{"id":27197,"date":"2012-08-01T05:29:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=27197"},"modified":"2012-08-01T05:29:02","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T10:29:02","slug":"puppet-show-tickets-available-at-npac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/08\/01\/puppet-show-tickets-available-at-npac\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppet show tickets available at NPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>NPAC information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A one-of-a-kind live black-light puppet show, <em>John Tartaglia\u2019s ImaginOcean<\/em> is a magical undersea adventure for kids of all ages that will be in Van Wert on Saturday, November 3 for a 1:00 pm show. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel are best friends who just happen to be fish, and they are about to set out on a remarkable journey of discovery. It all starts with a treasure map. As they swim off in search of clues, they sing, they dance and they make new friends, including everyone in the audience. Ultimately they discover the greatest treasure of all: friendship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ImaginOcean-artwork-7-2012.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27199\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ImaginOcean-artwork-7-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ImaginOcean-artwork-7-2012.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ImaginOcean-artwork-7-2012-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tony-Award and Emmy-Award nominated actor John Tartaglia has starred in the acclaimed Broadway musical <em>Avenue <\/em>Q, appeared on Broadway in<em> Shrek the Musical<\/em> and in Disney\u2019s <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>, and created and starred in Disney Channel\u2019s television series \u201cJohnny and the Sprites.\u201d A 10-year veteran of \u201cSesame Street,\u201d Tartaglia is one of the youngest puppeteers ever to perform on the show, starting at the age of 16. Now, his creative gills have resulted in his creation of <em>John Tartaglia\u2019s<strong> <\/strong>ImaginOcean<\/em>, for which he wrote, produced and voices five of the main characters.<\/p>\n<p>Jam-packed with original music ranging from swing to R &amp; B to Big Band, <em>John Tartaglia\u2019s<strong> <\/strong>ImaginOcean<\/em> is a blast from the first big splash to the last wave goodbye.<\/p>\n<p><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> says: \u201cEntirely unique. \u2026 The visual, fully 3-D splendor will keep the audiences young and old entranced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for this show go on sale today at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center Box Office. Tickets are $12-$22. Box-office hours are Tuesday-Friday, noon to 4 p.m. The box office is located at 10700 Ohio 118-South in Van Wert. Tickets are also available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npacvw.org\/\">www.npacvw.org<\/a> or Facebook. For more information contact us at 419.238.NPAC (6722). Groups are welcome. Contact the box office for discount information. Special thanks to this year\u2019s season sponsor: Statewide Ford Lincoln of Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPAC information A one-of-a-kind live black-light puppet show, John Tartaglia\u2019s ImaginOcean is a magical undersea adventure for kids of all ages that will be in Van Wert on Saturday, November 3 for a 1:00 pm show. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel are best friends who just happen to be fish, and they are about to set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 21:48:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}