Leo Lionni’s Frederick

While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick daydreams the summer away. But when fall weather comes, it is Frederick who has stored up something special for the long cold winter in a celebration of the idea that there is a place for all of us in this world. Originally a world premiere in CCT’s 10th birthday season, this charming musical based on Leo Lionni’s classic, much-loved Caldecott Award-winning book features a book by Suzanne Maynard Miller and a spirited folk and rock blues music score by Sarah Durkee and Paul Jacobs, performed live, on-stage by a talented cast of six actor-musicians.

Produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, IL
Leo Lionni’s Frederick premiered at Chicago Children’s Theatre in Oct. 2014

Frederick, © 1967 by Leo Lionni, © renewed 1995 by Leo Lion, used with permission from the Lionni family.

When: September 27 - November 16, 2025

Where: In the Pritzker Family Studio Theatre @ Chicago Children’s Theatre

Website: https://chicagochildrenstheatre.org/event/leo-lionnis-frederick-2025/