The Boy Who Spoke with Animals
An original Musical by Colin Ross
The Boy Who Spoke with Animals
The characters in the children’s musical theatre show The Boy Who Spoke with Animals are all based on real animals and it is told from their point of view.
I grew up in a little house in the woods on the banks of the Mississippi River and my family had many usual pets. We had a wonderful Crow named Preacher, a Raccoon named Bandit, a Squirrel named Acorn, a Black Sheep named Captain Howder, and Ducks named Mudluscious and Puddlewonderful. (i was in an e.e. cummings phase.) Later in life, I was adopted by a Feral Bunny named Poopsie. Although he had lived free outside for years, he chose to take up residency in a hutch in the back yard, learned to be hand fed and eventually liked living inside the house during the winter. I also had a very smart and funny Queensland Blue Healer named Taj Mahal. I also had a rather comical flock of Quail and a large Red-Tailed Hawk and who live in my neighborhood. These animals became inspiration for characters in The Boy Who Spoke with Animals.
I was very close to the crow, and considered him my personal pet. He knew a variety of hand signals and commands, and would come when called. One summer he even traveled with me to summer camp several hundred miles away. It had never occurred to me to ask permission to bring him, and I was crushed when they wouldn’t allow him in inside with me. None the less, he lived outside for the summer and got back in the car for the ride home a couple of months later. He eventually learned to live in the wild, as did Bandit the Raccoon, and Acorn the Squirrel. Bandit and Preacher came in the house to visit year after year, and remained my friends. Captain Howder, the black Sheep was eventually returned to the farm once he could fend for himself.
In the end this is story of how animals and humans balance with their vulnerability and their need for freedom and community.
We would like to send you more info and links to the full video from TMCC performance. Please Contact Us about your School or Theatre Group for licensing information about this great musical.
This program is a proven success. It has delighted audiences in schools and theaters in Northern Nevada. The stills above are from performances by the Truckee Meadows Community College. When you decide to purchase the package, you will have a lot of great material to make this play a success at your venue.
This program is a proven success. It has delighted audiences in schools and theaters in Northern Nevada. The stills above are from performances by the Truckee Meadows Community College. When you decide to purchase the package, you will have a lot of great material to make this play a success at your venue.
Every licensed production will receive:
1. Original Poster Art
2. Script
3. Audio Tracks, with and without vocals.
4. Sound Effects
5. Sheet Music
6. Full professionally recorded video
The Author: Colin Ross
Colin Ross - is a Nevada Arts Council Rostered Artist, Playwright, Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist.
Colin has written and produced multiple Original Musicals and is now proud to offer to you, this complete package of his original work.
Colin Ross also plays a large and ever-shifting repertoire of original music, jazz standards and blues classics. Beginning with classical piano at the age of five, Colin has continued to study and grow throughout his career, playing a variety of instruments and styles.
While maintaining a full-time performance schedule, Colin has recorded and released five CDs on his own label, Oharaross Productions:
To learn more about Colin, please visit his website www.ColinRossMusic.com