This performance is part of "River Day" at Van Cortland Manor.
Show Description for "City That Drinks the Mountain Sky"
The epic story of NYC's water supply told in the elemental beauty of puppet theater. A perennial favorite since 1999.
Heralded as one of the wonders of the world, New York City's ingenious system of aqueducts and reservoirs provides clear mountain water from the Catskills to nine million downstate residents. And though the struggle over these water resources has, at times, bitterly divided city managers and watershed residents, it has also irrevocably united them.
 Through a shimmering tapestry of poetry, puppetry and evocative music, City that Drinks the Mountain Sky brings alive the lyrical landscape of the Catskills— to portray the on-going story of the watershed and the uneasy marriage of those who must protect its vulnerable flowing treasure. You can expect plenty of visual punch and timely wit as the Hudson Valley's premier eco-logic theater traces life's quintessential liquid from mountain top to city tap.
A Study Guide is made available for school day performances. for information about how to prepare your students for the show.
Story & visuals by Marlena Marallo, Patrick Wadden & Jean Whelan
Music by Dean Jones.
The show is 55 minutes in length, and requires a performance space of 34'w X 25'd X 12'h. It can be presented outdoors, weather permitting.
 Production and presentation of this show has been made possible through grants from the Catskill Watershed Corporation in partnership with the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, and the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation.
Grades K-10 and family audiences.
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