Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Spaghetti Story

For most kids, pasta has never looked as good as it does flooding the streets of a small Italian town in the pages of Tomie dePaola’s 1975 picture book Strega Nona. But it’s about to get better: DePaola’s clean and stylized folktale illustrations jump off the page and onto the stage when the Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences transforms his story into a lively musical production. With a score by award-winning composer Aron Accurso and input from the author-illustrator himself, this theatrical adaptation cooks up the tale of a friendly witch who goes about healing the ills of her village. The fun begins when her new helper Big Anthony tries to mimic her magical verses — with unexpected (and overflowing) results. Hungry yet?