Deborah Wicks La Puma

High praise for #MoWillems and #DebbieWicksLaPuma’s ELEPHANT & PIGGIE musical (and for quality TYA in general) from a musical theater professor! @mtishows @kennedycenter @kencentya

Deborah Wicks La Puma musicals published by Music Theatre International: 1) Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! (The Musical!) 2) Elephant & Piggie’s: We Are in a Play! 3) She Persisted, The Musical 4) Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience 5) Elephant & Piggie Broadway Jr Version 6) Broadway Junior Pure Imagination Revue (includes a song from the Elephant & Piggie Musical) [Edit: the Broadway Junior version of She Persisted, The Musical was released in October 2025!]

Per this Google AI search result, 3 of the Top 10 1-hour TYA musicals are written by Mo Willems & @dwlapuma . All but 2 of the others (James & The Giant Peach and Junie B. Jones) are based on Broadway/movie musicals.

Thank you Childrens Theatre Foundation of America. I am so honored to be a 2026 Corey Medallion Award recipient, especially since it is alongside my long-time (and current) collaborator @janetya_ad ! I wouldn’t be where I am today without her. ❤️

DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! (THE MUSICAL!) opens at @sytheatre on April 3rd. Pigeon and Bus Driver visited the Your Carolina show this morning!

🎭We are thrilled to announce Dallas Children’s Theater’s 2026–2027 Season! 🎸Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience Book and Lyrics by Mo Willems Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma ✨ A high-octane rock musical by the same team that created our Pigeon holiday musical directed by @alli.betsill 🦌 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Script and adaptation by Robert Pinola Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marks ✨All the music you love from the 1960s claymation animated special 🧸 Corduroy (Texas premiere!) By Barry Kornhauser Based on the book by Don Freeman ✨ A highly physical adaptation with plenty of clowning Produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences 🚀 Marooned! A Space Comedy Created by @alexandolmsted ✨Where elegant puppetry design meets joyful, meaningful storytelling 🌿 The Secret Garden: Spring Version By Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon ✨A 70 minute version of the Tony Award-winning musical with live piano This year, our stories celebrate the joy and courage of discovering who you are. We invite you to explore a season inspired by what we wish for everyone who walks through our doors: being Brave Enough to Be Yourself. Five all-new shows. One unforgettable season. Tickets on sale Friday, May 1st! 🎟️ dct.org #dallaschildrenstheater #seasonannouncement #dallastheatre #dct #tya

Tori Gomez just earned a Helen Hayes nomination for her performance in @dwlapuma ’s musical Dory Fantasmagory. Here are the 13 performance Helen Hayes nominations all time for performers in musicals Debbie helped create (composed and/or arranged). Photos shown (years are the HH ceremony years): 1) 2026 - Tori Gomez in DORY FANTASMAGORY at @imaginationstage (Lead, Hayes) 2) 2025 Tori Gomez and Jordyn Taylor in SHE PERSISTED THE MUSICAL, both nominated for Supporting Performer, Helen) at @adventure_theatre 3) 2025 Jordan Leah Embrack in PETITE ROUGE: A CAJUN RED RIDING HOOD* at Imagination Stage (Lead, Hayes) 4) 2025 Michael Perrie Jr in PETITE ROUGE* at Imagination Stage (Lead, Hayes) 5) 2025 Ensemble in PETITE ROUGE* at Imagination Stage (Hayes) 6) 2020 Karen Vincent in ELEPHANT & PIGGIE: WE ARE IN A PLAY! at Adventure Theatre (Lead, Helen) 7) 2020 Felicia Curry DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! (THE MUSICAL!) at The Kennedy Center (Lead) 8) 2020 Ensemble DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! at The Kennedy Center 9) 2017 Felicia Curry in OLIVERio: A BRAZILIAN TWIST at The Kennedy Center (Lead) 10) 2014 Lauren Williams in ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S: WE ARE IN A PLAY! at The Kennedy Center (Lead) 11) 2004 Tonie Rae Brotons JUNIE B. JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS* at Imagination Stage (Supporting) 12) 1997 Anita Hollander in THE FIFTH SEASON at @olneytheatre (Lead) *Musical arrangements only

Ever hear 2000 students at a school show telling a pigeon "No! No!" he can't drive a bus? Now you have. @officiallyofficialmo @warburton_laboratories @dwlapuma @theaterworksusa @liedcenter @mtishows #DontLetThePigeonDriveTheBusTheMusical

@wctdc 's production of DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! (THE MUSICAL!) made an appearance on Kansas Now yesterday!

Celebrating designer Katherine Stepanek, who has designed sets for at least 6 different productions of my musicals 1) Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”, Magik Theatre – 2025 (set and lighting) 2) The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!, Main Street Theatre - 2025 (set) 3) The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!, Dallas Children's Theatre – 2025 (set) 4) Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Rose Theatre 2021 (set) 5) Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”, Dallas Children's Theatre – 2023 (set) 6) Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, The Rose Theatre – 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19) (set) 7) Katherine Stepanek is a scenic and lighting designer hailing from Kansas City, MO. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Scenic and Lighting Design at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO. Katherine earned her MFA in Scenic Design from the University of Tennessee, and her BFA in Lighting Design from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

BroadwayWorld’s kid critics review of @atlantictheater ’s current production of Elephant & Piggie’s: We Are in a Play! So cute 🥰 Book and Lyrics @officiallyofficialmo Music @dwlapuma Now extended through February 8th 2026