By JAYLINN PFEIFER
For Hays Post

On Thursday, Feb 15, the Hays Arts Council will host the Wichita Children’s Theatre at Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fort Hays State University.

At 9:30 a.m. there will be a performance called “Cavity Crisis in Cow Town” for third graders in Ellis County and Russell.

“This is a sweet little 30- to 45-minute performance that will target dental health awareness for third graders,” said Brenda Meder of the Hays Arts Council.

The performance is teamed up with Delta Dental, who will provide dental kits and information to the children who attend. Meder says she has been doing the dental performance for a few years and she really enjoys it.

At 12:45 p.m., the theater will put on a great production of “Three Little Pigs” for kindergarten through first graders. The production is about the original story but includes the pigs teaching the wolf how to control his temper and in the end learn to be the pigs’ friend.

“The children know the story and the play is wrapped around the story with some different scenes in it,” Meder said.

There is a meet and greet for 20 minutes after every performance for the kids to meet and get autographs and pictures with the cast. There will also be a performance of the “Three Little Pigs” at 7 p.m. that night that is open to the public.

“The show is nice for families that want to have these experiences with their children without having to travel far away,” Meder said.

The Wichita Children’s Theatre also teams up with Russell to do a separate performance on Friday, Feb. 16. They will put on a Mark Twain show for the fourth and fifth graders in Russell.