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Water for Elephants (Touring) is a traveling theatrical production that adapts Sara Gruen’s Depression‑era novel into a dramatic spectacle blending stage acting with circus‑style performance. The touring company stages large‑scale period sets and choreography to evoke the world of a 1930s traveling circus, and brings that production to venues such as Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland. The show is notable for combining romantic drama with circus artistry and immersive production design, offering a theatrical take on the story familiar from the novel and film adaptations.