Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Family Series

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Jeannine Coulombe

Based on the book by Grace Lin

Directed by Justin Anderson

Assistant Directed by Frances Chang

January 26 – February 18, 2024

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Synchronicity Theatre
at Peachtree Pointe
1545 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309

General Admission Tickets:
$30 Adults | $15 Children 3+ | Lap seating for under 3

Swanky (reserved) Tickets:
$45 Adults | $30 Students + Seniors

Friday 7 p.m.*

Saturday 1 p.m. + 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 2 p.m. + 5:30 p.m.*

*Each Friday is PJs & Play – where children wear pajamas, have cookies, and watch the show.

*Each Sunday at 5:30pm is Pay-What-You-Can - PWYC tickets are only available at the Box Office starting one hour before showtime

*Each Saturday at 3pm is a Puppet Factory Make-a-Dragon puppet workshop - with the Center for Puppetry Arts.

Community Partner

East by SouthEast

A Magical odyssey, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon weaves rich folklore into captivating adventure.

Young Minli lives with her parents near Fruitless Mountain, surviving on the meager fare they can produce. Inspired by the rich tales her father tells (and by magical goldfish), Minli determines she will find the Old Man of the Moon who, it is said, knows the secret of good fortune. On her quest she encounters royalty, dragons, and several more stories, from which she learns what true good fortune really is. Based on the 2010 Newbery Honors book, this “fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore,” is a beautifully-told Wizard of Oz riff with a huge heart.

Age recommendation: 5+. This play has a couple of small moments of peril. It is highly theatrical, and incorporates puppets, dance, masks, and more.

Run time: An hour and 30 minutes with a 15-minute intermission

Audiences & Critics are raving...

"... a delightful interwoven tale of dragons, family, folklore, and puppetry..." - Broadway World

a "... graceful and lively adaptation..." and "ruthlessly charming and entertaining" - ArtsATL
"The set is beautiful and the actors are all fantastic! The show is very entertaining. We were all impressed by the combination of excellent storytelling, adventure, humor, physical acting, and choreography..." - Macaroni Kid Buckhead/Brookhaven

Community Partners - East by SouthEast, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta Chinese Dance Company, Little Shop of Stories

Supporters - Sweet Hut

All patrons at our Saturday shows (1 or 4:30pm) can attend the Puppet Factory Make-a-Dragon puppet workshop at 3pm! Come early, stay late, make a puppet!

MEET THE AUTHOR

Before Grace Lin was an award-winning and NY Times bestselling author/illustrator of picturebooks, early readers and middle grade novels, she was the only Asian girl (except for her sisters) going to her elementary school in Upstate NY. That experience, good and bad, has influenced her books—including her Newbery Honor WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON, her Geisel Honor LING & TING, her National Book Finalist WHEN THE SEA TURNED TO SILVER and her Caldecott Honor A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR. But, it also causes Grace to persevere for diversity as an occasional New England Public Radio commentator and when she gave her TEDx talk “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf,” as well as her PBSNewHour video essay “What to do when you realize classic books from your childhood are racist?.” She continued this mission with a hundred episodes of the podcast kidlitwomen* and now currently hosts two other podcasts: Book Friends Forever and Kids Ask Authors. In 2016, Grace’s art was displayed at the White House and Grace, herself, was recognized by President Obama’s office as a Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. In 2022, Grace was awarded the Children’s Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association. Grace is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with her husband, daughter and five chickens.