ECOtheatre
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ECOTheatre is for Hallie Osceola. And the Red List, all the endangered species in the world, including us.
Where is Bartram?
This is an update to the original free 10-minute play suitable for adults and children. This version has added a fifth character: Tigger, the Miami Tiger Beetle. Its fate is being determined at this moment by the Feds to see if it is worthy of being placed on its endangered species list. Tigger's character-- based on its own unique characteristics-- adds a bit of comic relief to the original play. Both plays were inspired by recent events in Miami-Dade County Florida. Endangered pine rockland, once owned by the Federal government, was given to the University of Miami many years ago. It is home to numerous endangered species ranging from two butterflies (the Bartram Hairstreak, star of the play and its friend Flo, a Florida Leafwing) to Bonnie, the Florida Bonneted Bat. The habitat includes equally endangered plants. The land was sold by the university for $22 million to a developer who wants to bring a Walmart, restaurants, strip stores, and residential construction to this primeval piece of property. In the play, a meeting is hastily organized by a couple of butterflies and a bat (and now a tiger beetle) in the forest when Jaws (an excavator) shows up ready to eat them and everything in its path. Instead of running, Bartram saves the day by facing down Jaws and disabling it. At least for a moment. At the end of the play there is a call-to-action for the audience to do all it can to stop the development that includes starting an email campaign addressed to the Miami-Dade County Mayor.
The free play can be downloaded by clicking the link below. If read on a computer, it links to a rare recording of the Florida Bonneted Bat echolocating (in case your bat character is a Method actor and really wants to get into the part. :)
Where is Bartram?
This is an update to the original free 10-minute play suitable for adults and children. This version has added a fifth character: Tigger, the Miami Tiger Beetle. Its fate is being determined at this moment by the Feds to see if it is worthy of being placed on its endangered species list. Tigger's character-- based on its own unique characteristics-- adds a bit of comic relief to the original play. Both plays were inspired by recent events in Miami-Dade County Florida. Endangered pine rockland, once owned by the Federal government, was given to the University of Miami many years ago. It is home to numerous endangered species ranging from two butterflies (the Bartram Hairstreak, star of the play and its friend Flo, a Florida Leafwing) to Bonnie, the Florida Bonneted Bat. The habitat includes equally endangered plants. The land was sold by the university for $22 million to a developer who wants to bring a Walmart, restaurants, strip stores, and residential construction to this primeval piece of property. In the play, a meeting is hastily organized by a couple of butterflies and a bat (and now a tiger beetle) in the forest when Jaws (an excavator) shows up ready to eat them and everything in its path. Instead of running, Bartram saves the day by facing down Jaws and disabling it. At least for a moment. At the end of the play there is a call-to-action for the audience to do all it can to stop the development that includes starting an email campaign addressed to the Miami-Dade County Mayor.
The free play can be downloaded by clicking the link below. If read on a computer, it links to a rare recording of the Florida Bonneted Bat echolocating (in case your bat character is a Method actor and really wants to get into the part. :)
| where_is_bartram.pdf |
This call-to-action video was made to use at the end of the play. It contains images of the endangered pine rockland forest and the endangered species in the play. It too is available for a free download.