Nick is new.  He doesn’t speak the language or know the customs.  The other kids make fun of him and call him names.  Nick’s mother urges him to be brave, assuring him he’ll learn to fit in.  Meanwhile, she struggles with her own issues of assimilation in this new place that doesn’t feel like home to either of them.  Foon’s imaginative script gives audiences an avenue for empathy with Nick’s situation.  He and his mother speak English, while all the other characters speak an invented language! 

An important play for everyone who’s ever felt new and for all of us who need reminders about accepting those who are different, New Kid explores issues of bullying and intolerance in a story about finding a friend in a new place. 

Touring to Schools September-November 2007

and February 2008!

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Rat wants to be an elephant.  Lazy Elephant puts Rat to the task of learning how difficult the work of an elephant is, while he himself sits by watching.  But when Circus Man comes looking for a hard-working Elephant to hire, Rat gets the job! The moral of the story?  “Don’t count on your looks!”  A set of hysterical fables with wonderful characters and completely unpredictable outcomes, FABLES introduces young people to the form, while providing a rousing good time for everyone. Another deliciously witty play from the Wisconsin writer who gave us KERFAFELS (2007).

Touring to Schools September-October 2008, February-April 2009