2011-2012 WELLS FARGO PERFORMING ARTS SERIES FOR STUDENTS MONTALVO ARTS CENTER

ArtsPower’s

Are You My Mother?

Monday, March 26, 2012 | 9:30am & 11:30am

Recommended for Grades: K-3 Curriculum Connections: History-Social Science; English-Language Arts; Science; VAPA: Music, Theater

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WHAT HAPPENS IN

OUR PLAY?

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CAN YOU HELP

BABY BIRD?

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THE BIG STORY

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IS THAT MINE?

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LETTER TO

FAMILIES

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WRITE TO US!

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WE ARE

ARTSPOWER

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ARTSPOWER NATIONALTOURING THEATRE

GARY W. BLACKMAN & MARK A. BLACKMANExecutive Producers

ARE YOU MY MOTHER?Written and Directed by Greg Gunning

Music by Richard DeRosa & Greg Gunning

Lyrics by Greg Gunning

Sets by Tom Caroll Scenery

Costumes by Fred Sorrentino

Study Buddy Writer: Andrea Skerratt

Graphic Designer: Howard Levine

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Are You My Mother?is a musical comedybased on the popularchildren’s book ofthe same name byP.D. Eastman.

While Mother Bird isaway hunting for food,

Baby Bird cracks out ofher shell and finds herself

alone in the nest. But she isnot alone in the forest. A

Construction Worker is in theprocess of clearing trees—and Baby Bird’s tree stands right nextto the bulldozer!

A Woman Protester prevents the steam shovel from knockingdown Baby Bird’s tree, but the tree is shaken and Baby Bird fallsout of her nest.

Alone, just out of the egg, Baby Bird is lost in all senses of theword. She only knows one thing: she must find her mother.

While stumbling through the neighborhood, she encounters Hen,Kitten, and Dog. All three realize that they, too, are lonely.

The animals find that they make more progress towards theirgoals when they join together. With determination—and thehelp of her friends—Baby Bird finally finds her mother.

What Happens In Our Play?

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Can You Help Baby Bird

Find Mother Bird? Baby Bird has fallen out of the nest.Can you be Baby Bird’s friend and help herfind the way to Mother Bird?

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The Big StoryBaby Bird’s adventure showed up in the newspaper.Unfortunately, the pictures that should have been in thestory did not get printed. Can you draw them?

NEEDS MOTHER

Local Help in Search

Early today, a small fell from a nest in the large

oak . Baby Bird looked for her

and asked for help from the animals she met.

All three animals helped. Everything ended happily, as we can seein this drawing.

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Is That Mine? Can you draw lines between thepictures that go together?

Baby Bird

Kitten

ConstructionWorker

Dog

Hen

Steam Shovel

Garbage Can

Mother Bird

Chicks

Dog House

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Write to Us!

My favorite part was

Sincere

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Teacher’s Name +Your School

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