The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza

The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza at The Coterie Theatre

The Pigeon wants to fly to the North Pole. Not for a vacation—for the greatest gift ever. Children who love Mo Willems’s picture-book characters can follow this restless bird’s tempting idea as Elephant and Piggie celebrate, Unlimited Squirrels decorate and The Pigeon considers abandoning everything familiar for a quest that sounds simple but feels impossible. That predicament sets The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza in motion at The Coterie Theatre, where silly stories and songs collide with gift-hunting drama in a rolling world premiere.

Mo Willems and Adam Tobin wrote the script and lyrics; Deborah Wicks La Puma composed the music. Together they transform beloved picture-book personalities into a comic holiday story with stakes, not just a string of seasonal numbers. The Pigeon's temptation to leave drives the plot forward. Elephant and Piggie bring their friendship and contrasting wants into the mix. Unlimited Squirrels pile on chaos. The result is an all-ages musical, approximately sixty minutes, that lets Kansas City audiences watch familiar characters navigate unfamiliar stage adventures.

The rolling world premiere status means The Coterie introduces a new theatrical work shaped specifically for live performance, combining audience antics with the squabbling, hoping and decorating that give Willems stories their charm. For families, the appeal is recognizable personalities in a new musical story, with an hour-long format that keeps the theater plan manageable.

Get tickets to The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza at The Coterie Theatre.