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Since 2005, we’ve created playful, theatrical, vaudeville-inspired programs for orchestra concerts for young audiences. In 2025, we’re celebrating our 20th anniversary with a world tour!
Porter’s Postcard from Malaysia includes highlights of our trip with the sights and sounds of Kuala Lumpur and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra!

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World Tour 2025: Porter's Malaysia Retrospective
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March 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
March 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Really Inventive Stuff is celebrating 20 years of ‘Peter and the Wolf’ with a new, bespoke suit made by Eurobest Tailor in Singapore. Thank you Eurobest Tailor! Thank you Danny! Thank you Tony Balows !
March 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Really Inventive Stuff has arrived in Singapore!!

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World Tour 2025: Porter Arrives in Singapore!
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March 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Really Inventive Stuff had so much fun in Malaysia! @danieldorff.bsky.social your ‘Three Fun Fables’ was the highlight of the afternoon!!
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Really Inventive Stuff’s Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra debut this afternoon, including @danieldorff.bsky.social ‘s “Three Fun Fables”
March 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Really Inventive Stuff’s Sara Valentine rehearsing @danieldorff.bsky.social ‘s action-packed, family favorite with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in the beautiful Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS hall.
March 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Rehearsal day in Kuala Lumpur with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Sara and Michael are having so much fun with conductor Jebat Kee ! We are looking forward to Really Inventive Stuff’s debut tomorrow with the fabulous MPO!!
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
After a 14 hour flight from Washington DC, Porter was relieved to have a 7 hour layover in Japan’s Tokyo Haneda Airport where he met up w/ Henry Purcell. Next, the final leg to the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra: a 7 hour flight from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur!
March 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Monday, April 10, 2025: Really Inventive Stuff ‘s big, amazing overseas trip started! First stop: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) !!
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Really Inventive Stuff, Tubby the Tuba & Mr. Bullfrog are buzzing with excitement over the arrival of rehearsal day with the Omaha Symphony !
February 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
After five days of presenting workshops, Really Inventive Stuff is driving west on I-80 across Iowa to make our debut with the Omaha Symphony this weekend!
February 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Duck is elated for a 5th day of workshops w/ yet another group of college students & early career artist - today in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Really Inventive Stuff is with our talented friend Rose Bishop at Kirkwood Community College presenting a workshop: Life as a Creative Entrepreneur. Feb. 21, 2025.
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wolf is howling with eagerness to meet the theatre students & early-career artists at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa for another round of workshops on Inspiration; Crafting Playfully Specific Performances; and Life as a Creative Entrepreneur. February 19 & 20, 2025
February 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Duck loves meeting college students & early-career artists. Really Inventive Stuff at @northern-iowa.bsky.social in Cedar Falls, Iowa w/ the Theatre UNI students presenting workshops on Inspiration; Crafting Playfully Specific Performances; and Life as a Creative Entrepreneur. Feb. 17 & 18, 2025.
February 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A huge wolf-sized thank you to the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra & the playful William Intriligator ! It was an absolute treat performing our 167th #peterandthewolf with the DSO. Really Inventive Stuff looks forward to future family concerts in Dubuque!
February 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Cat, Duck & Wolf are en route to Dubuque! Driving from Maine to Iowa is a fun roadtrip, especially when the destination is a #peterandthewolf #familyconcert w/ the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra & Really Inventive Stuff. The concert date is circled in their diaries: Sat., Feb. 15, 2025 at 1:00pm!
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
@reallyinventive.bsky.social sends a big, big thank you to conductor Naomi Woo! It was a hoot performing ‘Peter and the Wolf’ together at this morning’s Philadelphia Orchestra family concert!
February 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
On behalf of @reallyinventive.bsky.social , Sara and Michael say “Thank you! What a huge honor to be back in the Kimmel Center For The Performing Arts, performing ‘Peter and the Wolf’ again with The Philadelphia Orchestra , and for the first time in the newly renamed Marian Anderson Hall !”
February 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wolf, Duck, and Cat had a fun #peterandthewolf rehearsal this morning with The Philadelphia Orchestra, @reallyinventive.bsky.social & conductor Naomi Woo. They can hardly wait! The #familyconcert begins soon . . . at 11:30am !
February 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wolf packed his suitcase, Duck brought her favorite wooden stool, and they are soooooo happy that Cat (their BFF since 1936) could come along for the #peterandthewolf #FamilyConcert tomorrow (Sat., Feb. 01, 2025) with The Philadelphia Orchestra, @reallyinventive.bsky.social , & conductor Naomi Woo !
January 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Super, duper excited for this weekend's #peterandthewolf #FamilyConcert with The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Naomi Woo!
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Thanks to WRTI 90.1fm for promoting the #peterandthewolf #familyconcert with The Philadelphia Orchestra & conductor Naomi Woo coming up on Saturday, Feb. 01, 2025 at 11:30am!
January 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM