Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the fourth of Mary Pope Osborne's award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series, which has sold more than 100 million copies and is available in more than a hundred countries around the world.  This time around, Jack and Annie’s tree house takes them to an exotic island with pirates, where the two discover the power of friendship and the simple pleasures in everyday life.

The two siblings return to visit the magic tree house on a dreary, rainy day. They find a book where the sun is shining and the waves are crashing, so they wish to travel to this tropical place. They realize that they are in the eighteenth-century Caribbean, the time of pirates! The siblings meet Captain Bones, a mean old pirate who captures the two and forces them to help him find buried treasure. It's up to Jack and Annie to find their way back to the tree house and make their way home. 

Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is a great first pick for new directors, or if you have students who are new to the performing arts. The cast can be expanded to include plenty of pirates and island creatures, and students always enjoy a musical that takes place in a fantasy setting.

ACT Children's Theater was created in 2019 by Tonya Ott, Angela Dwyer, and Christopher Dwyer as a way to continue to offer theater experiences to children in the North Country of New York. The three founding members had been part of the creative team of the St. John's Conservatory Theater, which closed earlier in 2019. We wanted to create a new theater, completely non-profit, and devoted to allowing children to shine on stage. After doing a very successful Broadway showcase, ACT was all set to do a full-length musical that year but had to postpone due to the COVID shutdown in 2020. Instead, we put out two virtual productions (one musical showcase and one stage play) before resuming live theater in the fall of 2021. We have since put on three stage plays for elementary casts and three full stage musicals. “Pirates Past Noon” marks our first attempt at a k-6th grade musical!