San Antonio’s Magik Theatre is rising from its cocoon. After months of renovations to its downtown dwelling base, Beethoven Corridor, the beloved kids’s repertory group, is returning to the stage with a efficiency of The Very Hungry Caterpillar beginning June 13.
The Beethoven stage has been darkish because the firm completed its final efficiency, A Charlie Brown Christmas, in December 2025. Within the meantime, the stage has undergone a $2.2 million renovation that included customized seating, HVAC upgrades, and accessibility enhancements reminiscent of improved entrances, mobility-friendly seating, ASL-interpreted performances, and a sensory-inclusive certification.
Whereas employees revamped its dwelling, Magik Theatre has hardly been idle, taking reveals just like the ever-popular Dragons Love Tacos on the street. Regardless of the interruptions, the troupe is pleased concerning the expanded accessibility.
“These renovations construct on our dedication to equitable entry to the performing arts and can make Magik Theatre much more snug and welcoming for all patrons,” says Magik CEO Melissa Zarb-Cousin, in a launch.
The gamers couldn’t have discovered a extra apt efficiency for his or her reemergence. Based mostly on the youngsters’s e-book first printed by Eric Carle in 1969, the story follows the titular caterpillar because it munches on sufficient snacks to remodel right into a butterfly. The puppetry was coached by San Antonian Bradley Freeman, a Muppets Studio alum whose characters embody Rizzo the Rat.
“We’re thrilled our first mainstage manufacturing within the renovated theatre relies on the long-lasting creations of kids’s creator and illustrator Eric Carle,” stated Magik’s new creative director Collin Pittmann, within the launch. “The Very Hungry Caterpillar present is immediately recognizable to kids and their households, and an unbelievable technique to acknowledge our theatre’s latest transformation.”
The grand reopening of the Magik Theatre will characteristic a ribbon-cutting in Hemisfair Park with remarks from Zarb-Cousin, District 1 Councilmember Sukh Kaur, and Hemisfair CEO Melissa Robinson. Kids will have the ability to get pleasure from actions sponsored by the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Public Library, and the Monarch Pageant, in addition to a dwell DJ and candied fruit.
The occasion will finish with a efficiency of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, however locals have till August 2 if they will’t make opening day. Tickets and extra details about the celebration can be found on-line.
