Sammy Snail Film Premiers December 17
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Sammy’s New World, a New Hampshire-grown children’s entertainment brand, announces the world premier of its first film Sammy's New World. Area residents will have the opportunity to view this world-class short film starring local favorite Sammy Snail and his puppet friends while participating in a downtown Portsmouth family holiday event. (Click link for article)  

Kids of all ages are invited to attend the premier on Tuesday, December 17, 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Seacoast Repertory Theater in Portsmouth, NH. Doors open at 5:30 PM with activities, food, meet the cast of live puppet characters and a cash bar in the lobby. The film is under 30 minutes and suitable for all ages. It will begin at 6:45 PM.     

Tickets are $15 (little children free of charge) and maybe purchased through the box office at (603) 433.4793 or on-line www.seacoastrep.org.  Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event.   

A portion of the proceeds from the event will sponsor educational performances for at-risk children through the not for profit Sammy Cares. Sammy Cares provides live performances and visits with Sammy Snail cast to area hospitals, homeless shelters and schools. 

Sammy Snail and friends on NHPTV

Sammy Snail has been touring in live school shows and festivals for twenty years. Ventriloquist, puppeteer and creator of Sammy’s New World, Lesley Smith, has adapted Sammy Snail and his neighborhood of adorable puppet friends to the digital world over the past 18 months. Smith and husband/producer Mark Abramczyk, plus a local and NYC team of talent, have developed the TV/Web children’s brand dubbed Sammy’s New World. Attached to the media project are Emmy Award winning talent from popular children’s TV shows such as PBS Arthur, Between the Lions, Johnny and the Sprites, Sesame Street, The Muppets and more. 

The program to be seen on December 17 was filmed at NH Public Television in Durham in September in cooperation with PPMTV. Sammy’s New World, a multi-media platform, has a “heart-centered world” mission with plans to achieve global distribution in the coming years. Sammy’s New World was featured on WMUR Channel 9's NH Chronicle on Nov 8, 2013. For more information visit www.sammysnewworld.com.