David Arthur Bachrach as BONES, Bartley Mullin as BUTCH, Angelica Phipps as IRIS, and Gabe Walker as PUG rehearse "The Elephant Piece"

 Over-the-top props are being gathered, colorful and carnivalesque costumes are being coordinated, lively choreography is being staged - The Elephant Piece rehearsals are in full swing! 

This bitingly satirical musical is taking shape for its April 11 opening, and the cast is eager to sing and stomp their way into your hearts in this New England premiere.  New  York's Downtown Express wrote, "Ionesco meets Greenpeace in this effectively disturbing absurdist fable...an eerie, surreal vaudeville song-and-dance revue...this show sings when at its nastiest."  

In The Elephant Piece, a roving band of charming miscreants stages a faux "minstrel show," launching the audience on a journey into musical mayhem and absurdist spectacle that ultimately touches the heart and gives hope that our species might just survive its own cheerful destructiveness.  This is a Portland theater event you won't want to miss.

Rosie and Opal are Asian elephants who have worked their entire lives in circuses. Over time, they have developed arthritis and other maladies, and they now need specialized medical care, which is what they get every day at HOPE ELEPHANTS. Such expert treatment and the large amounts of food needed to feed these 8,000-pound girls require a steady influx of funds, and Snowlion Rep and the cast of The Elephant Piece are eager to help. Because HOPE ELEPHANTS has successfully developed and applied treatments that have improved Rosie and Opal's quality of life, other injured elephants will benefit from their innovations. Snowlion Rep hopes to raise awareness of the good work that HOPE ELEPHANTS does by hosting a benefit performance.