March 6-April 3, 2026
Best enjoyed by Grades K-5
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Are you brave enough to face a T-rex? Do you know what it feels like to get sneezed on by a triceratops? Find out when dinosaurs take over CTC! Feel the rumble of their rawrs as a young paleontologist takes you on a tour so up-close-and-personal you’ll almost smell their stinky breath! This extraordinary experience has wowed kids and adults all over the world. But be on the lookout: you never know who (or what!) you’ll run into after the show…
Written and Directed by Derek Bond
Puppet Design by Max Humphries
Puppet Direction by Laura Cubitt
Produced by Nicoll Entertainment
About the Show
- Dinosaur World Live! features stunning puppetry to bring remarkably life-like dinosaurs to the stage.
- This production takes place on our UnitedHealth Group Stage which seats up to 745 people per performance.
- We know that teachers are the best judge to determine the right fit for their unique group of students. We recommend Dinosaur World Live! for students in grades K–5.
Content Advisories
Language: 1 out of 5 stars
Miranda, the host paleontologist is British and uses slang like “bums.”
Themes and Situations: 0 out of 5 stars
Violence & Scariness: 4 out of 5 stars
The dinosaurs are often frightening and behave as wild animals who sometimes bite, roar, and act out of control. Several jokes are made about dinosaurs eating small children. It is mentioned that Titus, the T-rex, has recently eaten an audience member’s arm. Titus is the final dinosaur and is very scary.
Sensory Advisories: 5 out of 5 stars
The dinosaurs are very loud and often make very loud and frightening roars and sounds, sometimes coming by surprise. The audience is also encouraged to shout and roar several times. Flashing lights, fog, and haze are used in this production.
Potentially Anxious Moments: 3 out of 5 stars
The dinosaurs do not always follow directions and can sometimes seem uncontrolled; Miranda always finds a way to get them to behave. Some of the dinosaurs are larger and scarier than others, especially the T-rex at the very end. Miranda enters the audience.
Full Plot Description
This is a complete description of the play, so it is full of spoilers.
Miranda, a paleontologist and our host, rushes on stage in search of dinosaurs that she has lost, especially a T-rex. She explains that she grew up on an island where dinosaurs still exist and has come back to share her knowledge and dinosaur friends. Miranda shares some quick rules with the audience about staying in their seats, meeting the dinosaurs, and photography. She also introduces the Giraffatitan egg that might hatch during the show and asks the audience to keep an eye on it for her.
The first dinosaur we meet is Juliet; she is a Segnosaurus. Miranda shares lots of fun facts about her and her species. Juliet, or Jules, is very hungry and Miranda gets a volunteer from the audience to help feed her by holding a branch nice and high like a tree. Jules is frightened by a flying dinosaur named Orlando that flies around the stage. He is a Micro-Raptor, and Miranda explains this species’ connection to the evolution of birds as well as other fun facts. Another volunteer comes on stage to help brush Orlando’s feathers. The egg begins to wobble and move, but once Miranda is ready to approach it, it stops. Miranda explains that she has a puppet of its mom so that it will attach to it instead of her.
The next dinosaur we meet is a baby Triceratops named Bee. She is very sleepy, and Miranda asks a volunteer from the audience to help tickle her to wake her up. This doesn’t seem to be enough so the whole audience yells to help wake her up. Unfortunately, this wakes up Brutus – a much larger Triceratops who loves cuddles and tickles. While Miranda explains more fun facts about this species, the egg begins to shake again while Miranda struggles to get Brutus off the stage.
Tamora, a baby T-rex that Miranda had lost enters the stage and plays a game with her. Miranda tries to put a leash on Tamora so that she doesn’t lose her again and gets a volunteer from the audience to help her. We get to the portion of the show where Titus, the full-sized T-rex, usually comes on stage but after a recent incident where he bit someone’s arm off, Miranda is no longer allowed to bring him on stage. Miranda asks the audience to keep a secret and brings Titus out anyway. He is very large and loud. Miranda uses a ball and stick to confuse his vision to make sure that he doesn’t eat her. He does not listen to Miranda, and she asks the audience to help roar back at him. The audience’s roars get him to leave.
The Giraffatitan egg begins to hatch, and Miranda uses the puppet to greet the baby dinosaur. The mother, Gertrude, peeks onstage to bond with her baby, and they communicate and sing with their roars. Miranda thanks the audience, says goodbye, and lets them know that some of the smaller dinos will see them in the lobby.
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