Purple Rock Productions presents

The Basket Case

Find out just what (and who) is hiding in Basket City!

Dolls, baskets, puppets, and many surprises are inside and outside the baskets!

Children ask questions all the time. This show helps them to understand the nature of these questions -- WHERE? WHO? WHAT? HOW? WHY? are repeated in various ways within the scope of the story in order to give the children some usage memory.

The concepts of INSIDE and OUTSIDE are also explored at length, with baskets sitting inside other baskets, and puppets coming OUT and going IN to baskets.

The "missing person" in the story is the mother of a little puppet found deep inside one of the baskets.  Ideas of LOSING, SEARCHING and FINDING are folded within the story.

Because the story is performed live, with live songs and movement, the narrative offers many opportunities for young children to engage physically as well as verbally.

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Dolls were made by the late Jane Ward, a weaver from New York state, and then strung to be marionettes.

At a recent performance, children watch while the "Queen" comes to life.