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A mutual theatrical world is created with the audience as they sit in on this Zoom call and experience this family’s emotions. The intimacy of a virtual production, seeing into the actors’ homes, viewing their emotions and reactions up close in a way you never could on stage, packs a powerful punch in this show.

In many ways, the collaborative creation reflects the themes that composer/playwright Julia Riew ’21 instilled in the book, music, and lyrics. “I wanted to write a show that was very, very uplifting and positive and happy. Not only because it’s a children’s show, but also because that’s the kind of show that people need right now,” said Riew, speaking from her family home in Connecticut.

A conversation on theater-making in compromised conditions, the beauty of collaboration, and why poetry supersedes politics and psychology.