It’s Not Mean to be Green

The Play’s the Way:

Like the book, The Musical traces the mental journey of young Michael McDurth from his first encounter with that odd phrase “going green”; through some very strange dreams; and finally to discovering the things that a child (and his parents) can do to keep Mother Earth from being “quite blue”. The sets for the play are even based directly on Tara Volpe’s colorful and simply whimsical illustrations for the book.

The musical format allows Jamie and her gifted collaborators to emphasize the educational and entertainment values of the book in ways not possible for the print medium. Played by puppets in the musical version, the panoply of weird green beings in Michael’s dreams, for instance, get to have a little musical interlude to express their frustration at being misunderstood! The vampire, typically o-punionated, vows, “It’s enough to drive me batty!”

Hear some of the music below, or buy it here!

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