Presented by special arrangement with Rainbow Puppet Productions
From June 10 to June 10, 2017

Take a Giant Leap (suggested for grades Pre-K to 4)

Since before the dawn of human history, people have looked to the heavens and let their imaginations run free and that's the starting point of the new production "Take a Giant Leap." We look to the sky and imagine we see a lion, a bear, a rabbit, a giant butterfly and soon those imagined creatures come to life... singing original songs and encouraging the audience to join along in dance.

As the show progresses, we go from looking into the sky to actually flying in the sky, first in airplanes and then in rocket ships that take us into space. The highlight of the program is a five-foot-tall astronaut landing on the moon and then encouraging us to take a giant leap... perhaps one day to Mars.

"Take a Giant Leap" was created for and premiered at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum... working in cooperation with the Department of Education's "Let's Read! Let's Move!" event.
The program is the perfect mix of original songs, dance and multiple styles of puppetry including the largest marionette in Rainbow Puppet's history.