Purple Rock Productions presents:

Ecological Logic

This brand new show opened April 24th, 2009 at the Springfield Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts.

It is a story of someone who litters, throwing his garbage into the ocean. He falls asleep on the beach and has a dream. In his dream, the ocean turns to plastic and all of the garbage he has thrown in comes to life! When he awakens, he sees a sea turle swallow a plastic bag that he threw away. He jumps in to save the turtle. Once the sea turtle swims away, the man starts to drown. The sea turtle comes and saves him.

The LOGIC is:  If we save the earth, the earth will save us!

You can view a short video sample at:

Ecological Logic Dream 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9jzMxVQ_Xc

All the puppets within the dream sequence were built from used plastic and other garbage. The ocean was built using plastic grocery bags collected from neighbors. Neighborhood children helped to put it together.

People involved in the show:

Matthew Leonard: a puppeteer, with his own company, The Lionheart Puppet Company.

Frank Natter: composer and guitarist, and teacher with FaceArts Music in Essex, Connecticut.

Sandy Bellock Listorti: puppeteer and artist.

Elizabeth Wadsworth: dollmaker and puppeteer.

Rolande Duprey: Director/designer for this project.

Thanks also to:

Robin McCahill: puppeteer, felt and fiber artist, and unique bike fitter.

Adelka Polak: a performance artist, with an interesting idea about Reinventing Your Pants.

Drew Scott: director, actor and teacher.

Several children from East Hartford's Sunset Ridge School.

For additional research or information on topics that this play touches upon, see below.

Facts about Plastics for teachers and students

The "Plastic Soup" in the north pacific ocean, also called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is also a topic within our play.

What to do with plastics? This article from the Seattle Times may give you some idea of the issues involved.

Marine Debris: A program from the National Ocean Service's Office of Response and Restoration.

Plastic recycling article from Wikipedia.

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