Michael James Heartly

POWER ANTS & HOPPERS

Book and Lyrics by

Michael Heartly

Music by Garrick Alden

Running time : 45 minutes

Setting: 7 foot tall blades of grass

surround the hut of Eartha

Cast: 8 total  - Eartha – Female. 

One ‘Emcee’, 3 Ants, 3 Grasshoppers

 

Based on the Aesop’s Fable, the Ant & the Grasshopper.

It is summertime in the glen as Eartha Windinfire, or “Mother Nature” looks on from her hut, she referees a group of fun-loving Hoppers and hard working Ants.  Told by the emcee, the story weaves the well-known tale of “never putting off till tomorrow.”  As the seasons change the procrastinating Grasshoppers pay the penalty by nearly freezing to death during the long winter months. Back from her trip to Miami, Eartha Windinfire summons the sun to thaw the Popsicle Hoppers.  As the musical ends, the Hoppers and Power Ants vow to always “take care of business” before setting out on a course of fun.

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POWER ANTS & HOPPERS had a full summer tour with the Maryland National Capitol Park & Planning