The story, based on the classic children’s book by Leo Lionni, is a parable of the value of artistic work in a working society and of the power of this work to be a beneficial, if not vital, part of that society. In a theatrical experiential laboratory for children ages 4 and up, the things Frederick collects-color, light, words, and sounds-become the subject of participatory installations in which young audiences can learn about, participate in, and consciously perceive these basic elements of theater. Then, as the long winter presses harder and harder on the mice’s minds, Frederick is able to summon the sunbeams, colors, and words of summer in a grand performance for the others, bringing summer to the mice’s cold den. Instead of working hard in the summer and hoarding food for the winter like the rest of his mouse family, Frederick just collects sunbeams, colors and words.
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