“A child’s imagination is a true treasure, and that’s what the Story Pirates steal—or rather borrow—in their endlessly amusing work.”
– The New York Times
“A family-friendly, interactive virtual theater experience that will help propel your kids to dreamland, stat.”
– Red Tricycle
“Are your kids totally over bedtime? Turn your home into a rocket ship and blast off into dreamland with kid-driven comedy and music!”
– The Review Wire
“Turn bedtime routines into a dream with the Story Pirates’ new Sleep Squad experience!
– The Toy Insider
Story Pirates Sleep Squad Goes National!
At Least Nine Theaters Present the Show Regionally;
Ticket Sales Extended through February 21st
Stream Original Song: ‘30 Moons’
(This theme song was inspired by a kid and composed and performed by Ellen Winter.)
(New York) By popular demand, The Story Pirates (creators of the #1 podcast for kids, downloaded more than 25 million times and winner of both the 2020 Webby and iHeartRadio award for Best Kids and Family podcast) and Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price (Jagged Little Pill, Peter and the Starcatcher) announce today that SLEEP SQUAD is now available through nine presenting partners, both regional theaters and performing arts centers, across the country. Ticket sales have been extended through February 21, 2021.
SLEEP SQUAD is a family-friendly, interactive, virtual theater experience that turns your home into a rocket ship. The on-demand show can be experienced after dinner, before bedtime, at naptime or anytime young astronauts feel like going on an adventure into their dreams. It can be experienced in one sitting or each story can be enjoyed in 15-minute chunks.
Featuring brand new, unique, kid-driven comedy and music, this world premiere production creates a new kind of bedtime ritual for kids ages 4-12. Created by the “masterfully hilarious” Story Pirates, “some of the best creators and performers in kids’ media today” (Sirius XM), SLEEP SQUAD is more than an on-demand evening of entertainment; it’s a one-of-a-kind experience that leaps off the screen to create performance-like, immersive family fun right at home.
Directed by Olivier Award nominee Jennifer Weber (& Juliet, The Hip Hop Nutcracker) and Drama Desk Award nominee Lee Overtree (Found, Story Pirates Artistic Director), Tony Award Nominee Lilli Cooper (SpongeBob SquarePants, Tootsie) stars as the Dream Queen, pilot of the spaceship Ariem that launches kids into the Slumber Galaxy on three different missions, as they train to become members of the Sleep Squad—an elite group of the world’s most advanced dreamers.
Parents and reviewers are raving about SLEEP SQUAD since its launch in late November. Review Wire recommended it as a “‘stellar’ new bedtime ritual for the whole fam!” and Motherhood Later remarked, “The best part was watching the smile on my son’s face as he listened to the stories, paused to write in his sleep journal, and watched the stars dancing on the walls of his room.” And New York Times theater critic Alexis Soloski remarked that her kids enjoyed creating their own stories behind their sleep masks. She added, “This is the first time in 20 years of theater criticism that I can unashamedly make this claim: The show put me to sleep.”
Presenting Partners
· South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA) – February 1-14, 2021
· Pittsburgh Cultural Trust / Part of the EQT Children’s Festival (Pittsburgh, PA) – Through January 31, 2021 https://pghkids.trustarts.org/events/4273
· The Bushnell (Hartford, CT) – Through February 21, 2021 https://bushnell.org/sleepsquad
· McCain Performance Series at Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS) – February 7-21, 2021 https://mccain.k-state.edu/events/2020-2021/sleep-squad.html
· Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Eugene, OR) – Through February 21, 2021 https://hultcenter.org/events/sleep-squad/
· Alberta Air Theater (Billings, MT) – Through January 18, 2021 https://www.albertabairtheater.org/shows/story-pirates-sleep-squad-multiple-dates/
· Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY) – January 20 – February 21, 2021
· Stephens Auditorium at Iowa State Center (Ames, IA) – February 4-14, 2021
Find additional partners and dates at:
Dreamtime Travel Kit and ticket information:
On-demand family passes are available to any family anywhere. These can include a “Dreamtime Travel Kit” delivered to the ticket purchaser’s home address.
The items within — including a dream journal, explorer goggle sleep mask, co-pilot badge and star projector — are woven into the experience to create imaginative, educational and intergalactic experiences without leaving Planet Earth. Family passes to the show with the Dreamtime Travel Kit $50) are available via Stellar.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
