Urashima Taro

By Coleman A. Jennings

Directed by Dinah Gravel

"The Lion King underwater" is the best way to describe the Middle School’s spring production of "Urashima Taro." Puppets and Japanese Theatre techniques are used to tell the classic Japanese folk tale of Urashima Taro, a poor fisherman, who saves the life of an ancient sea turtle, and is rewarded with a journey to a fantastic undersea world. Under the sea, he meets wondrous creatures, and battles a giant sea dragon. But, when he returns to his home, eighty years have passed, and he faces an even greater challenge.