Cereal Thrillers, a children’s Saturday morning theater event, tells the tale of a pirate with big stinky feet who plans to ruin Smithville’s world record attempt for the largest bowl of cereal. The pirate’s dastardly plan is foiled by a heroic sea captain and a colorful cast of flaky characters, all of whom will delight kids and their parents according to writer and director john daniels, jr. (sic), artistic director for Playhouse Smithville.

The play runs on Saturday, Oct. 16, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

“This is the first of our Saturday Morning Children’s Theatre shows and we hope it will become a tradition,” Daniels said. “A very good memory for me was watching Saturday morning cartoons when I was young, back in the 1960s and early 1970s. Now that cable and dish television provide 24-hour cartoons, Saturday mornings are not the same.  We want to recapture some of the magic to make memories.”

Cereal Thrillers is cast with a mix of veterans and first time actors of all ages.  Phoebe Lambert, three, Samantha Gurley, six, Tanner Williams, 10 and Brad Wilbourn, 16, are all new to the stage.

Kya Lambert, six, and Cheyenne Lambert are in their second plays along with Kayla Jo Williams, 13, whose first play was last summers Little Shop of Horrors at the Playhouse.

Cereal Thrillers is a one act play for children and adults and is $5 for general admission. For advance tickets or more information visit www.playhousesmithville.com or call (512) 360-7397.

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