The firs children’s play I directed at Bellarmine was my own play Henny Penny, the story of a hen and her friends who must fight against the bad wolf.
The play is physically demanding on the actors for they need to
run, jump, hide, fight and constantly interact with the audience. With this in
mind, I decided that the play needed to be in-the-round with four different
pathways through the audience in order to have a more personal and direct
connection with the children.
The play was set in a farm so the theater space looked like a farm and the floor was completely painted in green with colorful flowers and insects to resemble a meadow. (We used glow in the dark paint for extra effects in the night scenes.)
The play was set in a farm so the theater space looked like a farm and the floor was completely painted in green with colorful flowers and insects to resemble a meadow. (We used glow in the dark paint for extra effects in the night scenes.)
