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How I Became a Pirate

2 p.m. Sunday, February 24
Eisenhower Auditorium

Best-selling author Melinda Long’s swashbuckling treasure hunt How I Became a Pirate comes to the stage in an Omaha Theater Company musical production. Spellbinding storytelling, irresistible songs, and bold choreography combine to take audiences on a “journey through the high seas.” The tale of young Jeremy Jacobs and his encounter with Captain Braid Beard brims with adventure as the lad embarks on a quest for buried treasure and learns about pirate customs. “One of the things that pirates represent for kids is a life free from care, a life of giddy abandon, where you can do whatever you want,” says the show’s director Rob Urbinati. “I want Pirate to have that kind of exuberance, and that’s what I want the audience — both children and adults — to experience.” One of the oldest, largest, and most respected children’s theatrical organizations in the United States, Omaha Theater Company was founded in 1949.

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McQuaide Blasko Endowment

Buy tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at 814-863-0255 . Outside the local calling area, dial 1-800-ARTS-TIX Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

Adult $15
University Park Student $8
18 and Younger $15