ABOUT PIWACKET

MISSION & PURPOSE:

Piwacket is a professional non-profit children’s theatre focused on early childhood character education through live interactive dynamic performances and the electronic media. Piwacket creatively adapts fairy tales with catchy songs, fun dances and comical interaction to emphasize important values and morals including; Literacy, Respect, and Bravery. Piwacket creators believe good moral character starts at an early age and reinforce these positive values with Performances, CDs and Videos.

CHARACTER EDUCATION FOCUS
For more than 13 years, creators Scott Sears, Edie Avioli and Charlotte Dougherty have written original 40-minute performances to educate children about the value of a strong character. Piwacket performances boost self-efficacy, promote communication, and build character.

VISION
In five years Piwacket will be a leader in the National Character Education Initiative through the production of live theatrical shows and a unique line of merchandise to include;
Videos, CDs, Storybooks, Coloring Books, Educator Workshops and Theatre Camps where “Kids are the Stars.”

BRIEF HISTORY
PIWACKET THEATRE FOR CHILDREN was formed in 1989 as the Children’s Outreach for OFF The CUFF Productions, a professional theatre. Piwacket toured original adaptations of fairy tales, with character education messages to children in shelters, hospitals and inner city daycares at no cost to them. In 1992, OFF The CUFF became a 501(c)3 and relocated to St. Louis, Missouri and in 1995, Piwacket added ticketed performances for the public at: The Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, The Chesterfield Community Theatre,
Faust Park Carousel House, Webster Recreation Complex, and Lincoln Theatre in Belleville, Illinois. Piwacket has performed 15 original shows for 200,000 people in Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and South Carolina since 1989.

In 2004 Russ Carnahan and the Missouri State House of Representatives, presented Piwcket's Creators, Edie Avioli, Scott Sears, and Charlotte Dougherty with a House Resolution acknowledging and commending their work for Piwacket Theatre for Children. The state congratulates Piwacket on its more than 13 years of providing professional children's theatre focused on early childhood character education and looks forward to seeing them become a leader in the National Character Education Initiative. This resolution was presented to Piwacket at its Annual Development Luncheon.

Scott Sears
Edie Avioli
John Bagwell
Thomas H. Brouster, Sr.
Charlotte Dougherty
Tom Eschen
Harvey A. Harris
Judy Harris
Ena Pierce
Daryl Reeves
Dexter Schraer
Debra Shurn
Ellie Williams
John Wuest

ADVISORY BOARD:

Joan T. Avioli
Sheila Onuska
Scott Schmid
Philip & Judith Stupp