The Bea & The Bug Extravaganza! Kicks Off with Children’s National Medical Center Performance

“ Capital Fringe Festival Show, The Bea & The Bug Extravaganza spotlights history via interactive musical theatre. Showing July 11, 12, 15, 23, 25 at Mt. Vernon Utd. Methodist Church, 900 Mass. Ave. NW, WDC. Tickets: shows.capfringe.org; 866/811-4111. ”

The Bea & The Bug entertains kids in DC, opens 7/11 at Capital Fringe Festival.

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(eMusicWire.Org) – Washington, DC – Patients, staff and visitors at Children’s National Medical Center danced and sang along to a special free performance of The Bea & The Bug Extravaganza! featuring a cast of colorfully costumed insect characters, children and historical figures, plus a live band.

“The Bea and The Bug! was an outstanding performance here at the hospital and made a difference in the lives of our patients. We have already received an overwhelming response. Whether it was the wide smiles on the faces of our patients or the therapeutic energy [the show] brought to the atrium space, everyone agrees, it was a sensational hit!” said Dana Kristina-Joi Morgan, Performance Coordinator at Children’s National Medical Center.

“We were thrilled to once again perform at Children’s National – it’s our fifth performance over the years since the show originally launched in 1999, and you can’t beat the smiles on the faces of the kids and the adults,” echoed Gale Nemec, who heads the Alexandria-based non-profit Education and Entertainment Foundation, Inc. and is the show’s creator and Executive Producer.

Some 75 people participated in the show, held in the main hospital atrium Tuesday, traveling back in time with BungleBug™, HoneyBea™, DragonFly™, Trevor, Morgan and the BungleBug™ Singers to meet Thomas Jefferson as a child, Nellie Bly and Benjamin Banneker.

Upcoming performances of The Bea & The Bug Extravaganza! presented as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, are on July 11, 12, 15, 23, and 25 at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Show times and tickets are available at http://shows.capfringe.org or by calling 866/811-4111.

The Bea & The Bug! is an interactive, multimedia, musical show, suitable for all ages, and is one of the 120 productions being staged at venues around DC for the fringe festival.

Camp, school, scout, faith-based, neighborhood and club groups are encouraged to attend as a summer theatre outing.

The Bea & The Bug Extravaganza!, is directed by Peggy Jones, with musical direction by James Bazen. The cast and band are made up of a diverse group of local performers, including adults and children.

For more information, visit: www.thebeaandthebug.org, email thebeaandbug@gmail.com or call Gale Nemec, Executive Producer, at 571/214-4222.