March 27th – 29th @7:00pm

Organization: Arizona School for the Arts

The Arizona School for the Arts production of

I Need My Monster

Adapted for the Stage by Anne Negri

Director: Dr. Craig Kosnik

Production Director: Courtney Kenyon

This WORLD PREMIERE by nationally and internationally produced and published playwright Anne Negri is based upon the collection of I Need My Monster books by Amanda Noll (author) and Howard McWilliam (Illustrator). This new theatrical adaptation will combine elements of all the books and will be appropriate for families with children of all ages.

BOOK DESCRIPTION of I Need My Monster:
A unique monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this picture book relies on humor over fear, appeals to a child’s love of creatures both alarming and absurd, and glorifies the scope of a child’s imagination. One night, when Ethan checks under his bed for his monster, Gabe, he finds a note from him instead: “Gone fishing. Back in a week.” Ethan knows that without Gabe’s familiar nightly scares, he doesn’t stand a chance of getting to sleep, so Ethan interviews potential substitutes to see if they’ve got the right equipment for the job—pointy teeth, sharp claws, and a long tail—but none of them proves scary enough for Ethan. When Gabe returns sooner than expected from his fishing trip, Ethan is thrilled. It turns out that Gabe didn’t enjoy fishing because the fish scared too easily.