Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

John Steptoe’s Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale is a spectacular tribute to Dallas Children's Theater (DCT) founder and inaugural show director, Robyn Flatt. The beautiful Zimbabwe-based Cinderella tale returns to open DCT’s 40th season.

Tickets:
All public weekend performance tickets are $5 per person, thanks to a donation from The M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation, as a gift to the community and in honor of Robyn Flatt.

Synopsis:
An African villager named Mufaro has two daughters whom everyone agrees are beautiful. But, they have their differences. Manyara possesses a bad temper and is self-centered (but never in front of Mufaro); Nyasha is kind and considerate to people and to animals. When Mufaro learns that the King is in the process of meeting all of the most worthy and beautiful women in order to choose a wife, he decides that both of his daughters should go. Celebrate goodness, generosity, and love with traditional dancing, rhythmic drumming, and glorious African song. Based on the 1988 Caldecott Honor Award book.

Sunday, September 24, 1:30pm
Sunday, October 1, 1:30pm
Saturday, October 7, 4:30pm
Sunday, October 8, 4:30pm
Saturday, October 14, 1:30pm

Special performances:
Sensory-friendly: September 30 at 1:30pm. Tickets are $5. Learn more here.
ASL (American Sign Language) interpreted: October 1 at 1:30pm. Call the box office at 214/740-0051 to confirm.

Adapted for the stage by Karen Abbott
Music and Lyrics by S-Ankh Rasa
Directed by S-Ankh Rasa and Robyn Flatt

Image credits: Artwork from Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale Copyright © 1987 by John Steptoe. Use licensed by the estate of John Steptoe. Artwork Peanuts (c) 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC. All Rights Reserved. Mo Willems’ ELEPHANT & PIGGIE’S “WE ARE IN A PLAY!” all authorized performance materials supplied by MTI. mtishows[dot]com. All other images (c) 2023 Dallas Children's Theater.

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