The Worried, Worried Worm

synopsis
A play for young audiences — The Worried, Worried Worm; performed for a bilingual audience (Russ/Engl) follows a group of friends who live on a Small Hill, in Pleasantville. One day, when their friend the Worried Worm won’t leave his hole in the ground, the friends (the Bird, the Boy, the Fox, the Gardener, & Pinkie The Porcupine-Architect Princess) gather together to figure out why their friend has suddenly gotten so sad, and won’t come out or talk to them. And when the sky starts to fall in little chunks, causing their hill to be at risk of flooding, they have to hurry up & find a way to save themselves, and their friend!

duration / style
45min / written in rhyming quartets

team
Written by: Noma Mirny
Directed by: Ari Etingof*
Original Music / Composition: Michael (Misha) Gerovitch*, Michael Karnaukh
Lighting, Set, & Costumes: Community sourced!

cast
The BEAUTIFUL BIRD: Kat Surgay*
The BRILLIANT BOY: Alex Alexandrov
The FUNNY FOX: Ivan Lvovsky*
PINKIE, the PORCUPINE ARCHITECT PRINCESS: Eleena Sherman*
The GARDENER: Gaby Beyzerov*
The NARRATOR: Mira Etingof*
The WORRIED, WORRIED WORM: Michael (Misha) Gerovitch*

*Community member, not theater-maker!

production history
Community theater in Boston, MA / Family Theater - August 2022