Join us for a night at the Hobby Center on Thursday, January 29th, 2026 to see Water for Elephants and enjoy amazing choreography, acrobatics and stunning puppetry.
Water for Elephants is the story of Jacob Jankowski, a young man orphaned and penniless during the Great Depression, who joins a traveling circus and falls in love with Marlena, a married equestrian star. The plot centers on their forbidden romance, Jacob’s bond with the circus’s untrainable elephant, Rosie, and his conflict with Marlena’s abusive husband, the unstable animal trainer August. The narrative, told through flashbacks from the perspective of an elderly Jacob, explores themes of love, survival, finding community among misfits, and the importance of compassion for living beings.