local companies and organizations will help celebrate by providing resources and fun takeaways for visitors!

Tuesday, October 29

Kitchen Cauldron Science 11:30 am – 12:30 pm and 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Calling all household wizards! Discover how science turns ordinary household products into magical substances! (Activities will include cleaning pennies with ketchup, baking soda and vinegar experiments, and discovering what two kitchen substances turn blue when mixed together.)

Wednesday, October 30

Spooky Kooky Creativity: Science meets art and Halloween!

Cosmic Night Painting - Noon

Face Painting - 10:15 am and 3:00 pm

How Does It Work? - Haunting Hues 11:30 am and 3:30 pm

Thursday, October 31

How Does It Work?

11:30 am Bones: Create a bone and learn about what is inside our bones and help us put together a large skeleton puzzle.

3:30 pm Spider Webs: Create a web using a motor and learn about spider web patterns.

Friday, October 25

5:00 – 8:00 pm

Join us for a BOO-tiful night of tricks and treats jam-packed with family fun. Come and experience a wickedly-cool performance from the kookiest and spookiest of all mad scientists, Dr. Diabolical! Along with his lab assistant Frau Inga and his “right hand man” Lefty, the Doctor makes hilarious and macabre mayhem. This year’s fun-loving experiment involves bringing Frankenstein’s monster back to life. With the help of volunteers from the audience, Doctor Diabolical will succeed where others’ have failed!

Performance Times

Click your preferred performance time above or call 203 899 0606, 0 or visit our Welcome Desk. Space is limited – registration required.

Members $10/person Non-members $15/person

After October 18: Members $12/person Non-members $17/person

A BIG thank you to Nestlé Waters North America for their generous donation!

In addition to a performance by Doctor Diabolical, there are lots of spooky activities that the whole family will enjoy.

EVERY Third Thursday of the month at 5:30 – 6:30 pm, Stepping Stones offers these FREE Ask A Professional events that helps connect caregivers with community resources with an expertise in child development, behavior and learning.

PLEASE NOTE: For all Ask A Professional events, registration is strongly suggested THREE DAYS prior to event. If interested in childcare for children 18 months and older, mention that at time of registration. We cannot guarantee childcare if you have not registered.

Contact Cristina Matos at 203 899 0606 ext. 209 to register.

Thursday, October 17, 2019 • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Topic: Bullying and Cyber-bullying: When Schools Refuse to Act

Speaker: Jeffrey Forte, Special Education Lawyer and Certified Advocate

Despite the efforts of many school systems to eliminate it, bullying remains a significant issue that often goes unaddressed, sometimes because of a victim’s unwillingness to seek adult assistance.
Or, there may be reluctance on the part of the school to properly address the situation. The result: school no longer feels safe and may refuse to go to school. Every child has rights. Excessive absenteeism can trigger various legal protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and other acts.

Thursday, November 21, 2019 • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Topic: How and Why to Read Aloud

Speakers: Evelyn Tomasello and Linda Sylvester from Read to Grow

Read To Grow is a 20 year-old Connecticut non-profit whose mission is to promote language skills and literacy for children, beginning at birth, and to support parents as their babies’ first teachers.

The team from Read To Grow will talk a little about their mission and the important community resource their Books for Kids program has become. Reading aloud is critical to a child developing language and literacy and leads to meaningful conversations and connections. Just in case it’s been a while since your last acting class, the team will read a book cover to cover, modeling and discussing read aloud techniques. All participants will go home with a copy of the book we read and pre- and post-surveys will be given as part of the workshop.

Thursday, December 19, 2019 • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Topic: Developing Empathy in Young Children

Speaker: Alan J. Wenderoff, Ph.D. from Everyday Parenting Psychology PLLC

Explore ways to promote kindness and caring in young children With Dr. Alan J. Wenderoff. Dr. Wenderoff has spent most of the past 30+ years working in a wide range of clinical and educational settings serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families. He specializes in the diagnosis of young children with autism spectrum disorder, and is the author of Positive Parenting your Preschooler: A Handbook for Parents.

World Premiere Musical only at Stepping Stones!

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