Pied Piper Players to Stage Bay Area Premiere of "HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE MUSICAL JR."

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The Bay Area premiere of the DreamWorks musical will run October 23-November 1 in San Mateo.

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DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon: The Musical Jr. is taking flight in the Bay Area this fall, as Pied Piper Players (PPP) stages the musical's Bay Area premiere October 23 through November 1 at the Bayside Performing Arts Center in San Mateo.

Based on the Academy Award-nominated animated hit, How to Train Your Dragon: The Musical Jr. brings fire-breathing action, epic adventure and big laughs to the stage. The musical follows Hiccup, a young Viking who defies tradition and befriends one of his deadliest foes-a dragon he calls Toothless. Together, the unlikely heroes must fight against the odds to save both their worlds.

The production features 63 local performers, ages 7 to adults, representing communities across the San Francisco Peninsula, including Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Millbrae and San Mateo. Filled with music, humor and adventure, the story explores friendship, courage, being yourself and learning to understand those who may initially seem different from us.

The musical was created through the DreamWorks Theatricals Emerging Writers Program, a collaboration among DreamWorks Theatricals , Music Theatre International and NBCUniversal created to develop musical adaptations of DreamWorks Animation titles. The emerging writers behind How to Train Your Dragon: The Musical Jr. are Kate Thomas (book and lyrics) and Veronica Mansour (music and lyrics).

The production arrives during Pied Piper Players' 25th anniversary year. Founded in 2001, the nonprofit family theater organization provides MainStage productions, theater arts classes and camps, teen programs, free after-school drama opportunities, scholarships, and free and discounted tickets and transportation for local schools. Over the past quarter-century, PPP has provided theater education and performance opportunities to more than 1,200 young actors.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/HOW-TO-TRAIN-YOUR-DRAGON-THE-MUSICAL-JR-is-Coming-to-Bayside-Performing-Arts-Center-20260915)._