New Victory Arts Break: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical

New Victory Arts Break videos and activities are designed to have your family ready and raring for showtime before you even leave home. Here’s how to use them! All set? Then let’s get creative together and prep your kid for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical with the activities below.

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New Victory Arts Break videos are filmed at the New Victory Theater. We acknowledge that New Victory resides on the seized homeland of the Lenape people and the intertribal territory of many First Nations. We celebrate and pay deep respect to all Indigenous peoples, past, present and future, and we encourage you to learn more about these vibrant communities.

Did You Know?

Seattle Children’s Theatre and Third Wish Productions’ Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical is a toe-tapping adaptation of every kid’s favorite alphabet book. Learn more about the show and watch a short trailer below!

• The letters of the alphabet come to life in different ways on stage—sometimes as puppets, sometimes as props, sometimes as costume pieces—all driven by five actors who take on multiple roles.
• The book’s beloved story of climbing the coconut tree is central to the show, but with nine original songs and more room to play, this musical adaptation gives different groups of letters distinct, playful personalities.
• With over 30 million copies in print, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is the number one best-selling title from Simon & Schuster Publishing!

Try It Out!

Inspired by the wordplay and puppetry of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical, work together to tell an alliterative story.

Siobhan and Anthony loved bringing the first letters of their names to life in original stories! What tall letter tales can you tell with your family?

1. Draw and cut out your kid’s favorite letter. It could be the first letter of their name or just a letter they love the sound of!
2. Work together to write a story full of words that start with that letter. This is a great chance to introduce your kid to both the dictionary and the thesaurus.
3. Decide who will recite the story and who will puppeteer the letter. Then, gather some props and put on a show!

Can you tell more stories using other favorite family letters? Get witty, keep it silly and have fun!

Talk About It!

As you make your way to the theater, get your kid in the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical mindset with some show-themed conversation starters! Ask them:

• What is your favorite letter of the alphabet and why?
• Do you have a favorite book that you would love to see turned into a play, movie or TV show?
• What would you say is the personality of the first letter of your name?

And the fun doesn’t have to stop here! Follow along with New Victory Teaching Artists and Education staff in a few Arts Break videos and activities from the archive that will pump up your family’s puppetry skills.

Even small puppets can have big personalities. Give your puppet a voice with Ana Cantorán Viramotes.

Some puppets are more puppet-y than others. Create an ensemble animal puppet with Andrea Ang.

That puppet looks familiar! Craft a puppet you and take yourself on an adventure with Renata Townsend.