The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons
The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons by Rachel Teagle. Suddenly all childhood dreams have come true, and the world is full of astronauts, ballerinas, cowboys, and princesses. It’s a brave and glorious new world for everyone but Jess, who wanted to be a mastodon when she grew up. With the help of her friendly vocational adviser and her super-spy boyfriend, Jess embarks on a journey to find her place in the world, and discover why it seems to be unraveling. An offbeat comedy about ambition, vocation, and restlessness. This was my first pandemic era live performance and I wanted to do something boldly theatrical ensemble based with a huge challenge-- a 9 foot puppet operated by 4 puppeteers. For me, the heart of this play was about a person who has been told she is too big, too impractical, too much and needed to find her place in the world. For many of our students, they felt a similar thing until they found theatre. So this play was really about celebrating getting to be together and make theatre again.
